Historian of 18thC Scotland focused on Jacobite Studies & Digital History. Curator of @JDB1745. Chair, Jacobite Studies Trust. PhD via @ISHRStAndrews.
Joined October 2007
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Feb 23
A brand new programme for the JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshops is here; we're kicking things off on 24 Feb with a visit from Prof Allan Macinnes, who will be sharing thoughts about his new book, 'Conflict and Loyalty: Jacobitism in Europe & Beyond'.
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29 Dec 2025
This week marked the release & delivery of a pretty remarkable edited collection from colleagues at Glasgow & @LuathPress. It contains an incredible *44* contributions & represents an affordable, accessible tour-de-force of cultural connections between Outlander & Scotland. (1/2)
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29 Dec 2025
I'm really thankful to have been included in the volume and to appear alongside so many talented and thoughtful folks. If you read it, I hope you love it. Huge thanks to all who were involved in making it happen! (2/2)
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27 Oct 2025
We're only a day away from our next JST #JacobiteStudies workshop, which will feature Rachel Monsey sharing insights from her work on Jacobite manuscript poetry created between the Revolution and the Hanoverian Succession. Coming up Tues, 28 Oct, 5pm UKT.
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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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11 Sep 2025
Yes, the great Duffy left a great deal of money to NTS, but even more valuable is his entire personal archive and research-in-progress, which the Trust currently holds & curates. We're still waiting to learn about how scholars & researchers might be able to access that material.
10 Sep 2025
Professor Christopher Duffy was the kindest man and so generous with his time and knowledge. And now this .. @TheScotsman
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31 Aug 2025
Pretty interesting record in one of Cumberland's order books from 11 May 1746, just a few weeks after Culloden. 5am rounds for troops to 'pluck heather for the tents', presumably to lay on top for insulation and protection from the rain.
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28 Aug 2025
Happy unexpected publication day for a chapter I’d written in a magnificent edited collection from @EdinburghUP. So many remarkable contributions in here and I’m fortunate to be in such good company within. #ShapingJacobitism #JacobiteStudies
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28 Aug 2025
With big congratulations to all the contributors and especially the editors, @LeithDavis and Kevin James, who herded all the cats. And, of course, @DANALAI6! @ScottishSfu @uofg
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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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19 Aug 2025
Where are our Jacobites!? Join us for the first episode in our Jacobite Rising Series. Available now!
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#PrimeAndLoad #HistoryPodcast #Scotland # ScottishHistory
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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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9 Aug 2025
The Earls of Airlie will be auctioning off an historically rich collection of items, including a dress allegedly worn by Lady Margaret Ogilvy, wife of David, 6th Earl of Airlie and commander of a large #Jacobite regiment during #The45. (1/2)
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9 Aug 2025
I've written about Margaret's visit to Coupar Angus during #The45 over on Little Rebellions. (2/2)
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1 Aug 2025
Make a wish and gather your strength for whatever it is you are and do.
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24 Jul 2025
Upcoming event at the Lochaber Archive Centre!
Jacobite Document Exhibition
Wednesday 20th August, 14:00 - 16:00
No entry fees but donations welcome
Part of the Jacobite Festival 2025
Hope to see you there!
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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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21 Jul 2025
Have any of us adequately expressed our thanks lately to @natlibscotmaps for their incredible (and free) digital mapping repository and resources? It's been of immense service as I write up a chapter on an 'incident' during the summer of 1746. And oh, Scottish place-names!
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17 Jul 2025
The new collection edited by @LeithDavis & Kevin James is now up for pre-order, and it's 30% off with the code NEW30 at @EdinburghUP. My chapter on #Jacobite witness networks appears alongside a wonderful collection of esteemed historians and scholars.
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17 Jul 2025
Great to see Geoff Bailey relaunching his foundational book on the Battle of Falkirk on Monday, 21 July at @LibFalkirk. #jacobites #the45
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