‘The Eye of Horus’ is an atmospheric new World War Two thriller with settings that move from the Highlands of Scotland – including Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye - via Gibraltar to Malta. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-eoh/ind...

Construction of the Tay Road Bridge Date: c.1966 Ref: SA1128 #TransportTuesday

Love this ornate bronze letterbox on J.J. Burnet's 1890s banking hall on Ingram Street in Glasgow. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #letterbox #doorfurniture

Loch Shieldaig, Inverbain Island and (some of) the Torridon Hills.

The beautiful view west along Loch nan Ceall from Arisaig near Mallaig to the distinctive outline of the distant island of Eigg. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Arisaig #Lochaber #Harbour #Eigg

Frosty night in the north of Scotland

Late afternoon, the middle of January and there's already a difference in the light. ❤️

Last call for tonight’s workshop! Who wants to come learn some Robert Burns songs? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃 Connect with other like-minded folks from all over the world with an interest in Scots language and song. 📍Zoom 📅 Mon 19 January ⏰ 20:00 - 21:15 GMT 🎟️ Tickets → ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/merch/robert...

The view over the River Nith and Dumfries projected onto a circular table by the camera obscura at the superb Dumfries Museum. Even to modern eyes used to moving colour images the effect this creates is startling and slightly magical. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Dumfries

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in central Scotland and the far north-west, with Lairg station visited as the story approached its climax. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

The view into the Cairngorms from Carn na Drochaide today. It's not been one of those super-mild thaws, thankfully, so there is still good cover higher up. An excellent primer for any heavy falls to come.....but need to get through Tues/Weds first 😬

Love these brightly coloured murals in a pedestrian underpass below the southern access road to the Clyde Tunnel in the Linthouse area of Glasgow. They make what would otherwise be a rather dark and dingy space much more pleasant to walk through. #glasgow #streetart #mural #linthouse #govan

The 'Coast Road'. Looking towards Loch Shieldaig and Upper Loch Torridon. 09:00 this morning.

The imposing form of Kisimul Castle on its islet in Castle Bay, Barra, near the southern end of the Western Isles. The rock it stands on may have been fortified as early as the 1000s with a chapel built here perhaps even earlier. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Barra

Known as 'Scotland in miniature', the Isle of Arran, which is found in the Firth of Clyde has been named one of the top 20 best places to visit in the country.

Invigorating Sunday #cycle Along the Innocent Railway to visit my friend in Musselburgh- so great to stay off the road and out of traffic

The Ring of Brodgar is part of the Orkney Unesco World Heritage Site. It originally had 60 stones, but only 36 survive today. Its diameter is 103.6 metres. #StandingStoneSunday

Dun Dornaigil Broch, reached from the north coast of Sutherland by a narrow single-track road that passes Loch Hope and Ben Hope. It is one of the more enigmatic brochs in Scotland as it has never been excavated. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #DunDornaigil #Sutherland

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. The Harbour Inn in Garlieston was known as the Galloway Arms Hotel in 1943 and appears in the book. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

Bernard, abbot of Aberbrothok (Arbroath), awarded the hereditary custody of the Breccbennach of Columba to Malcolm de Monymusk #OTD in 1315. This mystery object was thought to be the Monymusk Reliquary. One alternative hypothesis is that it was a banner bearing the saint’s image. #medievalsky

The east face of Beinn Bhàn yesterday morning.

Some beautiful decorative etched glass in the entrance to an 1880s townhouse in the Hyndland area of Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #acidetchedglass #architecture #window #architecturephotography

The fascinating harbour and ferry port of Lochboisdale or Loch Baghasdail on South Uist in the Western Isles. It developed in the herring boom in the latter half of the 1800s and gained a steamer pier in 1880. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Lochboisdale #SouthUist

The Scottish Isle of Islay is known for the fabulous malt whisky. Here's a view from the Caol Ila Distillery still house towards the Paps of Jura 😊 🥃 #islay #isleofislay #scotland #whisky #whiskey #caolila #distillery #jura #photography

Ladies in sensible shoes....

Talia Blatt's wonderful modern stained glass window at the side entrance to Glasgow Cathedral. It was installed in June 2025 to mark the city's 850th anniversary. #glasgow #stainedglass #glasgowcathedral #architecture #architecturephotography #window #glasgow850

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. A world class museum in a truly magnificent building that has held a special place in the hearts of generations of Glaswegians since it first opened its doors in 1901. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Glasgow #Kelvingrove

One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. The streets around Old St Peter’s Kirk in Thurso feature as the story gathers pace. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/ttw/index.html

It's the WEEKEND 🥳

Just a quick reminder I've currently got an online exhibition of my Glasgow sunrise and sunset photos, including this one, running on my website at www.thisismyglasgow.com/online-exhib.... Cont./ #glasgow #exhibition #photography #sunrise #sunset #squintybridge

Some winter sunshine on Shieldaig village yesterday afternoon.

280 years ago today. The Battle of Falkirk Muir was fought on 17 January 1746 and was the last significant Jacobite success during the rising of 1745, a rising that had seen them advance as far south as Derby on 4 December 1745. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #OnThisDay

In 1933, prehistoric circular features were discovered in West Dunbartonshire and later described as a “druidic temple” ☀️ But a reassessment eventually revealed that they were more likely associated with burial mounds created over 3,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...

John Mossman's 1870s bronze statue of David Livinstone in Glasgow. I like the way it shows (quite literally) two different sides to his life. Cont./ #glasgow #sculpture #statue #davidlivingstone #geogesquare

I've lived 6 years on the Scottish Isle of Islay in a lovely cottage 20 metres from the sea. Some days we had views like this one. What more can I say 😊 #fishingboat #boat #islay #scotland #scottish #argyll #sunrise #sea #lochindaal #portcharlotte #photography

The purest expression of the Edwardian country house in Scotland, Manderston near Duns in the Scottish Borders. The original house built in about 1790 was extensively remodelled between 1901 and 1905 on an unlimited budget. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #ScottishBorders

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall is important to the story as it reaches its climax. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-blork/i...

📚 It's #BookPublishersDay today. Publisher of first Edinburgh Edition of works of Robert Burns in 1787 was William Creech. This had additional 17 poems & 5 songs, & most poems in 1786 Kilmarnock Edition. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1787 first Edinburgh edition…/👇

Shieldaig Village. Beinn Alligin behind.

Love this trompe-l'œil style mural on the ground floor of an exposed tenement gable in the Linthouse area of Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #streetart #mural #linthouse #govan #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #clydetunnel

The most amazing place in Scotland? Sandwood Bay, south of Cape Wrath in Sutherland, offers nearly a mile and half of wide pinkish sand backed by huge sand dunes and a loch, plus an impressive sea stack: and a very long walk in. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Sutherland

Soft rain today at Carlingwark Loch.

A few aerial shots of the beautifully squiggly Kensington Gate of 1902 by David Barclay, in the West End of Glasgow, taken on 30th December. I especially like that one of the rear elevation, looking towards the rapidly setting winter sun. #Glasgow #aerialphotography

The slow thaw continues. View to Bynack More today. #Cairngorms

Cardoness Castle, built by the McCulloch family, probably in the 1470s, on a rocky bluff overlooking the northern end of Fleet Bay a mile south-west of Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #DumfriesAndGalloway #CardonessCastle

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Stranraer railway station has a role as the spy hunt moves towards its dramatic climax. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

I’ve been lucky enough to be asked to give the Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture to the British Academy on Thursday 21st May in Cardiff where I’ll present our latest research results on the major Pictish and Viking Age centre at Burghead, Moray. Sign up! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectu...

Low tide, Upper Loch Torridon; yesterday morning. Fasaig Village with Liathach behind on the far side of the loch.

The online exhibition of my Glasgow sunrise and sunset photos, including this one, is now live at www.thisismyglasgow.com/online-exhib.... Cont./ #glasgow #exhibition #photography #sunrise #sunset

The village of Drumbeg, on the stunningly beautiful and single track Assynt coastal road from Lochinver to Kylesku in western Sutherland. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Drumbeg #Assynt #Sutherland