Mother, fighter, & photographer. Tish used her lens to celebrate overlooked working-class lives & fight for social change in Thatchers' Britain. Her daughter uncovers her poignant story, unveiling the artist behind the camera. modernfilms.com/tish

🧵 Female pupils and staff in ­Scoland’s schools are at risk from an alarming rise in ‘toxic ­masculinity’, sparking an urgent classroom crackdown. A group of boys even refused to be taught by one teacher, then distributed a faked pornographic image of her…

1/2 Excited to see 30 women finally received their caps tonight from Scottish FA decades after they represented Scotland. Researching and finding these women has been a massive team effort lead by Karen Fraser and assisted by Andy Mitchell the legendary Elsie Cook and myself.

I started working in Paisley in August and on lunchtime walks, the place has charmed me. It's a beautiful town. Spot on column from Gabriella Bennett Powerhouse Paisley is showing us how to revitalise high streets thetimes.co.uk/article/5c37bf…

Imagine Something Different at Paisley Book Festival 📚☁️ We are delighted to announce our fantastic programme of events for #PBF24 More info and book your tickets here👉 bit.ly/PBF24Programme #PBF24 #ImagineSomethingDifferent

On this day 50 years ago, Bob Fulton refused to repair the Chilean Air Force engine at his work desk in protest against General Pinochet's military coup six months earlier. The engine powered Hawker Hunter jets, which had been used on the day of the coup to bomb Santiago.

For those who might be interested in new towns history, Milton Keynes, and the history of community in post-war Britain: my new article in Modern British History. Open access at doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/h…. Big thanks to Buckinghamshire Archives and City DiscoveryCentre

We're going to show this in Glasgow, maybe Edinburgh too, in Autumn with Living Rent. Fiadh Tubridy from CATU Ireland will be discussing the research project on the rent strikes and the film itself. Living Rent Living Rent Glasgow Living Rent Edinburgh

Thrilled to have my book 'The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation: In Place of Squalor' finally out with Bloomsbury Academic Copies available here: tinyurl.com/mvj2xyb7

💡 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS 💡 It’s time for me to start looking for participants for my PhD research! All details on the poster, feel free to fire me an email if you have any questions 😊 Scottish Oral History Centre Strathclyde Humanities & Social Sciences Oral History Society hass.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ef…

It's WORLD PREMIERE DAY! Edinburgh International Film Festival Super big thanks to katie hawthorne for this feature in The Guardian in print and online. theguardian.com/music/article/… Thank you so, so much to all of you for believing in this film. The stories are set to be told! CJE X

Delighted with the cover and *cannot wait* to see the book... Thanks to British Library Publishing and ohsinnerman _ for collaborating on this. Dorothy's family are delighted to see old favourites and unpublished gems coming out. 🖤 Will post launch details in due course.

Earlier this year I spoke to Grangemouth workers with @riyokoshibe and we published this report for Just Transition Commission. These workers are keen to use their skills to transition to green manufacturing. Any outcome which leaves them on the scrapheap is appalling. justtransition.scot/publication/th…

Well done PACE Youth Theatre on an amazing opening night at Paisley Arts Centre! Gave us all the right feels, had us crying with laughter & craving super noodles. Was lovely seeing so many friendly faces too ☺️ Congrats to all the wonderful cast, crew & creators. A must see! Jenni Mason

#brutalglasgow: 2 days to go.. The exhibition explores 8 brutalist buildings, with commentary from architectural writers, as well as archive material & personal recollections. Here's a snippet from The Gallowgate Towers, part of the Disappearing Glasgow project by Chris Leslie

The Keep Grangemouth Working campaign has been spirited and forward looking in demanding an extension to the life of the refinery, which is facing closure in months, so that it can receive investment as part of a transition to green manufacturing. Thanks to them for the kind animation!

Indyref was shaped by decades of economic and political change. I wrote this article for Economics Observatory about how deindustrialisation - the closure of factories, mines, shipyards and steelworks - has been pivotal to the debate over Scotland's future. economicsobservatory.com/how-has-deindu…

An important show of support for the People's Story from historians and other colleagues at Edinburgh University. Academic, community and trade union voices have been united in opposing the closure of Edinburgh's working-class history museum. The council must see sense on it.

Red Road Flats Demolished 9 years ago today 11th October 2015 #Glasgow