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  • Shame in Contemporary You-Narration: Q&A with the author

    Denise Wong discusses Shame in Contemporary You-Narration, exploring second-person storytelling, shame, temporality, and narrative experimentation across literature and media.

    February 11, 2026
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Strengthening Scottish Identity in the 1930s

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The lost story of the Shetland Female Emigration Fund

Véronique Molinari explores how four people united forces to help young Shetlanders emigrate to Australia

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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

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Donald Adamson and Robert Yates on the revolutionary 'Moat Pit' of Sir George Bruce, and the global significance it brought to industry in Culross

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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.

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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.

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