
Head of Visual Art @CreativeScotland, Founder director @skyeatlas Research associate @RBGE
Scotland
Joined April 2009
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Exciting News Alert! 🌟 Thrilled to share, now it's official, I am joining Creative Scotland as the new Head of Visual Arts! ✨I'm honoured to take on this role and contribute to the vibrant arts community. #NewBeginnings #ArtsInAction #CreativeScotland #VisualArtsLeadership
A warm welcome to Emma Nicolson, who has been appointed as our new Head of Visual Arts 🌿
Learn more: creativescotland.com/news-st…
Please share in case anyone would like to attend this residential workshop on the Isle of Coll in the Hebrides. Breachacha Embrace Programme 2026
IMPRESSIONS FROM NATURE / Botanical Drawing
1–5 July 2026
Breachacha Castle
Four days of botanical drawing embracespace.org/breachacha-…
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Motorcyclist dies after three-vehicle crash in Scottish Borders ift.tt/SIZuQpX
Pause East Lothian Town Centre Parking Charge Plans Pending Impact Review & Consultation chng.it/fKVzwJ6S via @UKChange
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Brigitte en Écosse
RIP BB, who never looked better than when filming opposite the Bass Rock on my childhood haunt of Seacliff Beach for Two Weeks in September/ À Cœur Joie during September 1966
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Rafflesia hasseltii: a plant seen more by tigers than people. Watching this flower open by night was the closest thing to magic: – at West Sumatra, Indonesia
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There is always a reason why a bully is a bully, but whatever the reason is it doesn’t make it okay. We can use our power for good, and bring bullying to an end today.
#AntiBullyingWeek #PowerForGood
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vinted have changed the sizing categories and have completely fucked up all my listings and saved searches
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New from @EmpirePodUK
THE LOST WORLD OF OTTOMAN GAZA
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:
OTTOMAN GAZA:
From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, author of The Fall of the Ottomans & Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
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Postdoc opportunity at Kew Gardens: AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions. Closes 10 Dec 25: ukri.org/opportunity/early-c…
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RIP my wonderful friend Manchan Magan- great champion of Irish history and literature. He was due to come @JaipurLitFest
this January & talk about how Irish & Hindu mythologies were interwoven- he will be much missed!
rte.ie/news/2025/1003/153656…
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#PLANTATION #SCIENCE & #EMPIRE in the 20TH CENTURY: 3.5 yrs funded PhD @LSEGeography @lsehistory & @KewGardens supervised by Kasia Kaprocki & @Economicbotany Details: lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Gradu…
For anyone curious about the world of design, Des Talks with Susanna Beaumont is a thoughtful and inspiring listen. Highly recommend! @designexhibitionscot podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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🎉 Exciting news! The Creative Communities Scotland Fund is now open for applications.
Funded by @culturescotgov, this programme supports grassroots organisations using creativity to boost wellbeing across Scotland!
👉inspiringscotland.org.uk/fun…
#CreativeCommunitiesScotland
Applications are now open for the Creative Communities Scotland fund which helps organisations get people involved in the arts.
We previously funded @PAMIS_Scotland who support young people with complex disabilities to tell their stories.
READ MORE ➡️ ow.ly/rv4g50WBfrK
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Four museums across Scotland will receive a share of £225,587 to enhance their visitor experiences and sustainability, thanks to @scotgov support.
More ▶️ museumsgalleriesscotland.org…

ALT Picture of the People's Palace in Glasgow with a quote from Culture Secretary Angus Robertson underneath that says: “These awards highlight the transformational opportunities that targeted funding can unlock for the many wonderful museums that tell Scotland’s story, and the hardworking staff and volunteers who keep them running. “While their focuses are different, each award will develop the social and economic benefits that these museums provide to their local communities, in line with the Scottish Government’s commitment to safeguard our nation’s cultural heritage.”
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A #JUTE #LASCAR STORY: new play by @StepneyTrust
& @artswoborders 9 Aug 2025 @19_30h BST Details: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-jute-la… @HeritageFundUK @SAHM_UK
#East_Bengal #British_Empire #economic_botany #Migration #plantation #fibre @RHULHistory @RHULGeography
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A definite must-attend this conversations between two of the greats in the plant humanities.
Free online program from @Plant_Init Strangers at Home: Plant-Human Migrations - a conversation with plant humanities scholars Yota Batsaki and Giovanni Aloi about cultural histories of two invasive plants, Kudzu and Agave. Thu, Sep 18. 2025, 12-1pm CT. eventbrite.com/e/strangers-a…
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"Art, however, is a language that speaks to a far wider audience — across multiple ages, cultures and locations — and is a valuable tool for communicating fungal science, beauty and importance to the general public."
The visual art of mycology
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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We have increased funding for our screen sector by £2 million.
This will help productions develop work made in Scotland by people in Scotland – creating jobs and economic opportunities.
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