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Mega love to Sir Geoff Palmer who has recently passed. Scotland’s first Black professor and a tireless defender of human rights. Rest in power. ❤️

Our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek this week is the spectacular Whitekirk St Mary's Church in East Lothian. What a history this building has, from medieval pilgrim visits to being set alight as a protest about unequal suffrage. Read more on our website here👇 scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/st-mary…

Of COURSE our The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland committee meetings take place in a building with a loo that’s a 16th century bread oven.

Delighted to have played a small part in the third of this series marking 50th, 100th and 150th of Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) Association, the oldest conservation body in the country. It's a wonderful tale of civic activism and making 'good trouble'! Looking forward to book launch later today

The wonderful ‘Lichfield Angel’ which was discovered during excavations at Lichfield Cathedral in 2003. Dating to around 800 AD, the sculpture probably formed the corner of a shrine chest, possibly that of St Chad (d.672). 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #SundayStonework #Lichfield

There is no amount of counter argument that will persuade me that Trans people shouldn’t have respect. In every aspect of life there will be people who push against the edges of what benefits them - in sport, welfare etc. Trans people have always existed & to deny them is wrong.

The Old Church at Nigg in Easter Ross and the magnificent cross slab that is on display within it. Measuring 2.1m in height by 1.05m wide, this is one of the very finest of the Pictish carved stones to have been found in Scotland. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balintore/nigg…

Come and work with me! Brilliant project, 3 days a week, flexible working. Happy to answer any questions.

A campaign has been launched to save a historic church featured in one of Scotland’s most famous novels from being sold. i.stv.tv/4erGtmM

🏛️1/3 of Scotland's churches predicted to close by 2030. Welcome news that the BEFS Members the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Scotland's Churches Trust have announced a £229,015 grant from NLHF for the The Finding Futures for Scotland’s Churches project. 🔗socantscot.org/news/finding-f… #ScottishHeritage

Come work with the fab Drs Dr Helen Spencer and @lizzieswarbrick on this new project that will further assess the remarkable cultural heritage found in Scotland's historic churches and look at ways to utilise this inheritance while we identify new futures for these special buildings.👇

Mark these words. A shift is already taking place. But it can’t come soon enough… 🙏

Government cutbacks of a funding lifeline for listed churches has put historic buildings and the art they house at risk. Joe Ware reveals in The Art Newspaper how changes to the Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme has put churches in danger ⬇️ shorturl.at/yn4FT

Some very sad images in this report of the recent demolition of St Ninian's Parish Church, Greenock. Designed by Church of Scotland architect Harry Taylor and built 1959-61, the bold Dalle de Verre stained glass cross was by John Lawrie. All now gone.😢 inverclydenow.com/in-pictures-de…

The children killed in Gaza had names, and favourite subjects in school. They wanted to be teachers, doctors and astronauts when they grew up - the same as children in the UK and across the world. They were, and still are, someone's everything: their entire universe. Children

That panicked feeling you get when you suddenly find yourself stuck in the super tight jumper you were trying to take off - 14th century, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS G.24, f. 139v

All welcome Sat 9 Aug at 11.30am to launch in Dunblane Cathedral of new booklet “The Organs of Dunblane Cathedral” by Tony Bragg, published by Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral. Available to purchase at £5 after Music at Midday concert, & in Dunblane Museum thereafter

What a fantastic launch event yesterday for Research in Action on Church Heritage (REACH), our collaborative project with Society of Antiquaries of Scotland supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland & Pilgrim Trust Chaired by @lizzieswarbrick, we heard from 20 wonderful speakers followed by a panel discussion

Meanwhile, those stonemasons in the Middle Ages: Mason: So, what should I work on today boss? Master mason: Just a standard Tuesday. Start with a constipated ape-demon. Mason: No probs. Master mason: Then help out Steve on the sculpture of a woman pulling open her labia.