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Why I read Deleuze
Read more: Why I read DeleuzeFor Ronald Bogue, A Thousand Plateaus is Gilles Deleuze's finest piece of work. In this blog, he explains why it's one-of-a-kind.
Trade Tariffs, Compass Petroglyphs and Early Modern Maritime Trade in Shetland
Douglas Cawthorne on the mystery of the maritime petroglyph and its possible use in North Sea trade networks
The lost story of the Shetland Female Emigration Fund
Véronique Molinari explores how four people united forces to help young Shetlanders emigrate to Australia
Five Reasons to Discover George Anne Bellamy
Caroline Breashears introduces the theatre star and political insider who may have influenced one of the greatest 18th century philosophers
Man’s best friend? Sniffing out dogs in the records of early modern Scotland
From royal gifts to diabolic manifestations, Nicole Maceira Cumming explores the varied ways dogs appear in the historical record
‘The Cradle of Scottish Industry’?: exploring Culross’s unique legacy of industrial advancement
Donald Adamson and Robert Yates on the revolutionary 'Moat Pit' of Sir George Bruce, and the global significance it brought to industry in Culross
Echoes of Infamy: Four Notorious Crimes of Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland
Allan Kennedy gives an introduction to criminality in 17th-century Scotland with four infamous crimes.
When the Wind Blows: Planning for Nuclear War in the 1980s
Jim Gledhill on the organisation of civil defence in Scotland amidst Cold War tensions.
A parcel of rogues in a nation? Twenty-five years of the Scottish Parliament
David McCrone explores public opinion on the devolved Scottish Parliament over the past 25 years.
Juteopolis?: Dundee’s history as a leading textile town
The authors of The Triumph of Textiles discuss poverty and prosperity during Dundee's time as a textile town