#Glasgow by Raymond Depardon - PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN photos from 1980, by the #Magnum #photographer who brought out widely discussed book of Glasgow photos in 2016. www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...

Is the Book of Kells a Pictish masterpiece? Victoria Whitworth's new book will be published later this month. #BookSky 💙📚 #BookofKells #Pictland

Remembering Dr John Rae theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/03/r...

Excavated in 1905 at the Roman fort of Trimontium @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social near Melrose, this bronze helmet features images of winged Victory and also Cupid driving a chariot drawn by horses. It can now be seen @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social. #FindsFriday

If you go down to Stromness Library today, you can see Stephanie's superbly spooktacular window painting of Meg and Mog, from the brilliant books by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pieńkowski. 🧙‍♀️🐈‍⬛🦉🧹🌙 #LoveLibraries #Halloween

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. The hunt for a spy leads the book’s central characters to Lochryan House in Cairnryan. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

She is holding a book! 📖 Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A lovely morning with the Edinburgh office of Historic Enviornent Scotland down at Stockbridge. Teams were out sweeping the river for rubbish, tending the walkway and creating memories by the river. Thanks for the help folks.

s of the night. #NationalPoetryDay #BookSpinePoetry

A tomb adorned with cymbal bashing apes may not be to everyone's taste, but even in death, it seems many of us retain our peculiarities. I heartily approve of such afterlife eccentricity. – Lucy Hay, architectural historian, 'Grave Concerns', BBC Two, 1980

😲 I saw a amazing Bookshop/Library online in china, it's out of this world. 📚 #BookSky #Library #BookShop #China

How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. This is the air crash memorial at Eagle’s Rock in Caithness. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-ets/ind...

#WindowsOnWednesday Some workroom windows, including dairies and cheese rooms, were exempt from window tax if clearly labelled as such.

It's time once again to celebrate the artistry and heritage of our historic graveyards with the #31DaysOfGraves initiative, curated by @annaandthedead.bsky.social Today's theme is "Flower" so here are two wonderful 18thC stones from Currie Kirk in Edinburgh with some daisies carved on them. (1/2)

Having meetings in Edinburgh and being watched over by these guys

Rainbow Waves theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/01/r...

Hunting for the Hunterian... As a museum lover, I wish I could have visited this beauty. Built in 1805, to house the collection of the great surgeon, William Hunter, the building only stood for 80 years before the Uni sold their High Street home for the creation of a railway yard.

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in central Scotland and the far north-west. The central character stays in the Kinlochbervie Hotel, shown here. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

Late September in the Cairngorms. #landscapephotography

A new contract will lead to investment totalling nearly £4bn over ten years, the transport minister said today

Spending the day with Gaudi in Barcelona…

Just published! ‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Barra’s beach airport is used by the two central characters at the end of the book. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

Another in my series of libraries Rijksmuseum library, Amsterdam #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Good morning everyone. This was the sun rising over Shapinsay this morning. Taken from the ferry as #BookyMcBookface sailed north to the #Orkney island of Eday. ❤️

29 September 1854: The Royal Navy began landing the Royal Marine Brigade at Balaklava to defend the port. 1,216 Royal Marines, under Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hurdle, would be landed over three days and incorporated into the army.

Reaching out, touching me, touching you... Taken #OTD in 1969, the spans of the Kingston Bridge inch ever closer. The snapper was on a wing and a prayer, in the old AA road watch plane. Pic: Newsquest

Just published! ‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Stranraer harbour has an important part to play in the hunt for an enemy spy. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

Sep 25 1915 Two Scottish soldiers go MIA: LC Gordon McPherson of the 7th Bn, Cameron Highlanders and Lt James Grant Allan of the Gordon Highlanders. In 2021, they were discovered while clearing land for a new hospital. Sep 25 2025 given proper burial after positive DNA ID www.bbc.com/news/article...

Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train. A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social. Please repost with your own caption.

'At our library you can borrow drills, telescopes and life jackets.' A library where you can borrow telescopes, brilliant! 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘The Eye of Horus’ is an atmospheric World War Two thriller that moves from the Highlands of Scotland via Gibraltar to Malta. The two central characters travel to Kyle of Lochalsh by rail. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-eoh/ind...

I am excited to announce that I'll be talking about Roman Scotland and my book The Road to Mons Graupius in Glasgow as part of the Aye Write festival. I'll be at the Mitchell Library on Sunday 9th November at 12.45pm - tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/the-... #RomanSiteSaturday

Clach a' Charra stone near Dornoch. @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

Not read Mr B., I confess, so I'm in no position to judge. But I loved this (on him and reviewing in general) from @brianklaas.bsky.social

Hercules the Bear lived at the Sheriffmuir Inn in the Ochil Hills before being drawn by the bright lights of LA. "We used to go up into the hills above Sheriffmuir and we'd sit under this waterfall." How many hillwalkers encountered a 30-stone grizzly eating a picnic under a waterfall?

Great read especially the conclusion #booksky #bookrecommendation nexttotheaisle.blogspot.com/2021/10/bloo...

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney in WW2. The wartime naval base at Lyness on the island of Hoy and Scapa Flow both feature in the story. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....

The official Woodland Trust Tree of the Year is our very own Argyle Sreet Ash, a 170 year old marvel that's seen the building of the tenements, the coming and going of the trams, and so much more over its lifespan. #glasgow

“If you just look at the archaeology of our top early medieval monasteries, Portmahomack stands out as exceptionally literate and book-orientated … the Book of Kells is actually an exceptionally Pictish-looking manuscript.” #MedievalSky

Many English placenames contain 'mere', a word that's not often used anymore. It means "body of standing water". 'Mere' is closely related to German 'Meer', whose meaning is now "sea" but used include "lake". Conversely, Dutch 'meer' now only means "lake". Read more in the graphic and the thread:

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. The Red Lion Inn in Wigtown, now a house, is visited by the central characters while at RAF Wigtown. Available in paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

Relentless pursuit and a grisly murder. ‘Hide and Seek’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Stirling Castle and more widely across Scotland, including RAF Grangemouth, during World War Two. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/has/index.html

High in Alps on Italian Front was Marmolada glacier battleground. Sep 24 1917 #OTD photos show positions, including barracks and artillery positions, of the Austro-Hungarians Empire carved into mountain peaks ÖNB Digital ID: 15428012, 15428033, 15428040 bsky.app/profile/this...

Medieval London church is balanced 45 feet above ground in 'never before seen feat of engineering'... as skyscraper is built Glasgow: 'Hold my beer...'

A major archaeological project on Ìle (Islay) has revealed the existence of a lost royal castle that was dismantled over 700 years ago 🏰 Dig into the discovery in @socantscot.bsky.social's latest publication, which is also available as a free e-book: books.socantscot.org/digital-book...

You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced thriller set in northern Scotland. The elusive Hermit’s Castle at Achmelvich is visited by the two central characters. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-atw/ind...

There's a shady character on Queen Street. Twice in the year, at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the dawn light shines right along Ingram Street, turning the Iron Duke, his steed, Copenhagen, and even his traffic cone hat, into a shadowy work of art. Picture: u/Hoyerman68

“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” - Leonard Cohen (who would have turned 91 yesterday).

Roman-themed fun this weekend at Kinneil House near Bo'ness, right next to the Antonine Wall. @kinneil.bsky.social www.falkirkherald.co.uk/whats-on/thi...

Please report technical faults to a council that hasn't existed for 29 years on a phone number that hasn't existed for 30 years.