Peak Beyond Peak: the unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison compiled and transcribed by Hazel Buchan Cameron On 11th May, we welcomed Hazel Buchan Cameron to talk about her […]
Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog
“A community committed to feminist organising” Milo blogs about archiving our poster collection
I’m Milo, a Museum Studies student on placement here at GWL. It’s been a joy getting to know the GWL Poster Collection, and it’s my pleasure to share some snippets of this experience with you all.
Story Cafe round up: Scotland’s witches
Pauline shares some of the highlights from our April and May Story Cafes… Wendy introduced Anabel, who was leading this Story Cafe telling of Scotland’s persecution of witches, the attempt […]
Volunteer Story- Shalini
Inspired by the “Volunteer Profiles” which featured in the GWL newsletters published in the 1990’s and 2000’s, we’re introducing some of our current volunteers, to highlight how they support our work and why they do it. This is Shalini’s story….
Origin Story: Mixing the Colours
Mixing The Colours (2013-2015) was a GWL project which sought to address how intra-Christian sectarianism affects women in diverse communities. Our volunteer Miranda finds out more about the origins and impact of this revolutionary project
May Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic: Homelands: The History of a Friendship by Chitra Ramaswamy […]
Story Cafe: A silent voices speak by Trishna Singh OBE
Pauline reflects on a wonderful, illuminating Story Cafe with Trishna Singh… Trishna Singh OBE is a first generation Scottish Bhat Sikh born in Glasgow in1953. She moved to Edinburgh on […]
April Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic: Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds by […]
Suffragette – My Story by Carol Drinkwater
“Until last year, ‘Deeds not words’,had become a passionate call but had remained a non-violent interpretation of what was needed to bring about change. Now we feel we must go further”
Story Cafe round up: women journalists
From anarchism in Spain, to photo-journalism in Yemen, Pauline gives us a fantastic round up of what we’ve been reading and chatting about… In this fascinating session (“brilliant” and “my […]