Delighted to share a session with Anne Martin at 'Interrogating the Napier Commission' at Glasgow Uni. Hopefully it gave an alternative approach and understanding to legacies of Clearance. Back home for an archive pop up at the Dunvegan Show. 🐑

I'll be chatting archives at this conference later in the month. Join in person or online.

🥳NEW EXHIBITION! ùir-sgeul | earth story is a new exhibition by artist Eilidh MacKenzie, exploring oral traditions, maps, landscapes, archaeology and written materials related to Skye’s shieling culture – and it can be explored this summer at the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre

I've just got back from Glasgow, but aye, I'll be back again for the Glasgow Zine Library Fest 6th July. Hosting a panel with a group amazing Gàidhealtachd women! Join Anne Martin, Agnes Rennie, and Jacquie Aitken as we chat over Scottish Land Reform and Resistance.

Last stop at @GalGael before the journey home. The garden is looking, smelling and sounding beautiful.

Any Folklorists or anyone keen to chat about 'honesty boxes' free in Glasgow tomorrow? It's a last-minute podcast recording with myself

Really looking forward to charing this panel as part of the Glasgow Zine Library Festival. Book a space these women are amazing! https://t.co/8LxFyI4vFB

The story of Annie Baillie Gordon is facinating, had fun researching and chatting about this. She was reported to have given John MacPherson a sword and was visiting the Crofters in Glendale in Nov 1884. So much more to tell on this swindler! Have a listen

Saturday 24th 6.30pm at the Skye & Lochalsh Archive Centre. Where We Stand, an exhibition organised by Community Land Scotland with work by contemporary artists which tell the stories & achievements of the pioneers of community ownership, a movement that has transformed Scotland

West Belfast based well-being festival, Féile na gCloigíní Gorma. @GlorNaMona @FailteFeirste @feile_belfast @theirishnews

Waving west on the drive home tonight, am heading to Lewis for a few days next month, it'll probably be raining then

I'll be down at the Galgael this week joining a brilliant group of people for 'Strange Broth'. Looking forward to sharing some stories from the archive.

2/2 I'll also be joining a conversation on the recent adventures to Brazil. See ya there or drop me a message for a coffee/tea/pint after.

1/2 I'll be having a bleather this weekend at the @galgael about archives, resistance, and reclamation. From uprisings to suppression, exploring how archives capture tensions between land,power, and belonging. Skye is a commodity after all eh?

Tonight 7.30pm at Portree Community Centre. @graceq_22 will be holding court!

Friday night painting and catching up on podcasts. Might need a pint by tomorrow

3/3A key figure in the Land War, founded the Irish Land League in 1879 to address the plight of tenant farmers, advocating for fair rents, fixity of tenure, and the right to freely sell their occupancy, and later played a crucial role in the Highland Land League.

1/2Michael Davitt, who had suffered the indignation of eviction from his home in Straide County Mayo during the Great Starvation and at the age of eleven was to have his right arm amputated following an accident at a mill. That boy went on to change the course of Irish History.

1/3“To remain in these places” is an important phrase, for it is what the struggle was about. Without security of tenure, the exodus would have continued... today it's a battle against AirBnB and over tourism.