Historian/Teacher. Focused on Jacobite studies. BA, BSc, BA Hons, BA Hons (Open), PhD. Married to a beaut. Dad of two beauts. Views are my own.
Joined July 2011
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Jan 16
Hugh Mercer, Scottish Jacobite surgeon and American Revolutionary War hero was born on this day 300 years ago. #Jacobite #AmericanRevolution
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17 Dec 2025
Proud to have helped develop this fantastic MOOC course for @UofGlasgow. Available now.
futurelearn.com/courses/expl…
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24 Oct 2025
@F18CAL , Bill Runacre, and myself are glad to have signed a new contract with @ManchesterUP !
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
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29 Sep 2025
Very excited to welcome Prof Clotilde Prunier to the JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshops tomorrow (Tues, 30 Sept) at 5pm UKT, who will be sharing some of her current work on the links between the Stuarts and the Catholic Mission in Scotland 1719-1788.
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26 Aug 2025
I gave my first live interview for the @NewBooksNetwork about my book with @ManchesterUP !
Recording of the cuff is quite strange, but one needs to starts somewhere! @ManMetUni
Listen to me speaking too much here:
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18 Aug 2025
The time is nigh! Another fab programme for the JST Virtual Workshop is up and ready to kick off on Tuesday, 2 Sept. Following the keynote launch, we'll have fortnightly sessions on different aspects of #JacobiteStudies from a wide range of contributors.
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25 Jul 2025
Love Scotland podcast – 2025 season Episode 10 – After Culloden: The later life of Charles Edward Stuart, featuring myself and my colleague Stefano Baccolo. Our thanks to Jackie Bird and @N_T_S. nts.org.uk/stories/for-the-l…
#Jacobite @FunkyPlaid @P14Murray
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20 Jul 2025
This silver touchpiece was personally distributed by Bonnie Prince Charlie when touching for the King's Evil sometime between 1766 and 1788. During the ceremony, Charles would've hung this small medal around a scrofula sufferer's neck. From the Hunterian.
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19 Jun 2025
King James VI & I, the first monarch to rule over all of the British Isles, was born on this day in 1566. This gold £20 piece that was minted in Edinburgh in 1575 is the earliest coin to depict him. From the Hunterian collection.
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10 Jun 2025
It's white Rose Day!
What's best than this engraving of James III/VIII ?
Reading my last monograph with @ManchesterUP that has an entire chapter on how to party like a #Jacobite in #Lorraine on June, 10th!
"To the King Over the Water!"
#history
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10 Jun 2025
A lovely piece entitled ‘Politics and the Grand Tour: the Jacobite threat’ – Historia Magazine by @JeremyFilet! historiamag.com/politics-gra…
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10 Jun 2025
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10 Jun 2025
The Battle of Glen Shiel #otd in 1719 ended the 'forgotten' #Jacobite Rising of that year.
As historian Maggie Craig told Historia, it was "a dramatic moment in #Scotland’s history and several significant historical players were involved".
Find out more: historiamag.com/1719-forgott…
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4 Jun 2025
Came across a visceral account o/t aftermath of Prestonpans I've not seen referenced. British trooper George Cranston took refuge in a gravedigger's house & was told of Jacobite dead lying in the church w/ fine linen & plaids over their bodies, w/ Highlanders 'howling over ym'.
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4 Jun 2025
In today's #dukesandprinces adventure, Drummond Castle, home of the Dukes of Perth (well, Jacobite dukes anyway).
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29 May 2025
The House of Stuart was restored to the throne OTD in 1660.
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28 May 2025
Fan of #Jacobites and #archives? @natlibscot Manuscripts Curator Dr Ralph McLean is giving a free talk at the Mitchell Library about collections for #JacobiteStudies in Edinburgh and Glasgow. It's set for Thursday, 19 June and it's free. Don't rebel!
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4 May 2025
Our final JST Virtual Workshop of the Spring 2025 term is upon us this Tues, 6 May, wherein we'll be featuring a round-table with a gaggle of scholars sharing archival gems of particular interest in #JacobiteStudies. It's next-level show-and-tell!
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J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit' can now be read in Scottish Gaelic, thanks to the efforts of an @aberdeenuni prof. Read about his work, & his future plans to translate texts by H.G. Wells & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into Scottish Gaelic.
thenational.scot/news/251120…
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