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Karen 'Kit' Baston

Historian of the Long Eighteenth Century

Category: Exhibitions & Displays

Unwaged…But Not Idle: Promise and Despair

Books and BorrowingKit Baston21/02/20260
Two ceremic cats called Despair and Promise in a class museum case.

My most recent last day of paid work was 26 November 2025 so I’ve been without employment for nearly three months. My most recent job was a seasonal post in visitor services so the end was not a surprise and, in fact, I had a contract extension for an extra month. So, no complaints. I…

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‘West End Girls’: An Exhibition at The Georgian House, 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh

Exhibitions & DisplaysKit Baston25/06/20252

‘West End Girls’ – an exhibition now open at The National Trust for Scotland’ Georgian House – offers a glimpse of the lives three young ladies who lived in or near Charlotte Square in the early nineteenth century. Curated by Antonia Laurence Allen, Regional Curator for Edinburgh and East at the National Trust for Scotland…

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A Glasgow Grocer Goes West: A Tale from the Session Papers

Exhibitions & DisplaysKit Baston12/01/20220
Nautical chart showing two possible locations for Bermuda

This post is about something I forgot to mention here when it happened last year. I contributed to the WS Society’s online exhibition, The Great Affair is to Move: Travel and Topography at the Signet Library. This was originally going to be an in-person event in early spring 2020, but had to be cancelled as…

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