Lewis Willcox
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Lewis Willcox
@loadaigh99.bsky.social
Doing a PhD on labour in 20th C. rural Scotland
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Are you a budding Trade Unionist? Curious about socialism? Want to meet other activists and make a positive difference in your community? Come along and find your tribe at our Hub ❤️✊🏼 #falkirk #socialjustice #joinaunion
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Read the latest blog for Landscapes of Protest, a research project funded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk! In this most recent post, co-lead Carl Griffin reflects on what brought him to Scottish history & the study of Highland resistance, bit.ly/4aNibUx

@juliettedesportes.bsky.social
Why is a historian of English rural protest studying Highland resistance? By Carl J. Griffin - Landscapes of Protest
This blog post was written by Professor Carl Griffin, Visiting Professor at UHI and Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex. Carl is also a lead on the 'Resistance to improvement...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thank you to @conteurohistory.bsky.social for publishing this piece on international solidarity between German and Scottish agricultural workers during the Kapp Putsch.
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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STUC statement on standing alongside the people of Falkirk against racism 👇

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August 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Last week, Scotland’s three islands councils – Orkney Islands Council, Shetland Islands Council and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - turned 50. How did they come to be established, and how have they changed the governance landscape of Scotland’s islands? A short thread of findings from my PhD thesis.
May 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Can't even avoid this in the archives
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Visiting Hida Folk village illustrated some interesting parallel experiences between Northern Scotland and Hilda, Japan. Both, as low grain producing areas, found specialisation in textiles and beef production allowing for the continued existence of a peasant class into the 20th century
January 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I don't know who's responsible for the Junge Welt stickers in Falkirk but I'd appreciate some context
December 18, 2024 at 10:15 AM
The land policy of the Scottish executive of the labour party in 1918 makes interesting reading — particularly in terms of its scope and scale.
December 6, 2024 at 2:10 PM
There's a strong argument for the Labour History Archive being the most fun to visit
November 29, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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Ian Gasse (1948-2024): Scottish labour historian
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November 29, 2024 at 8:29 AM