fortrenn.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Glasgow, researching the early medieval Moray Firthlands in Scotland. Live in Penryn, Cornwall. FSAScot. Posts about early medieval Scottish history and archaeology. Blog: https://fortrenn.substack.com
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You're not wrong.
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This sounds fab - congratulations on the commission!
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That's a lovely piece - and spot on about everyone bringing their own biases to the symbols! Would you mind if we put a link to it in our next @pictishartssociety.bsky.social email update?
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Do you still need this, Kate? I've got access to it if so. Also I wasn't aware of it and it looks v. useful for my research, so thank you!
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Also Glasgow!
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I'm being taught it as a beginner at University of Glasgow, by the excellent @gparsons.bsky.social
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Vivid recollections of when I worked in technology PR in the 90s, and my client literally said to a journalist "VA for PB5 is going GA in Q4".
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Oh no, is everything OK?
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phwoar
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(Photo by the excellent @salphoto.bsky.social)
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Ooh
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Heh, I cannot be pigeonholed! Does this mean your interview is in there as well?
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"What Historians teach is how to study evidence critically, how to construct an argument that shows an awareness of different historiographical viewpoints and the nature of the evidence and the problems with it. History is about studying, reading, thinking, not just passively learning and knowing."
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Yr book has given me a whole mew identity!
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It's maddening the way the social platforms want to stop people from clicking away. I use Substack for my blog, which is great because new posts go out to all the subscribers (although my readership is tiny compared to yours!) But Substack also has problematic ownership so I may have to move again.
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I'm long gone from X - apart from the obvious issue of the owner, it was downgrading links to my blog and my traffic from it had plummeted as a result. I don't miss it!
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Oh no, I'm sorry. Hamish will have lived his best life with you, I'm sure xx
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Oh no, hope everything is OK?
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Mine arrived too - along with another absolute unit I've had my eye on for a while, but was way too expensive.
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According to @jamesbluecat.bsky.social, at least once a month! I don't think it's quite that often since we all left Twitter. Is Alex's cousin's novel set in Pictland, by any chance?
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May I introduce you to @standup-comedy.co.uk, who is the Lance in question. (Though he may not know that every time he's mentioned in this house, someone has to do the "it's called a lance" line from A Knight's Tale.)
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It is used a bit in the UK (I'm a corporate copywriter in my day job), but ESG is the more common phrase here.
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I keep looking for parallels between my two worlds. There aren't many, but I can at least link my love of early medieval beacon systems to optics and telecoms.
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Ah, that's great - hope you enjoy it!
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Oh brilliant, please do!
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Nice one! This is probably too late for your research, but my great-aunt Evelyn Dunbar was an interwar artist with a strong horticultural background. She illustrated the 1937 book 'Gardener's Choice' with her then-lover, the artist Charles Mahoney. I have tons of archive material if it's of any use.
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Thanks Geraldine - I definitely had a feeling of "well, I couldn't have done that six months ago". Thanks for all of your excellent tuition to date!
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Haha, thank you! It's been quite a struggle so far, so this is definitely progress!
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Ha, accurate!
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Hi Martin! That's ogham script, which can be used to write in different languages (like our alphabet), but was mostly used to write Old Irish. The inscription on the Old Kilmadock stone (from Digging for Britain) hasn't been translated yet, but it may turn out to be in Pictish rather than Old Irish.
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Geraldine is definitely a great teacher, but I'm not sure I'm a great student! I try to keep up as best I can, but crikey.