Rosie Shackleton

Went awol from here...but I curated an exhibition! Its about music in North Lanarkshire and its open at Summerlee until October!

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Thanks, Justin!

Loved doing these interviews and potentially more to come!

A group of people standing talking in a high-ceilinged exhibition space, surrounded by colourful album art.

Another view of part of the exhibition showing a dance floor with star graphics on the floor and a big picture of singing sisters Fran and Anna.

People sitting and standing watching video interviews on a screen.

Enjoyed last night’s preview of ‘Everything Flows’ at Summerlee Museum #Coatbridge. It’s an exhibition about North Lanarkshire’s music scenes & opens today

The brilliant interviews by @shacklington.bsky.social will be added to our oral history collection @nlheritage.bsky.social

ALQqqqq! So sorry I kind of went awol from here but glad you're here too!

19th century membership register for a Yorkshire union branch.

Posters and leaflets relating to the campaign against pit closures after 1985.

The MRC's seminar room, with cataloguing work in progress.

19th century emblem of the Yorkshire Miners' Association.

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Owwww yum!

Does anyone know what these are? They were at my local Turkish supermarket. I assumed for butter (very Amish of me) or biscuits? Anyway I bought one so things shaped like this coming soon!

The Cottingley Fairies are one of the most famous hoaxes in British folklore. In 1917, two young girls from Cottingley, West Yorkshire—Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths—claimed to have photographed fairies near their home. The five photographs they produced captured the

So last night I randomly met Barbara Dickson and Richard Demarco
Just a normal evening in Edinburgh really

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Leithhhhhh

A good art day. The new Colourist's exhibition at Dovecot Studios and the new show at Talbot Rice. Some cracking stuff!

Wee pint and two pickled eggs
Alright alright alright

Dougal and a little Dougal-Doppelgänger 🥺

The second time I've posted art on here that shows the female form and it's been labelled as 'adult content' (the first one was ironically a sketch by Louise Bourgeois...)
In case it needed repeating; a woman's body is not inherently sexual. I doubt it would be labelled the same for a male torso...

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Oysters, market Kombucha, art: a little solo treat day in Leith

Eating pancakes in bed ahhhh bring on the weekend!

Me, mum and my grandma Margaret at the Bradford Industrial Museum, probably being pulled by a Shire Horse called Norman

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Why didn't I buy the £7 Lidl clogs at the time whyyyyy

There's a cafe a few mins from the museum and it's a real experience. Crispy or soft rolls, tartan sauce (red and brown), you can buy lasagne and fish and chips if you so desire, but also vapes, water guns and celtic themed bar mats. It also has a massive photo of Amsterdam on the back wall. Vibes

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On this International Women's Day I make *him* carry the compost

In good company

Yorkshire Ladies Motor Club

@handhyorkshire.bsky.social I need your help. I have found a few murky pics of the Yorkshire Ladies Motor Club*, founded 1926, but wonder if anyone you know has anything better, perhaps even a badge, a relative who was a member?

*AKA Yorkshire Ladies Motoring Club or Yorkshire Women's Motor Club

Absolute score in the charity shop today. Obviously the Bradford one is key, but was very chuffed to find a Glasgow Garden Festival badge! @glasgowgardenfestival.org !

Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund

Castle Garden http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78806

My latest art-scot article is now live!

I interviewed the amazing Faye Eleanor Woods about all things Glasgow, Guinness and even Alasdair Gray.

You can read the piece here: www.art-scot.com/faye-eleanor...

🖼 It Starts and Ends with Anniesland, Raw pigment, acrylic ink and oil on canvas.

How's your second to last shift at your job going??