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prof, pro vp, U. Glasgow. @RoyalSocEd @acad_euro. Personal views only. co-Chair @SAHA_voice; Trustee @N_T_S; board board

[MP @P14Murray]

Just in print-available in the shops soon for £14.99, launch events in Edinburgh and Glasgow to come, first podcast recording with Jackie Bird for @N_T_S on 7 April @WhiteHouseHstry @EmpirePodUK @HistoryHit @BBCInOurTime @ScotGovInter @SAHA_voice @ScottishSfu @IASSL_ScotLit

[MP @P14Murray]

V. encouraging figures for historians ! There is an appetite for history which shows in the vast podcast numbers for @HistoryHit & @EmpirePodUK but which is often ignored by broadcast & print media or turned into celebs & scripts. Thanks to all who bought The Shortest History !

[YouGov @YouGov]

10 years on, have the British public still had enough of experts?

% who trust each expert in their area of expertise
Nurses: 86% (+2 from 2017)
Doctors: 83% (+1)
Historians: 77% (+6)
Your own GP: 76% (-4)
Scientists: 76% (+5)
Weather forecasters: 62% (+11)
Nutritionists: 47% (+8)
Sports commentators: 45% (=)
Economists: 37% (+12)
Civil servants: 29% (+3)
Politicians: 4% (-1)

[MP @P14Murray]

A wonderful piece of old Europe. Debs have to apply for a place…

[🎶𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨ @Old_But_Gold50s]

A timeless tradition performed in perfect synchronicity, the first waltz at the Vienna Opera Ball is a magical moment.
(Swarovski Vienna Opera Ball 2025)

[MP @P14Murray]

Happy birthday @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi ! An excellent engagement topic !

[Prof Dimitra Fimi @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi]

It’s my birthday today, so, in true hobbit fashion, here’s my present to my readers: a new piece on “hobbit talk”, dialects, non-standard English, and “rustic” vs. “gentlehobbits”!

https://t.co/XZjA5C3TzT

Cover art by the amazing @Miriam_Ellis_

[MP @P14Murray]

Looking forward to the @BrIreCham HE conference on Thursday on the eve of Ireland's Presidency as FP10 @HorizonEU crystallizes. The interests of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will be critical in the years ahead @EASSH_

[MP @P14Murray]

@GerryHassan The inability to separate the relationship from the office is staggering.

[MP @P14Murray]

@MerrynSW British Airways cancelled several evening flights from Heathrow to Scotland on 13 May citing weather conditions- perfectly good at the time. View that it was to conserve jet fuel for long haul in circulation.

[MP @P14Murray]

@PeatWorrier A wonderful woman.,.chutzpah, wicked humour & a total absence of victim hood

[Dave Watson @UnisonDave]

Scots academic on university in the modern era. Pittock sees the humanities as key to a functioning society. A foundation in critical thinking, rational debate, and create a strong intellectual hinterland which makes for well-informed citizens. https://t.co/6B1t6iB3MK

[MP @P14Murray]

US states, German or French weather forecasts, all understand that temperatures vary significantly within the same polity. UK reporting endlessly normalises one part of the state- the warmest part- in its headlines.

[Nicky @NickyZog]

A typical household in which part of the UK?

[MP @P14Murray]

Looking forward to an in-depth discussion on the current implications of AI policy and practice at King's, Cambridge at the end of this week with @ReEnlight @LeslieSiskin & old friends.

[MP @P14Murray]

Excellent essay- if a little bit to the Atlanticist side (no surprise there). Far more sophisticated than anything current government has to offer.

[Tony Blair Institute for Global Change @InstituteGC]

https://t.co/27lbhXTsjk

[MP @P14Murray]

The EES was agreed by the UK. It was indeed not originally intended for the UK, because who would have guessed the UK would not only leave the EU but go beyond CH and Norway arrangements. I dislike it intensely, but I also know whose fault it is.

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

EU entry-exit system.
The EES was never intended to contend with the British.
Most of the “third-country nationals” crossing Schengen frontiers are from the UK.
We add too much pressure in too many inadequate border locations.
Europe must pause and reflect
https://t.co/tGH6Dia6wV

[MP @P14Murray]

The Shortest History of Scotland: A Q & A with Murray Pittock - Books from Scotland https://t.co/0GMQjzgLHk

[MP @P14Murray]

If it's an exclusive that the EU follows its own policies that in itself is a complete display of how little the UK media and political class seem to understand them. And that's where we still are.

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

Big exclusive from @JenniferMerode @rowenamason -

The UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU.

EU officials rejected the idea – and instead suggested a customs union or the European Economic Area.

https://t.co/AOIiLHjU6F

[Alistair Braidwood @ScotsWhayHae]

🎙️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚💕 The latest SWH! podcast is an interview with Murray Pittock (@P14Murray) to talk about his latest book 'The Shortest History of Scotland', which is published with @oldstpublishing.

Full details, including all the ways to listen, are here...
👉 https://t.co/Vcf7GzvMXJ

[MP @P14Murray]

https://t.co/wshT5DFLcm

[MP @P14Murray]

@joshpizpom @heraldscotland Congratulations!

[Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom]

He put a price tag on Robert Burns.

Now, Murray Pittock has his sights on Scotland's favourite festival - The Edinburgh Fringe.

My interview with @P14Murray for @heraldscotland

https://t.co/ShIcWrzyNr

[MP @P14Murray]

@MairiannaClyde Thank you- good to know you are working at Regensburg !

[MP @P14Murray]

Scotland's essential historian for these times publishes the one modestly priced and most concise yet best History of Scotland you need to read and to buy for all those that matter to you https://t.co/Dw1OMFmCUC

[Talking-up Scotland @ProfJWR]

Scotland's essential historian for these times publishes the one modestly priced and most concise yet best History of Scotland you need to read and to buy for all those that matter to you https://t.co/xxppFRqymK