History – Page 2

Natalie Warner

Introducing a talented designer and her fascinating professional journey

sock of the week no.5: Jacobite garters

Stockings which concealed the political message of a lost eighteenth-century cause.

sock of the week no.4

Gairloch stockings: A Highland design success story

sock of the week no.3

Celebrating the world’s first sock knitting book, and its bluestocking author

sock of the week no.2

By: KDD June 2, 2021June 2, 2021

History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textilesfashion history, frame knit stockings, Lady Clapham, Lord Clapham, silk, silk stockings, sock of the week, socks, stockings, textile history, V&A Museum12 Comments

Eighteenth-century stockings in miniature

Castle Tioram walk

By: KDD June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

architecture, History, landscape, Scotland, walking, West Highlandsardnamurchan, Castle Tioram, Highlands, Moidart, Scotland, Silver Walk, walk, walking11 Comments

exploring a spectacular landscape and its turbulent history

sock of the week no.1

Philippe Mercier’s popular portrait of an eighteenth-century stocking knitter

a chat with Nicole Pohl

Nicole tells us more about her work on the women of the Bluestocking circle

a walking week

By: KDD May 13, 2021May 13, 2021

History, landscape, photography, Scotland, walkingardnamurchan, History, landscape, Lochaber, Moidart, photography, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Scottish history, walking17 Comments

exploring a stunning part of Scotland

two new projects

News about Inkling, and The Bluestocking Club

out of the woods

Outi Kater introduces a wonderful design inspired by Finnish childhood winters and restorative woodland spaces

zwiebelmuster

Nicole Wagler tells us about eighteenth-century porcelain and her sense of place in Meissen

Glasgow’s atelier economy: then and now

By: KDD September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

History, making, People MAKE Glasgow, photography, Politics, writingbook, Glasgow, History, People MAKE Glasgow, photography, Politics, publishing, slavery, writing8 Comments

Today I thought I’d share with you the introductory words I wrote for People MAKE Glasgow . For me – a former eighteenth-century specialist – the connections between Glasgow’s eighteenth-century past and its twenty-first century present have always been apparent, and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to write about those connections here. People MAKE…

Lunardi in Campsie

The revival of my eighteenth-century balloon-o-mania was inspired after some recent walks around Clachan of Camspie and Milton of Campsie (just north and east of where we live) during which I discovered that that balloonist, Vincent Lunardi, landed in Campsie Glen at the conclusion of his second flight from Glasgow in November 1785. After wowing…