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Charlie Lynch

@charlielynch.bsky.social

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Social Historian | Glasgow, Irish Adjacent | Humanist | Writes about sex, religion, queer lives, moral panics. And for a newspaper.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Thirty Years of the Scottish Oral History Centre 📼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.thenational.scot/news/2552704...

Thirty years of the Scottish Oral History Centre

ORAL history is the practice of gathering, preserving and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities and participants

www.thenational.scot

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 10h

So, a plus point of moonlighting as a history journalist is visiting fascinating places and conversing with their keepers. Today, an 18th century library with a pulpit and a semi-derelict 19th century music hall, astonishingly preserved by having been a shop.

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 23h

Voiceover: “… It was too much even for viewers of GB News… but was hailed as ‘common sense talk’ in Co Tyrone…”

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome

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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 1d

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

The Scottish History Society

scottishhistorysociety.com

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Bibliography impressively includes my friend Miles Peterson’s monograph on George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal. Mostly what I remember about this is learning that James habitually referred to George as ‘my fat little pork.’

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Having got to the end, my only real issue with any of this is to ask why, in all of the complex terminology of historical sexualities explored in the otherwise very through appendix, did the author resist using the term ‘queer’ and never explain why.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Half my mind is still in Gaza': Evacuated teacher begins studies in UK

Sanaa el-Azab is one of 58 people who have been evacuated from Gaza to study at universities in the UK on scholarships.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, as the “United Kingdom” slides into fascism, essential services barely work, costs rocket, secure jobs become a topic of nostalgia, I, dear readers, chronicle the culture wars of fifty years ago for no obvious financial purpose!

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Milngavie

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Historian social media, imperfect as it is, is totally useful and important in what it does, which is to give immediate connection to a network of geographically dispersed scholars, to promote work which might otherwise sink without trace, and to exchange ideas and knowledge.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Brief glimmer of sunshine on dark overcast day

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Aaron Sheridan @acsheridan.bsky.social · 1d

Great write up from @charlielynch.bsky.social in The National yesterday covering the upcoming 30th Anniversary of the Scottish Oral History Centre. My brilliant advisor and Director of the Centre @ymcfadden.bsky.social front and centre alongside the bona fide legend and founder Arthur McIvor!

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

And now on website: www.thenational.scot/news/2552704...

Thirty years of the Scottish Oral History Centre

ORAL history is the practice of gathering, preserving and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities and participants

www.thenational.scot

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Thirty Years of the Scottish Oral History Centre 📼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.thenational.scot/news/2552704...

Thirty years of the Scottish Oral History Centre

ORAL history is the practice of gathering, preserving and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities and participants

www.thenational.scot

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

In remote chance than anyone cares even slightly, it’s going to be a great deal more of this stuff: notchesblog.com/2021/11/23/d...

David Levison and the Heterosexual Revolution in Scotland

In a diatribe delivered to the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly in 1974, Leon David Levision preached that sex without love was ‘mutual exploitation and despoliation.’

notchesblog.com

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

I’m feeling an unfamiliar feeling. I am briefly re-enthused about my monograph project.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

I guess in terms of Ireland, Scotland might be imagined as an alternative, Protestant timeline… notchesblog.com/2021/11/23/d...

David Levison and the Heterosexual Revolution in Scotland

In a diatribe delivered to the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly in 1974, Leon David Levision preached that sex without love was ‘mutual exploitation and despoliation.’

notchesblog.com

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Confusingly in Scotland, the Kirk had previously declared that contraception was a ‘gift from God.’ On the other hand, many clearly hated it. Meanwhile, the Kirk embarked on a campaign against premarital sex, including their hilarious 1975 booklet, ‘Today’s Questions about Marriage.’

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

Re the Porterhouse Blue floating condoms - in UK terms they’re very much of the early 1970s. Contraception for students was seen by ‘moral guardians’ as completely scandalous. Condom machines were newsworthy. The prospect of the Pill, meanwhile, drove Malcolm Muggeridge types into a frenzy.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 2d

I do enjoy the peaceful and restful atmosphere of a nice pub on an early weekday night.

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 2d

As a sound bite this is up there with “the money was just resting in the account”

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 2d

“Buried somewhere in the recesses of his mind”.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 3d

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said "very comprehensive due diligence" was done on presidential candidate Jim Gavin, but that an issue with a former tenant was "probably buried somewhere in the recesses of his mind".

Gavin was 'repeatedly asked' about tenant issue - Martin

www.rte.ie

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 2d

In today’s National (Scotland), you can find a feature article celebrating thirty years of the Scottish Oral History Centre. And about their recent ‘Lost Villages’ project, recording memories of community and deindustrialisation in East Ayrshire. 🎤📼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 2d

What possible purpose does forced praying in school serve? And in a country where over half the population say they have no religion it is completely absurd. Anyone who wishes to can pray all they want in their own time.

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PeatWorrier @peatworrier.bsky.social · 2d

After almost 50 years, the Scottish Government is finally revisiting the rights of children and parents to opt out of religious observance in schools. But somehow, ministers have managed to bungle what ought to be a basic question of children's rights. www.thenational.scot/news/2551810...

Andrew Tickell: Scotland’s schools still force children to pray. That needs to change

MY wee sister will never forgive me. In the early 2000s, you apparently couldn’t have a school assembly without involving God, prayers and Bible…

www.thenational.scot

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