We've released a new report about the links between some of our historically important sites & the British Empire. Nearly 38% have a connection. Some had an important function within the empire; others were owned by people involved with the empire. More:

It's me!

Thanks to these new early career fellowships, supported by the @V_and_A and @UKRI_News, we'll be hosting Dr Audrey Scardina. Scardina will examine how we manage the historic environment to meet the needs of communities in the face of climate change.

Excited to finally announce that I've joined @HistEnvScot as an Early Career Fellow as part of this scheme. You can read more about my project in the link below!

People often ask how typos or other text errors end up in publishing books. The answer is quite simple. Books are made by humans. "If I worked on the books, I would just find all the typos." You probably would not. Let me give you an example:

German speakers waiting for the verb

So, there has been some hetting about ‘woke archaeology’ in the kinds of places that get het up whenever something sounds remotely modern. Perhaps you want to know whether woke archaeologists are really refusing to say there were men and women in the past? SURPRISE NO

Missed this coming out in the chaos of the last few weeks, but very excited to see this, and I look forward to reading!

What the hell was that? A roach from a Caribbean-bound slave ship is found in the ship’s ledger and The National Archives decided to name it and turn out a fun Tweet thread. A betrayal of trust and care to all of us doing research whose ancestors names are on those pages.

Ah, just noticed the last word I looked up in the OED was 'sexological' 😂 #amediting

"... found that “conscientious people” and those who are more “thoughtful and aware of themselves and their surroundings” are the most likely to use discourse markers such as “like”."

My favourite bit, "the best linguistic studies today suggest people who say “like” may actually be more intelligent than those that don’t. One, published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology, which examined 263 conversational transcripts,..."

Thankfully someone in Student Services took pity on my and actually posted.

If you're wondering why it took so long, it's because I kept getting directed to a link that required me to access my student account, which I ofc didn't have access to. 😂

Finally got my PhD certificate/diploma in the post today almost a year after my virtual graduation. Found out it was officially awarded on the 18th of March 2021!

Buckle up for a thread about this crazy story. https://t.co/hbjun7rTGt

So inspiring to be at #YSAwards tonight and celebrating our young people's achievements! @EDIinSH @MuseumsGalScot @RCPSGheritage @ScottishCrannog @HMSUnicornship

At the Young Scot Awards to celebrate the @EDIinSH placements!!! #YSAwards @hopemoore111 @ErinTur45340010 @minervarosacato @etrimarchi5 @churnjeet @taswole

The Night is just beginning! #YSAwards

Today's the day of the Young Scot Awards! Looking forward to attending the event and meeting many of the @EDIinSH placements in person for the first time 😊 #YSAwards