Ian Rankin
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Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
St Giles, Edinburgh, tonight.
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Edinburgh Castle from St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard tonight…
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After a couple of rubbish weather days this was better news this morning in Cromarty…
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Crazy cheap - I’m guessing U.K. only…
add a skeleton here at some point
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Colin Dunn 🏴
10 days ago
*Lots* on Bandcamp.
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Andrew Wasylyk
Andrew Wasylyk. Scotland, UK.
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I love this guy’s soundscapes. Going to try to get to more than one of these…
10 days ago
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Walked up The Paye in Cromarty to the Gaelic Chapel…
12 days ago
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Cromarty this lunchtime. Still not too shabby…
13 days ago
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Cromarty Courthouse at dusk.
14 days ago
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Cromarty Sunday afternoon…
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Good morning from Cromarty.
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Cromarty today…
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Lovely afternoon walk in Pitlochry. I’m appearing at Winter Words Festival this evening.
17 days ago
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Monday lunchtime, Bruntsfield Links, with Edinburgh Castle on the horizon.
21 days ago
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Busy at Brown’s Place this afternoon…
22 days ago
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Out and about in Edinburgh this evening.
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Edinburgh this evening. Balmoral Hotel and Scott Monument…
26 days ago
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Muriel’s birthday: February 1st.
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For those asking, this is what I was sipping in the Bow Bar this evening. Not cheap but sensational…
about 1 month ago
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I love the Bow Bar on Victoria Street - especially when one of the window tables is free!
about 1 month ago
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Cafe Royal, Edinburgh, 6pm.
about 1 month ago
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Constant Follower
about 1 month ago
Please share. Today
@heraldscotland.bsky.social
published the stark findings from our report to the Scottish Gov CEEAC Committee on BBC Radio Scotland's late-night changes. - plays of new music fell by 69% - plays of new Scottish music by independent artists fell by 67% All data at link in bio
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Son got me this for Christmas. It’s gossipy, cerebral, filled with insights. Eno really is one of a very special kind.
about 1 month ago
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The Elephant House Cafe on George IV Bridge has reopened and now boasts author portraits in the back room…
about 1 month ago
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Brown’s Place this evening.
about 1 month ago
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Edinburgh Castle this afternoon.
about 2 months ago
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Out for a random wander through Edinburgh…
about 2 months ago
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TripFiction
about 2 months ago
Love Books? You’ll Want to Plan for Venice Noir and These Other Literary Festivals in 2026 via
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Love Books? You'll Want to Plan for Venice Noir and These Other Literary Festivals in 2026
Mark your calendars for some of the best literary festivals around the world in 2026, including the Venice Noir Book Festival in November.
https://journeywoman.com/destinations/europe/italy/love-books-youll-want-to-plan-for-venice-noir-and-these-other-literary-festivals-in-2026/
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The usual welcome at Belfast International Airport…
about 2 months ago
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Lisbon, New Year’s Day. My feeling is, the decorator misheard the word ‘brasserie’…
about 2 months ago
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I’m in Lisbon for New Year…
2 months ago
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Stumbled across this book in a hotel on Lanzarote. Might give it a go…
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Spent today on Gran Canaria.
2 months ago
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Spending Boxing Day in Funchal, Madeira…
2 months ago
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Christmas Eve in Cadiz…
2 months ago
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A man needs a hobby…
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PEN International
2 months ago
Sir Ian Rankin supports PEN’s Literary Auction: “I’ve considered it important to support PEN’s solidarity and humanitarian programmes for many years.” Explore his signed edition and more.
www.jumblebee.co.uk/pen-internat...
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Walking through Saint Cuthbert’s Kirkyard yesterday late-afternoon…
3 months ago
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Still beautiful though…
3 months ago
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Not as many tourists as usual taking photos from Brown’s Place tonight…
3 months ago
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Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, 10pm Saturday…
3 months ago
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Got my Christmas tree up!
3 months ago
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Edinburgh at midnight yesterday…
3 months ago
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The Edinburgh Bookshop
3 months ago
It wouldn't be the festive season in
#Bruntsfield
without a visit from
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
! He walked here, he said it's good for his elf (yes, we went there, let the festive puns flow). Signed books & Rebus jigsaws await you!
#books
#livres
#Edinburgh
#Edimbourg
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Edinburgh Castle this afternoon, taken from Saint Cuthbert’s Kirkyard…
3 months ago
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South Gray’s Close, Edinburgh, tonight.
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Dunbar’s Close Garden - a haven off the Canongate. Worth a detour…
3 months ago
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Any authors on here had an e mail regarding the Anthropic lawsuit? I’m trying to decide if it’s authentic…
3 months ago
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Association for Scottish Literature
3 months ago
William McIlvanney’s pitch-black noirs, featuring DI Laidlaw’s disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of
#crimefiction
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
remembers the man who created Tartan Noir – via
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💙📚 5/9
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McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir
It was August 1985 and I was a full-time student at the University of Edinburgh. When not studying, I was writing novels. By 1985 I’d written two. One had been rejected but the other had been accep…
https://crimereads.com/mcilvanney-and-me-ian-rankin-remembers-the-man-who-created-tartan-noir/
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Took a walk this afternoon. Hard to escape the Castle in central Edinburgh…
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