One of the things I’m most passionate in life is education. I am a very proud lifelong learner and love … More
Author: J Watson
Postgrad student at University of the Highlands and Islands, reenactor, knitter, dressmaker, wife, mum.
Stìomagan agus brèideich: Highland maidens and wives
The painting above, by Alloa-born artist David Allan, is one of my favourite 18th century paintings depicting Scottish people. On … More
Britannia is a woman
In 1940 a film entitled Britannia is a Woman was released by Movietone News to be shown in cinemas across … More
Scottish women’s history
I have returned to studying this academic year part-time and am catching up on modules I had started last academic … More
Temperature scarf & Scottish wool
A few weeks ago I was talking with my husband about the weather in Scotland. It has been a really … More
The start of a kilt maker’s journey
My daughter and I have started to learn to make kilts this summer, thanks to Nikki and Amanda at The … More
On long covid, lockdown and hope
Winter this year was a particularly horrible one. The weather was abysmal, I had a reoccurrence of what I now … More
Catching up
I realise it has been an incredibly long time since I have posted anything on my blog. Like many others, … More
The curious case of Alexander MacGibbon and the Old Statistical Account for Parish of Kilmadock or Doune (1798)
This blog post is somewhat different from stuff I usually write about. As we are all at home due to … More
Who will play the silver whistle?
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Figure 1:Gillebride as the time-travelling* Gwyllyn the Bard … More
Sassenach Stitcher 
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