Mary, Queen of Scots | Annas Keith | Lady Anne Percy | PI AHRC Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 @ UofGlasgow History | https://www.waterstones.com/book/captive-queen/dr-jade-scott/9781789296464 Also: dogs, horses, bookshttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3meitj4wu6226Send us your proposals! We love to hear about the fantastic research using all kinds of sources for Scottish History [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3meitj4wu6226https://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3meithp6ev226There's still time to sign up for this fascinating talk tomorrow evening with Derrick Johnstone! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3meithp6ev226https://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3me2bmz2unc2vTalking about some of the amazing letters from the AHRC Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 project next week for @ihrlibrary.bsky.social 17th Century Seminar. Join us! https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/weiriet-living-lone-scottish-women-letter-writers-james-vis-london-court-1603-2504 Feb 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2bmz2unc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3m6z53xtmoc2kThe lovely Dr Claire McNulty will be joining us in January not this Friday as originally scheduled folks! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Dec 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6z53xtmoc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3m4vdt3lhrk25Talking about my bae Annas Keith 🤩 Stepping outside my comfort zone and looking at something other than letters as a source of noblewomen's lived experience and socio-political agency in #earlymodernScotland Come hear about Annas Keith's account books, inventories and diet books Register 👇🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Nov 2025 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vdt3lhrk25https://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3m3cjoewzp22mLooking forward to chairing this amazing lecture! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cjoewzp22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3m2u6gv4uo22pVery excited to start a new Winter Lecture Series with the fantastic @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social discussing the letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots 🪶💌👑 Registration details below! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2u6gv4uo22phttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3m2oz3gquns2lIt's been a busy few weeks! Formally started the AHRC Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 project with the fantastic History team @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 1 October 🎉 Oh and did I mention I brought home a new quadruped child? 🦄 Everyone meet Elvis, my very own, very handsome Highland Pony 🐴😍08 Oct 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2oz3gquns2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lwo7f3fiwk25Can't believe it but on Wednesday I'll be at #EdBookFest talking Mary, Queen of Scots w/ the amazing Rosemary Goring, Kate Anderson and Anna Groundwater! 👑📚 Thursday = Highlands & Clydesdales at Scone Horse Trials 🐎 Come along, the more friendly faces the better! @omarabooks.bsky.social18 Aug 2025 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwo7f3fiwk25https://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3ltjyjdcgjk2fDoes anyone happen to have access to a digital copy of the Treasurer Accounts of Scotland Volume 12 (1566-1574)? 🙏🏼🤞🏼 I can only get up to Volume 10 AND the physical copy was missing in the library 😔 Was tempted to wander the floors looking to see who had it since it's reference only but I refrained09 Jul 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjyjdcgjk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lslawo5tvs2qVery excited to share a stage with some amazing women @edbookfest.bsky.social Rosemary Goring, Kate Anderson and I will be discussing Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI under the expert care of Anna Groundwater on 20 Aug #EdinburghInternationalBookFestival [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jun 2025 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslawo5tvs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lsbcyissgs2rStill time! 👇🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2025 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbcyissgs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lqwvx3jtg22yThe Scottish History Society has extended the deadline for the Alasdair Ross Prize to 1 July! Apply for up to £500 towards archival research costs! Go, go, go, we can't wait to hear about all the amazing projects going on & would love to help researchers! https://scottishhistorysociety.com/prizes/the-alasdair-ross-prize/06 Jun 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwvx3jtg22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lpoc5jfkas26It's been a minute since I was here but I come with good news! Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 has been awarded an AHRC Catalyst Grant 🎉 From October I'll start on a database AND digital edition of these amazing letters based with History at University of Glasgow 🥂🎊21 May 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpoc5jfkas26https://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lolgsd7xj22nFirst time speaking at Boswell and really looking forward to it! AND can you believe we are meant to have lovely weather too? 😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2025 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolgsd7xj22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3ljpwo2uzhs2tThe Scottish History Society 2025 Conference, Presidential Lecture & AGM is on Saturday 29th March! We had a fantastic time last year hearing about research so join us for a great day of papers and discussion. Free to members, £5 non-members. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/scottishhistorysociety/158312506 Mar 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpwo2uzhs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lj3hlggbvc26Cannot for the life of me figure out what fabric this is supposed to be even as I play around with various interpretations of transcribing it! 😖 'fyn double...' Any suggestions?26 Feb 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3hlggbvc26https://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lho5egfmac2bHad a great time chatting with Johanna about challenging traditional portrayals of queens and of course the value of letters! 🪶👑📖 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2025 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lho5egfmac2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lheiavskyc24Today is US publication day for Captive Queen! 🎉 With another lovely cover too 👑 Thanks to the team at Pegasus04 Feb 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheiavskyc24https://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lgse5uyzss2uJoin me to hear about Mary's letters and support a lovely bookshop! 🪶 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgse5uyzss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3lf5ivqhw422h'refreshing the debate on Mary Stuart; for weaving a thrilling real-life tale of spying; and for giving us all access to the woman and politician behind the myth' Huge thanks to Steven Veerapen for this review of Captive Queen in the latest Aspects of History07 Jan 2025 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf5ivqhw422hhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3le2aqdf6dc2h'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year' Final poem for this year's #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Sir Walter Scott, from 'Old Christmastide']24 Dec 2024 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3le2aqdf6dc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3ldxutmg6p22v'Bide the storm ye canna hinder, Mindin' through the strife, Hoo the luntin' lowe o' beauty Lichts the grey o' life.' [Helen Cruickshank, 'Sea Buckthorn'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent23 Dec 2024 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldxutmg6p22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3ldv6el75z22j'if it weren't for this persistent sense of something -' [Kate Clanchy, 'Teams'] For today's #ScottishPoetryAdvent22 Dec 2024 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldv6el75z22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3ldv6djx47c2j'A mountain shut within itself, yet a world' Delayed #ScottishPoetryAdvent for 21 December [Nan Shepherd, 'Summit of Corrie Etchachan']22 Dec 2024 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldv6djx47c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3ldqzvn6tec2j'Till you became all spirit, released' [Jackie Kay, 'Margaret's Moon'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent20 Dec 2024 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldqzvn6tec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/huntingrebels.bsky.social/post/3ldodv7y6ss2i‘s an t-eòlas ac’gun cuireadh cainnt bacadh air a’ chomanachadh òrbhuidh ud' 'in the certain knowledge that talk would hamper that expansive communion' [Meg Bateman, 'Toileachas/Happiness'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent19 Dec 2024 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:xeyetlrr7tgphrt5hk6itgnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldodv7y6ss2i