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The T&D Museum Tour and Residency End
Our Museum Residency at David Livingstone Birthplace has come to an end. Congratulations on the T&D group for presenting their museum tour.


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T&D Museum Tour - Iram on Mary Livingstone
As we develop our T&D tour of the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum, we've been sharing snippets of our group members' interests and...


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Saunter & See - Doors Open Days Trip
In this post we introduce a new strand of the T&D programming Saunter & See: T&D group visits around Glasgow to various museums,...


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Story telling session with Anna Lehr by Somaya
We visited the Glasgow Women’s Library for a tour and a workshop with Anna Lehr, who works in education in Glasgow Museums and gave us...

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Heritage Toolkit
Last year the T&D team developed a toolkit for the Equality Diversity and Inclusion in the Scottish Heritage Sector (EDISH) project. The...


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An Italian Tradition To Pass On
T&D group member Alessia shares a tradition for the summer solstice from her Italian heritage. Put a nature hike in your schedule, in...


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The Lion, The Scot, and Mebalwe
T&D group member Layla talks about her experience with the latest workshops at the museum and shares some of her art works.


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Announcing the T&D Museum Residency
Announcing our new programme of T&D Museum Residencies! Building on the success and learning of the T&D project, we will be undertaking...

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Iram's Biryani
Food is a favourite topic of conversation in our group! We often share meals during our workshops and have also done workshops where...

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Lara Lasisi on Working in Heritage
This post is written by T&D group member Lara Lasisi on her experiences working in heritage. Honestly, heritage projects are the most...


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Glasgow's Women Series
Over on Instagram we are sharing a series on Glasgow’s Women, picking out statues and sites around Glasgow that help showcase memorable...

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SWAPWest and EWfC: A workshop on skills development
During the month of April in 2020 T&D hosted our Development Month series of workshops and talks, covering the topics of: Practical...


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Creative Writing with Katy Hastie
We hosted a series of workshops with poet Katy Hastie on creative writing. The workshops have been created in response to the...

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Heritage at Home: GoMA Exhibition
In November 2020 we launched our online exhibition in partnership with GoMA. Titled Heritage at Home, it is a collection of personal...


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The Scottish Civic Trust Conference
In December 2019, Thistles & Dandelions spoke at the Scottish Civic Trust (SCT) annual conference. The theme was Race and Heritage in...


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Cat Dunn
T&D member Cat Dunn shares her creative practice and her experience taking part in the project. Hi Everyone. I’m Cat; I’m one of the...


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Discovering the David Livingstone Birthplace
By Alessia Bruni This blog post was written by Thistles & Dandelions volunteer Alessia Bruni after a workshop with the curator at David...
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