Chicago Public Library is doing some amazing work.

George Douglas Brown (1869–1902) was born #OTD, 26 January – best known for his 1901 novel THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS: “…the TRAINSPOTTING of its day… an angry young man’s response to the misrepresentation of contemporary Scottish life” A 🎂 🧵 💙📚 1/7 list.co.uk/news/39535/g...

My nephew is forcing me to watch Is It Cake? youtu.be/JM8quCF_Qkk?...

Merry #BurnsNicht. archive.org/details/merr...

From my mum's family photos. The man on the right is wearing a full dress Gendarme uniform. Who took it and what the occasion was is an enigma - which is why I like it.

Two 🌟 and a wish! No typos or spelling mistakes, but: You could delete the colon; substitute it with the redundant comma after 'joining'; delete the second redundant comma after 'will be'; replace 'Letter' with 'email'; and delete the redundant 'at any time'. (You've already said 'ever'.) 5/10

For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.

Bloody hell - this popped up in my Facebook memories from 2019. And no - I wasn't in a Wetherspoons. This was posted through my letterbox. I🙄

🎙️ Looking for Scottish Gaelic voice actors for paid work on a small indie horror game set in the Highlands. 1 female role (~12 lines) 2 male roles (~5 & ~50 lines) Remote recording OK. DMs open or share if you know someone! Tapadh leibh #gamedev #horrorgame store.steampowered.com/app/4224960/...

Doc Savage magazine, dated January 1943. Cover by Emery Clarke.

"Ee, little old lady!" I'll be going to see this soon! watersidearts.org/visit/cosgro...

Just a reminder that we are OPEN for previously published writing! Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid! Surprise us! 💡

#filmsky #filmnoir #moviesky #NoirNecktieTuesday Robert Walker plays Bruno Antony, the murderous, oedipal character in Strangers on a Train (1951). Alfred Hitchcock designed his necktie — the lobster claws representing Bruno’s grip on tennis star Guy Haines.

If you'd asked me about my biggest fear for the future on New Year's Eve 1999, I would never have said "Greenland".

A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — something they've done to other judges around the world

‘One need not be a Chamber—to be Haunted— One need not be a House— The Brain has Corridors—surpassing Material Place’ ~ Emily Dickinson. #BookWormSat 🖼️ The Haunted House, James Ferrier Pryde, 1866–1941

The Runestones - Exodus [Sweden ; Surf] (1961) "Swedish early '60s studio group of jazz musicians playing guitar based surf pop." Ernest Gold cover. https://redd.it/1g86ive https://youtu.be/hOGL42N_KGE

Calling on Manchester’s storytellers 📜 I’m collecting folklore, urban legends, and local tales from Central Manchester, especially around the Manchester Art Gallery and nearby buildings. Do share if you have any to pass on.

Pulsallama -- The Devil Lives In My Husband's Body [USA, no wave] (1982) https://redd.it/77joq1 https://youtu.be/dNqhSRJCJuc

Bidding farewell to these sturdy old campaigners. Purchased at Christmastime 1996, they saw me through many a Dundee winter. Sadly, the stitching has started to go and the linings are all shot to hell. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

Diné is also known as Navajo. Peter Yazzie was detained in January 2026.

John Boorman is 93. This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.

Groovy. This is really worth a listen and a watch.

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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

Sampling some Christmas presents from a pal in Peebles - Traquair Bear Ale and "drinks biscuits."

I've heard Cab Calloway do "Minnie the Moocher" plenty of times, but until I watched The Big Broadcast (1932), I never knew just how MUCH the song has to do with cocaine addiction.

I've been reading the news again. youtu.be/WJYCh8Sqzsw?...

Beano #523, July 26, 1952

On this day in 2022, I graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a Creative Writing MA - almost 2 years after the course ended. I can't remember why there was such a delay.

The illustrations in Scotland Before History are fantastic.

Posty's been (again).

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Following its Los Angeles world premiere, John Huston’s THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE enjoyed a limited U.S. run on January 15, 1948. It hit theaters nationwide nine days later.

The Shadow magazine, dated January 15, 1941. Cover by Graves Gladney.

'Prepare to be surprised, unsettled, and thrilled. And don’t be surprised if you close this book having discovered a new favourite writer.' - @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social Ft. Ben Connell, Greg D'Cruz, Peter Law, K.L. Johnson, Catherine Wimpeney & Tami Wylie ✍️ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGHPVH6...

Parliamentary protocol requires that MPs advise each other if they are at public events in another MP's constituency. Of course, the principles of common courtesy don't apply to Nigel Farage... 🤮 This is a letter from Neil Coyle MP to the Millionaire of the People:

Remembering Hollywood film producer #HalRoach #BOTD, he won an Academy Award for the Laurel and Hardy two-reeler short film “THE MUSIC BOX” (1932) this was the first year that shorts were considered for awards although no actual statue was awarded – a certificate – was collected by Stan and Ollie

The Spirit from January 14, 1951. Art by Will Eisner and letters by Abe Kanegson.

Next Week! 🔎 Premiere: Saturday 24th January 9pm #JeremyBrett #EdwardHardwicke in THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1988) #TPTVsubtitles with #RaymondAdamson #AlastairDuncan #RonaldPickup

Posty's been! Beautifully designed and detailed stationery goodies courtesy of @herblester.bsky.social

As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making mane; The tane unto the t’other say, “Where sall we gang and dine the day?” —“The Twa Corbies”, first published in Scott’s MINSTRELSY vol. 2 (1810), is a darker, grimmer, #Scots version of the English ballad “The Three Ravens” #WyrdWednesday

The Glencairn Glass/Bloody Scotland Short Story Competition is open for submissions. Full details about the competition and the online entry form can be found at: whiskyglass.com/crime-short-...

We're delighted to share this wonderful anthology of gothic fiction produced by the writers on our Gothic short story course, taught & edited by @bronteschiltz.bsky.social 📕🌹 Ft: Ninutsa Nadirashvili , Peter Beech, Adam Brown, Ewan Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social, Margo Laurie & Christina Isibéal ✍️ 🔗👇

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“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.

It's publication day! I contributed the short story Los Cabezudos to this anthology from @commapress.bsky.social. Available now on Kindle for a mere 99p! 1/3 #gothic #writing #writingcommunity www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGBB1QZR

Saw this in the cinema back in 1982. I was 11. Watched it again recently and was impressed at how critical it is of superstition, monarchy, and established religion. And how great the effects are. (It is also eye wateringly gory.)

Happy Old New Year! After the 1750 Calendar Act changed the date of New Year’s Day, some Gaels – to make sure they didn’t miss it – chose to celebrate both. Dr Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart discusses the once ubiquitous Highland tradition of Oidhche Challain: www.whfp.com/2020/01/08/o...