Ashley Douglas

Ashley Douglas is a Scottish historian and translator. Ashley has two master’s degrees – one in Scottish Historical Studies from the University of St Andrews and another in Archaeology from the University of the Highlands and Islands. Since graduating in 2016, Ashley has developed a national profile and successful freelance career as a translator, historian, speaker and consultant, specialising in LGBT history and the Scots language. She has worked with and written for a range of national heritage, literary and educational organisations, including the National Library of Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, Time for Inclusive Education, and Scottish National Galleries. In 2023, Ashley was named as one of the ’15 most influential women in culture’ in Scotland in a list created to mark International Women’s Day. In 2024, she consulted on Katherine: James V, the latest instalment in Rona Munro’s acclaimed The James Plays series; she is currently consulting on James VI, which will be staged in 2027. Ashley is the author of the essay My Sapphic City, which was published as part of the anthology who will be remembered here (Historic Environment Scotland, 2025). She is also the author of The Lass and The Quine (2025), the first ever original LGBT inclusive children’s book in the Scots language.