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Thank you! I had forgotten that story but your post rang a bell and now I've reacquainted myself with it after about 50 years!
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Excellent first day at @braghs.bsky.social conference in Bury Guildhall yesterday. Looking forward to the second day at the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social Stowmarket.
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Looking forward to the @braghs.bsky.social conference and to sharing some thoughts on the great Sir Walter Dundas of that Ilk!
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Thanks! I wonder if she was one of them. She was a minor in 1632, mentioned in her father's testament. I wonder where the fashion came from?

by Alan R. MacDonald

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Have just encountered Lucretia Dawling, daughter of a tenant farmer in West Lothian, 1632. I am pretty confident I've never seen that name before in an early modern Scottish source. Anyone?
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Hard agree. I do think that Bill Paterson's voice, while profoundly different, has as much beauty to it.
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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The voice of Deep Thought.
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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This is bewildering. What is the supposed motivation for gratuitously cutting staff/subjects?
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by Alan R. MacDonald

estaitis.bsky.social
Today I decided it was time to stick a phrase from LOTR into a chapter I'm writing. Here's hoping it will survive the editing process.
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by Alan R. MacDonald

estaitis.bsky.social
Do Routledge ever employ copy editors? Currently reading this and almost every chapter reads like it went straight from first draft to print.
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Bissilie
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This is weird, because when Trump destroyed records, the AHA got very upset www.historians.org/news/aha-sta... 🗃️
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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I wonder who was responsible for the interpolation?
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Reposted by: Alan R. MacDonald, Elena Woodacre, James T. Palmer

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Job alert: the National Library of Scotland is looking to recruit a permanent, F/T curator of early modern books and other printed material. Please share widely! nls.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Curator (Early Modern Era) - Edinburgh
This is a permanent curatorial role in the Department of Published Collections. The role of the Curator (Early Modern Era) is to curate the Library’s published collections from 1455 -1690, a period th...
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by Alan R. MacDonald

estaitis.bsky.social
which led to suitcases getting even bigger, and people carrying even more. People used to travel light, consume less and have a much smaller carbon footprint. Wheeled suitcases are an epitome.
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"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being."

Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social
A venn diagram. The three circles are labelled: The Archaeologist The Pirate The Dog The area where all threel overlap is labelled: Loves digging things up Dog/Archaeologist overlap is labelled: Gets excited by bones Pirate/Archaeologist overlap is labelled: Good with maps Dog/Pirate overlap is labelled: Buries things for later
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Apparently my book, 'Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland', is now available for pre-order! Use discount code NEW30 for 30% off!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-serious...
Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland
Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland
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Twins!
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Pace yourself!
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Though that's a picture of John Spottiswoode, archbishop of St Andrews...
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Today on the blog: @huntingrebels.bsky.social takes a fascinating dive into the household accounts of Annas Keith, an early modern Scottish woman, to find out what books she owned https://buff.ly/3Z9Vum9 #HerBook #EarlyModern
Annas Keith’s Books: Reconstructing Book Ownership
By Jade Scott As demonstrated by the contributions to this blog, the most compelling evidence for women’s book ownership is a signature or inscription. Yet often we are left with frustratingly few …
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Morning!
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Even more interesting!
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Guessing it could be to secure recognition, either as endorsemnt/support or to signify acceptance on the part of someone who might have challenged the succession?
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Haviland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains. Don't judge me.
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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Beautiful, chilly lunchtime walk with Magnus. Pondering 1690s famine and fasting. Thinking's often so much easier outside.
Sunshine through the trees, a carpet of fallen leaves, a black labrador
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by Alan R. MacDonald

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