If you haven't already seen it, there's a great video about Richard Murphy's amazing and crazy house off Broughton Street on the 'tube: youtu.be/3UJf19jYM4M?...

The foggy Spring morning today put this is my mind. Such beauty www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQGU...

NEW: We often hear that Scotland’s more progressive income tax is “driving people out the country.” New HMRC data shows the opposite. Far more taxpayers are moving to Scotland than leaving it. Let’s look at the data 🧵

Support for more local areas to develop proposals for safer drug consumption facilities and the exploration of options to expand access to drug checking have been promised by the Scottish government and local authorities #ukpharmacy #addiction #substanceabuse

A rare trip out to Slateford to see CMAT. Total class.

"As this was an observational study, it is important to be clear that it does not show these medicines prevent or treat addiction. Further research, including clinical trials, will be needed to understand whether GLP-1 medicines have a direct effect.” Claire Anderson @rpharms.com

Striking moonrise over East Lothian as observed form Portobello promenade last night

Super exciting new post here in Edinburgh, our first for a pharmacy technician to work in substance use (in a post split with community pharmacy development). More info in the link! apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...

The last few weeks have been hectic so using a Monday off to slow down

Class

Arrived (belatedly due to some train shenanigans) in Liverpool for the MAPC conference. Great to be here to learn from others and share our work

Well that was something 🇮🇪

On the train northwards after midterm week in London - a bit of history, culture and some tremendous food (especially the Taiwanese soup dumplings)

Wandering about Chinatown, full of dim sum

Sorting through a folder containing posters for bands I’ve been in and gigs I’ve attended through the years and came across this memory of a great show from 1985. I seem to recall MS wearing a lounge suit with “Live Bear” painted on the back. @remhq.bsky.social 🎼👍🎼

Off to Dundee for a meeting today and neither WiFi nor power points working on ScotRail train. Again. So poor.

This was a galling moment last June but well done to the SMPS team for calling it out and getting it sorted. 💪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great work in Dublin to show the value of a safer drug consumption facility. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

Leith Links, 8am this morning

The new years rung in definitely with Neil Landstrumm, Kathryn Joseph, Tinderbox orchestra, and finally the kids wigging out to Valtos.

Finishing 2025 floored by a cold so this evening with be cosy (and likely early) but happy new year one and all. Here are my sounds of 2025 (not all from this year, just what I was listening to) music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...

Positive news for harm reduction in England and Wales. Good to see work by colleagues in NHS Grampian being held up as an exemplar.

Was thinking about this last year, and the things that mattered in it, and then some music came on and, well...

We have arrived in the southern Pyrenees to our lodgings for this Christmas. The weather forecast is for snow overnight

Longford’s finest 💪

A Mexico rematch in the Azteca, we will take that (if we qualify that is) m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_0Z...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Moving some things at home today and this popped out of a book. The lineup of the long gone T on the Fringe. Look at the ticket prices!

mbv chewing up Glasgow tonight. 15 year old me mind blown. 45 year old me not far behind. Wonderful

Ah really sad news. RIP Mani what a bass line m.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...

Absolutely tremendous. I moved here in Sept 1998, and thought secretly that it might have been me jinxing them 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What an amazing few days of football

Uassssss!

What a goal!

Yes. #speirgorm

It’s not always easy being an Irish football fan, especially over the last 7-8 years, but oh my god the highs are absolutely the highest

Holy Fuck!

Sensational

Build the statue now

A incredible victory in Dublin. Who could truly have seen that coming! #coybig

Amazing work from colleagues in Bristol Voice of the Voiceless: co-produced materials to help reduce stigma for people receiving opioid substitution treatment in pharmacies

Been in Linlithgow tonight at the world premiere of a pals composition for string orchestra. Can’t often say that.

When incompetence and hostility combine. Our family are in the 46%. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A day well spent with #pharmacy colleagues at the SP3A conference in Glasgow yesterday. A lot of the presentations seems to reframe our role as one to facilitate and advocate for patients access to medications rather than be gatekeepers.

Glasgow Sunday

Glorious anticipation of tonight’s Autechre gig. It take something special to draw me over to Glasgow on a school night these days.

Class lineup if you are in Dublin.