Happy birthday to Saoirse Ronan 😍🥳 #SaoirseRonan #HappyBirthdaySaoirseRonan #LittleWomen #LadyBird #TheLovelyBones #Brooklyn #Atonement #Ammonite #HANNA #MaryQueenofScots #TheOutrun #HowILiveNow #VioletAndDaisy #SeeHowTheyRun #TheGrandBudapestHotel #beautiful

My March and April 2024 reads.

#twitterreads #goodreadschallenge2024
#librariesmatter
#OyinkanBraithwaite
#NitaProse
#SarahMoss #lockdownliterature
#IanRankin
#FloraCarr #MaryQueenofScots

Two rare portraits of #MaryQueenofScots after Nicholas Hilliard. These portraits were likely based on originals painted in Mary's lifetime. The identification of the second portrait is contested due to its striking resemblance to Queen Elizabeth I.

The enduring cultural memory of #MaryqueenofScots , a wonderful Royal Society of Edinburgh funded project masterminded & patiently steered into fruition Steven Reid. Thank you for including me in it! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-after… Edinburgh University Press

#OnThisDay in history, 9 September 1543, the infant Mary Stuart was crowned #MaryQueenofScots at the Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle. Just 6 days old at the time of her ascension, Mary’s coronation celebrations were observed by English ambassadors as short and straightforward.

Happy birthday, Mary ❤️
A wee throwback to fangirling over every picture of her in the National Portrait Gallery, London. #maryqueenofscots

#StainedGlassSunday you can see this beautiful window #maryqueenofscots at the McManus Museum in Dundee designed by Sir Edward Bourne-Jones

Omg omg omg 😮
The #MaryQueenofScots book has an official date of publication! No cover yet but I've had a sneak peak and it is *amazing*

You can actually PREORDER my book on Amazon 🎉

#OTD in 1587. Mary Queen of Scots was led from her rooms at Fotheringhay Castle to the great hall and executed. She was 44 years old and had spent almost 19 years in prison.
#Tudor #History #RememberingMary #MaryStuart #OnThisDay #MaryQueenofScots

Before #MaryQueenOfScots and #TÁR , Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett faced off in #Hanna .

The updated, final version of the Stuart Spouses cover! Now available for pre-order! #stuartdynasty #greatbritain #historyofscotland #scottishhistory #maryqueenofscots

#otd 2 May 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.

Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned there in 1567–68, & forced to abdicate as queen, before escaping with the help of her gaoler's family.

#Maryqueenofscots #Royalhistory #queenofscots #lochleven

Growler 37401 'Mary Queen of Scots' passing under the old North Bridge at Marshgate on the approach to Doncaster Station ( not the best shot as was heading to car and wasn't expecting her)
#class37 #trains The Growler Group #Doncaster #MaryQueenofScots

#otd 13 May 1568 – Mary Queen of Scots is defeated at the Battle of Langside, part of the civil war between Queen Mary and the supporters of her son, James VI.

#Royalhistory #Maryqueenofscots

Mary Queen of Scots as a Champion? We’d like to think so! #mythology #fantasy #horror #folklore #fairytales #history #scotland #scottish #maryqueenofscots #kings #queens

#otd 9 September 1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned 'Queen of Scots' in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

#maryqueenofscots #royalhistory #queenofscots #coronation

I can't really breathe, and I'm not sure I'm getting much blood to my lower limbs 😂
#MaryQueenOfScots

Recently sold my Wainscot chair. Buyer turned out to be Mary Queen of Scots collector ~ (Charles I grandmother)
It now stands in exhibition about her life in Scotland.

#Synchronicity #KingCharles #Funfacts #CharlesI #History #Stuarts #Family #Scotland #MaryQueenofscots #Spooky

#otd in 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots was executed. This is the only surviving copy of the death warrant. [LPL MS4769 f.1]. Also shown is the Privy Council letter ordering the warrant to be executed [LPL MS4267 f.19r] #MaryQueenofScots