The corner of Trongate and Chisholm Street in central Glasgow, marked by the 1630s Tron Steeple. Ths steeple was once part of the City Kirk, until it was replaced by John Adam's 1730s Tron Kirk (now home to the Tron Theatre). Cont./ #glasgow #trongate #architecture #architecturephotography

Can't beat the Botanics on a braw day. ♥️😍😍😍 #Edinburgh #Scotland #Botanics

A church much loved by writer J B Priestly, St Michael and All Angels at Hubberholme in Wharfedale is worth visiting to see a rare surviving example of a Rood Loft. The loft and screen were installed as part of a reordering of the church in the 16th century.

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced 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.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

🪏 The only place in Glasgow to see LIVE EARLY MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY all weekend!

🧵The Church of St. Michael and Our Lady in Wragby, a notable sixteenth-century church, houses the world's second-largest collection of Swiss glass. This impressive collection, comprising 486 panels across 19 windows, underscores the church's international importance. John Winn

Chimneys, turrets, the usual

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The beach at Oldshoremore is visited by the central characters in their hunt for a murderer. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

One of the great things about this piece of Pictish art is how well-observed it is. The goose is very goose-like, and the fish isn’t just a fish: it’s an accurate depiction of a salmon.

Love this new mural on one of the pillars under the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow. It's one of a series of new street art pieces painted in conjunction with Yardworks which has really helped bring this otherwise rather dead area to life. #glasgow #streetart #mural #kingstonbridge #streetartphotography

Princes Street's starting to look like a war zone! #Edinburgh

A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a thriller set in Scotland and Sweden in World War Two. RAF Grangemouth, once the Central Scotland Airport, is one of the Scottish locations used. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/ind...

When the past comes back to haunt you. ‘The Danger of Life’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. Achnacarry Castle was home to the Commando Basic Training Centre during the war. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/dol/index.html

#IronAgeWednesday Edin's Hall Broch in Abbey St Bathans, Scottish Borders, is a rare lowland broch built around 2,000 years ago within the remains of an earlier hillfort. The exact purpose of brochs is widely debated, although they are prominent features of Iron Age Scotland.

Melrose Abbey, Borders (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Cistercian House (1136). Burnt by English forces in 1544 during the Wars of the Rough Wooing. #MelroseAbbey #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishChurches

A Maggie's Art Trail Scottie outside the Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow. Created by Jenny Marshall, it features a Clyde Puffer, the legendary coastal tramp steamers which served communities up and down the West Coast of Scotland. Cont./ #glasgow #vitalspark #publicart #scottiesinthecity

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Durness in north-west Sutherland has a background role in the hunt for a murderer. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-bos/ind...

The river Spey, July 13. Hot, bright, swirls of water crowfoot. #riverspey #rivers #Cairngorms #scottishhighlands

Nobles, the Leith-based Victorian pub, has announced Nobles By Bellfield, an expansive line-up of folk and trad music featuring Jack Badcock and Andrew Waite, Kirsteen Harvey and Lewis McLaughlin, Hector Shaw with Fraser Fifield & Graeme Stephen, and Stewart Hardy & Frank McLaughlin with Fell Line.

The fabulous 18th-century Abbey Library of Saint Gall in Switzerland 🇨🇭

Today’s the day! We are pleased to announce the publication of Ken Lussey’s new novel ‘Bridge of Sighs’. This fast-paced murder mystery is set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The image shows some of the settings. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.arachnid.scot/book-bos/ind...

⛏️ Oops We Dig It Again See LIVE archaeology excavations in our 1,500-year-old kirkyard, this Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July!

‘Nearly Erased From History’: This Famous Sculpture Of Cleopatra Disappeared For Over 100 Years. It Was Being Used As The Gravestone Of A Horse By Braden Bjella allthatsinteresting.com/death-of-cle... More information about Edmonia Lewis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia... #art #culture #history

A lovely day for a walk along the historic Union Canal. A reminder that a new walking guide is available to download from our website. #unioncanal #edinburghwalks #porthopetoun #lochrin #tollcross #fountainbridge #edinburghsindustrialpast #canalwalks

An effigy of a knight in the ruined Old Fordyce Church in the village of Fordyce (Scotland). The Findlater and Boyne Tomb, as it is known, dates back to 1510 and is the last resting place of two James Ogilvys. @undisscot.bsky.social info/image turned into a coloured mock-up suggestion for a Gif.

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is being published tomorrow, Tuesday. This fast-paced murder mystery is set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Plockton in Wester Ross appears at the beginning of the story. Pre-order as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

Stopped in Baltimore for lunch. Another very warm day. Hydration: Kinsale Pale Ale…

Home Guard units organised motor boat patrols on the canals and waterways to protect local factories and buildings - Edinburgh, Scotland, date unknown #ww2 #worldwar2 #Edinburgh #scotland #ldv #homeguard #parrol #history #1940s

Silhouettes. Potterow. #Edinburgh #monochrome #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhite #bnw #Scotland #urbangaze #photo #blackandwhitephoto #eastcoastkin #photographersunited #bw #streetphotography #street #classicmono

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is being published on Tuesday. This fast-paced murder mystery is set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Skerray in Sutherland features in the dramatic climax of the book. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.arachnid.scot/book-bos/ind...

21 July, @pitlochryft.bsky.social – £12 Prof Penny Fielding looks at the spy novel in Scotland. Why do fictional spies so often find their way to Scotland? And why are Scottish authors drawn to its landscapes, borderlands & histories of espionage? www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/sec...

The ceiling fresco inside the McEwan Hall! Covers most of the subjects taught at the university in the late 19th century. #Edinburgh #Scotland @edinreporter.bsky.social @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social @74frankfurt.bsky.social @undisscot.bsky.social

Today. The Meadows, Edinburgh. #edinburgh

Houses in Cramond, Edinburgh.

One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. The Dornoch Castle Hotel is visited by the book's central characters. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/ttw/index.html

I will be signing at The ARC festival this Sunday from 1-2pm at the @goshcomics.bsky.social sky.social table. @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social al is an exciting, new, free comics festival in London on the 11th and 12th of July. Come along! www.arc-london.uk

Tenement Scottie on Buchanan Street in central Glasgow. Designed by Daniela Pettinato and sponsored by SafeDeposits Scotland, I particularly like the cat staring out the upper window. This is part of Maggie's Scotties in the City Art Trail. #glasgow #scottiesinthecity #sculpture #publicart

Loch Coire nan Arr.

How far would you go to right a wrong? ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is a spooky adventure for younger readers involving the haunting of Dunmore Park in central Scotland. The cellars play an important part. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.arachnid.scot/book-h46c/in...

It is 35 years and 1 month to the day since the vacant building a few doors up, the Palace Hotel, met a similar fate. It was so badly damaged the whole corner block had to be demolished a few days later.

Fingals cave, Isle of Staffa, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

RIP Bonnie Tyler. What a voice what a set of songs she leaves us. For most of Wales today is a heartache

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is being published on 14 July. This fast-paced murder mystery is set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Bettyhill in Sutherland has a central role in the story. Available for pre-order as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

This is your occasional reminder that Agatha Christie wasn't just the bestselling crime writer of all time but also she had a surfboard called Fred

Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.

Part of a relief from Roman Corbridge (Coria) depicting Sol (the sun god) riding Pegasus. It was probably part of a frieze that once adorned a temple in the town. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Corbridge

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set mainly in central Scotland and the far north-west, including the elusive Hermit’s Castle at Achmelvich. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-thr/ind...

Captured in 1863 by Leeds photographer Edmund Wormald, this rare, image looks north toward the city's original Corn Exchange. Built in 1828 by Samuel Chapman at a cost of £12,500, this building predated Cuthbert Brodrick’s more famous design and stood just north of the Briggate/Headrow junction

Mrs Charles Rennie Mackintosh = Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh Artist in her own right whose work was revered by her husband. 'Margaret has genius,' he wrote, 'I have only talent' That rose motif we love in Charles's work came from Margaret.Kirsten MacQuarrie is currently writing a novel about her. ❤️

Another in my series of libraries Biblioteca Municipal de Lima #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky