The Lady Tram Driver Has Arrived: Women’s History Month V
29 Mar '21
In 1915, Glasgow was the first city in Britain to hire female tram drivers, partly as a result of the deficit of male workers during the war. This...
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After Flodden: Women’s History Month IV
23 Mar '21
This week, in our series of Women’s History Month extracts from Rosemary Goring’s Scotland: Her Story, we encounter an instance of women...
Convent Espionage: Women’s History Month III
15 Mar '21
Our third instalment of extracts for Women’s History Month is a double decker: early-modern prioresses and the very modern Muriel Spark. The...
Women’s History Month – Scotland: Her Story, Part II
08 Mar '21
In our second extract from Rosemary Goring’s essential anthology, Scotland: Her Story, we present an interview with the only Scottish...
March is Women’s History Month: ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ by Janice Galloway from Scotland: Her Story
02 Mar '21
March is Women’s History Month, with International Women’s Day taking place on 8th March. Rosemary Goring’s anthology, Scotland:...
2021 Preview: History and Current Affairs
22 Jan '21
From books exploring the interwoven history of tea and Scotland to the rise of China’s surveillance state, we have a range of brilliantly...
Shining a light on the past
19 Nov '19
Rosemary Goring takes a look at two strong new history titles.
