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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you Addidas. x

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 14h

Also some love for my new trainers with inadvertent saltires on the heel.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 15h

You are extremely easy to chair, Mr B. x

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 15h

Here's hoping it's nothing like. x

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 15h

Hello from Miss Marple. Im off to Kirkcudbright. ❤️

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 1d

Gave a wee talk today, ICYMI. Discussing The Two Roberts with @sarasheridan.bsky.social @nationalgalleries.bsky.social

Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · 1d

This happened today. I sadly was not able to go but have now caught up on you tube. Thank you @nationalgalleries.bsky.social and lovely @damianbarr.bsky.social
It was fascinating !

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Author talk | Damian Barr: The Two Roberts

YouTube video by nationalgalleries

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 18h

Get thee down to @nationalgalleries.bsky.social for the signed copies - definitely one to collect. xx

Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 1d

I so enjoyed this event with @sarasheridan.bsky.social @nationalgalleries.bsky.social today. Thanks to all who packed out the lecture theatre and watches online. Some signed books left in the gift shop!

Andy Catlin @andycatlin.com · 1d

"To give someone their dignity, you must show their complexity" Great talk from @damianbarr.bsky.social with @sarasheridan.bsky.social at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social discussing his excellent new book 'The Two Roberts'.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 2d

So so so has a type x

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 2d

Doorway to winter #Glasgow

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 2d

Striking resemblence between all the bubble blokes, that's for sure. 😂

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 2d

😂

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 3d

It's too long for that, I'm afraid. That's the advantage of FB. I thought about writing a newsletter instead but then folk have to sign up.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 3d

Love it. Cracking find, Dani. x

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 3d

I'm using FB to give me more space once a week to talk about my writing life. Kind of like a newsletter that you don't have to subscribe to. This week: The Secret Mandarin has a new title and cover upcoming. Roll up, roll up and read all about it here: facebook.com/sheridanwrit...

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 3d

See you soooon. x

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Meg W @megw15.bsky.social · 4d

Awesome authors at Aberfoyle Book Festival 10-12 Oct We have talks, ,panel discussion writing workshops, Books Bikes&Bairns, storytelling @louisewelsh00.bsky.social @sarasheridan.bsky.social Malacky Tallack Tom Bowser Jim Crumley Anna Levin, Polly Pullar Kevin MacNeil Emily Dodd Linda Cracknell

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 4d

60K. Woo hoo! I mean I had to get up this morning early and write in my jammies to make it, so tx for keeping me accountable. ❤️ Next week I'm speaking at 5 different events so let's see how I do with the writing...

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 4d

60K - I mean I had to get up this morning early and write in my jammies to make it, so tx for keeping me accountable. ❤️ Next week I'm speaking at 5 different events so let's see how I do with the writing...

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 7d

😂

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 7d

Telly!

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 7d

All about Elsie Inglis today at the BBC.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 8d

Oh wow - I didn't. My research base is mostly Scottish. She is fantastic! Go Eveline! S

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome to the world of herstory.

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 9d

#histnursing WW2 nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi occupied France

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 10d

Today a THREAD👇 of Scottish WWII sheroes who shone in adversity. 1st resistance fighter & nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi-occuped France. Killed in Ravensbruck, novelist, Simone St Clair, incarcerated with her said 'she kept her chin up' Mary we salute you./1

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 10d

Please feel free to add more lasses, cos that's the glory of threads - everyone gets to join in .... we are definitely not short of amazing foremothers. Thanks for reading to the end of my thread of quines who believed in hope over adversity and did the right thing. /10

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