Political activism – National Library of Scotland Blog

Two women are taking a break in the countryside. They are wearing sporting clothes and drinking from cups. There is a bicycle and a tree behind them.

Cine Cycles – women, bicycles and a sense of freedom

1st July 202028th October 2020 Moving Image and Sound Collections Team

Dr Emily Munro, National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive Watch our Cine Cycle video The bicycle is seeing a resurgence in popularity. Partly due to concerns around sustainable, carbon-neutral transport, and accelerated by the COVID crisis, more people than ever in Scotland are considering the bike as a key mode of transportation. Local authorities […]

“What Do We Want? When Do We Want It? NOW!”

17th December 20158th January 2016 admin

Outside the Reading Room until 6th January there is a small display of leaflets dating from the 1960s,’70s and ‘80s from various Scottish activist groups.