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Marina Dossena
@marinadossena.bsky.social
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wants Scotland back in Europe asap, preferably as an independent republic; in love with history and its impact on language change. Music and cats always very welcome. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · 5d
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Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2025
Edinburgh Celebrates A Great Scottish Writer
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · 10d
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NEW DISCOVERIES ON A GEORGIAN MURDER CASE — The WS Society
When Katherine Nairn fell in love with the dashing Patrick Ogilvie in 1765, it would have been the perfect match – but for the fact that she was already married to Patrick’s older brother, Thomas. In ...
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · 17d
Is anyone surprised?
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Scots would vote for independence in new referendum, poll finds
SCOTS would vote to leave the Union if a new independence referendum were held tomorrow, a new poll has found ...
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 28d
Gaza City Facing Complete Obliteration theorkneynews.scot/2025/09/13/g...
Gaza City Facing Complete Obliteration
There will be a Peace vigil today, Saturday 13 September on the Kirk Green, Broad Street, Kirkwall between 1 and 2pm. The vigils have been ongoing since the end of October 2023 calling for an immed…
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Sep 8
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Your Right to Decide
Your Right to Decide sets out the Scottish Government's view that it is for the people of Scotland to decide on their constitutional future. It calls on the UK Government to make a clear commitment to...
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Robert Fergusson (1750-74) @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social · Sep 2
We're very excited to announce that our wonderful exhibition 'Celebrating the Scottish Poet, Robert Fergusson (1750-1774)' with the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, has been turned into an online exhibition!

Check it out at the link below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/online-exhib...
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Jenni Hyde @wallyberry.bsky.social · Jul 31
Goodbye to the history department at Lancaster University, where the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social was founded 49 years ago. From tomorrow we are
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Jul 28
Annnd it's oot an it's OA tae!!
Sae thrilled, sae grateful, an sae happy!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55288
Project MUSE - Scottish Literary Review-Volume 17, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2025
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Jul 28
News from Edinburgh.
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Review of Race and History | The University of Edinburgh
The academically-led review explores historic racial and colonial injustices, including enslavement, linked to the University as well as reassessing current policies and procedures.
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Jul 27
So let us pray
That come it may
For it is coming yet
For a that.😍
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · Jul 27
Support for independence is at its highest level ever.
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Jul 19
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LIVE: Activists gather at Edinburgh demo in support of Palestine Action
Protesters have gathered in support of Palestine Action with reports some are to defy the Labour Government’s proscription of the group Hundreds…
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Jul 18
You don't need to be a butterfly expert to get involved in the #BigButterflyCount 🦋🔎

Use our free identification guides for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to help you.

Download them and take part here 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide for England with photos of each species Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide in Welsh with photos of each species Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide for Scotland with photos of each species Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide in Irish with photos of each species
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Jun 7
Token: A Journal of English Linguistics vol. 17 is now online.
A big thank-you to our amazing team in Kielce and to our guest editors for this issue, Irene Ranzato and Luca Valleriani!
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Volume 17
TOKEN 17 Special issue: Adapted Literature and Theatre in Audiovisual Translation Guest editors: Irene Ranzato (Sapienza University of Rome) and Luca Valleriani (University of Tuscia and Sapienza Un...
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Jun 7
I'm in vol. 3. You've no idea how thrilled, humbled and elated I am. I could cry every time I think about it, no kidding.
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Jun 1
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Bereavement conference this Tuesday at George Heriot's
George Heriot’s School is hosting a Bereavement in Education Professional Learning for Teachers conference on 3 June from 10am-3.30pm. The conference promises to be a highly insightful day on bereavem...
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · May 17
well, someone has to do the resting part too, don't they?
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · May 10
Free online event
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Events and seminars - Renaissance and Early Modern Research Alliance (REMRA)
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Apr 30
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The future of Scotland’s space sector
YouTube video by The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Apr 27
The recording of our ISLE Forum is now online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdcu...
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Apr 21
RIP Pope Francis.
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Apr 15
As we prepare to remember Culloden.
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Military Cantonments of the British Army in Scotland, 1745-56
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Apr 13
Haste ye back, dear Scotland!
www.thenational.scot/politics/250...
Alyn Smith: Brussels is holding the EU door open for Scotland
"We need to hear more from you.” A phrase ringing in my ears after a fantastic trip to Brussels to go and meet a cast of thousands in the…
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Apr 12
And elsewhere in town and in the neighbourhood.
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Dentro Lorenzo Lotto Tour - Accademia Carrara
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Apr 12
A delightful exhibition in Bergamo.
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DENTRO LORENZO LOTTO La pala di San Bernardino, la fotografia di Axel Hütte - Accademia Carrara
Un progetto di tutela e sostegno dedicato a Lorenzo Lotto e alla Pala di San Bernardino, proveniente dall’omonima chiesa bergamasca.
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Apr 5
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No painting of the legendary Cluny of the ’45 was thought to exist… until now
Historic portrait find of Ewan Macpherson who hid for years after Culloden rout turns up under noses of experts
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Mar 31
Save the date! We'll talk about 18C Scottish grammarians too.
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Mar 22
I'm in tears... so humbling!
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Scotticisms in grammar and vocabulary : 'Like runes upon a standin' stane'? : Dossena, Marina, 1961- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
ix, 178 p. ; 24 cm
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Mar 20
scarf.scot/incascot/
International network for contemporary archaeology in Scotland
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Marina Dossena @marinadossena.bsky.social · Mar 16
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Executive Order on Tribal Sovereignty and Self-Governance
The White House on Friday revoked 18 executive actions from the Biden administration, including an order designed to strengthen tribal sovereignty and expand self-determination for the nation’s 574 fe...
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