Robert Macduff-Duncan

Writer to the Signet, Partner at @KCestateagents, Charity Trustee at @PKAVScharity, Past President of Rotary Club of Perth St Johns & amateur genealogist

[The Signet Library @signetlibrary]

Everyone at the WS Society mourns the passing of James Mackay, Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT, aged 99, whose death was announced yesterday. Truly a titan of the law and a wonderful man. We send our sincere condolences to Lady Mackay and all her family.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

After Inverness Caledonian Thistle beat Celtic 3-1 in a Scottish Cup game in 2000, the Scottish Sun newspaper ran the headline ‘Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious’.

[Michael Alexander @C_MAlexander]

Daughter pays tribute to #Perth solicitor dad who made family his ‘life’s mission’.
Ian Tait, who has died at 77, travelled by jeep across Iran as a youth and had the 'happiest times' after being rejected by @univofstandrews.
Read here @thecourieruk:
https://t.co/usgIWhkJ8c

[Rupert Myers @RupertMyers]

Absolutely perfect - I must rewatch the whole thing

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Kate Forbes is quitting politics aged 36: I've just done an event with her in Glasgow Uni.

Her parting warning? The real crisis isn't immigration - it's depopulation.

A notebook from Glasgow on her point (and the painting that makes her point):-

https://t.co/n7SkACP0t0

[Duncan Chisholm @DuncanWChisholm]

Sunday morning and here is Gordon Duncan’s beautiful ’Sleeping Tune’ for Day 14 of #Tradvent
For this special tune I’m playing within the incredible acoustic of Inverness Cathedral ❤️
Hope you all have a peaceful Sunday

[Robert Macduff-Duncan @MacduffDuncan]

https://t.co/RUqmBzymBH

[Faculty of Advocates @FacultyScot]

“…it was with considerable concern and dismay that we read reports of Ms Chapman MSP addressing a public gathering in the wake of the recent ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.” https://t.co/fjOxgF86qi

[HeForShe @HeForShe]

Happy International Women’s Day!

We cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. Gender equality is everyone's responsibility, and 2025 is the year for men and boys to show up and stand alongside women and girls in making change

#IWD2025 #Beijing30 #HeForShe

[All On The Board @allontheboard]

Today is International Women’s Day. Thank you to all of the women in our lives making the world a better place.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025

[Robert Macduff-Duncan @MacduffDuncan]

It is a shame Kippen is misspelt, but it was interesting to have to reflect on why I do what I do!

https://t.co/IHFxkh9FgR

[The Signet Library @signetlibrary]

The Signet Library team assembled a Zoom lecture on our 1846 album of Hill and Adamson calotypes for the Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group @RPShistgroup : this can now be viewed online https://t.co/8U1JWrl6hP

[UoD Archives & RM @UoD_Archives_RM]

#FlashbackFriday - does this #photograph bring back memories? Tally's Bar in the West Port as it looked c 2000 #Archives #Dundee #DundeeUniCulture

[Scotland's People @ScotlandsPeople]

An oldie here, always worth revisiting:

''Alexander MacHattie in Ardoch had a Child by his Wife who was born with a wooden leg,” 10 January 1740.

In different writing, crossed out, someone added: "It is supposed the child has been got by a Chelsea Pensioner with a timber heugh"

[The Signet Library @signetlibrary]

A freezing Thursday night saw the first of our three January talks, with @kgbaston speaking about the Bibliotheca Polonica, the library of Polish books given to Scotland in the 1820s which stands as one of the great enduring symbols of the friendship between the two nations.

[Scottish Archives @ScotsArchives]

It's here!

Today we launched the new Your Scottish Archives portal at: https://t.co/g4VCZOO5p8

This is the first stage of this exciting new resource for archivists and users of archives. Have a play and let us know what you think.

[The Signet Library @signetlibrary]

Delighted to have our archives included in this important new portal. Congratulations to everyone who made it possible.

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

A century ago, Violet Minell began working as a military tailor for Hawkes & Co, on Savile Row, London. Fifty years later, Christopher Rainbow visited to hear some fascinating anecdotes from her storied career.

#bbcarchive #nationwide #savilerow #militarytailor

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

Here's our last parody song about the #USElection2024. It's called "Bohemian Trumpsody" (based on the inimitable @QueenWillRock but with only six voices & no overdubs) & we've self-trolled in it as 'libtards' already, just to save folks time who might be offended 🎶🗳️🤞
👉https://t.co/heCwcVztt3