Winter Well is on air BBC Radio 4 this week. An audio guide to thriving in winter, with advice from medics, artists, poets and future-gazers on simple but effective ways to bring light into your life during the darkest part of the year. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @hesterparr.bsky.social

“Things have changed on the ground.” @longbarrowpress.bsky.social walking in memory of memory. So much here. Forget about Netflix. Scroll this route for proper descriptive drama…

A ‘Living with SAD’ Wintering Well event with @slipshodspeller.bsky.social

An article on 'day of access' in the latest issue of The Great Outdoors– innovative access to wild places for the vulnerable and disabled.

Every strand of this Edinburgh University report could be its own front page. Yes, some of it will be familiar to historians, but this kind of frank public recognition is all too rare. Incredible work by many different scholars.

Someone should write a book about literary scandals. Oh, hang on... uk.bookshop.org/p/books/prin... #thesaltpath

Congrats to @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social of @edinburghuni.bsky.social , who have won an award for their Wintering Well project with East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust! Read more here: edgeconference.co.uk/awards/

A style bible, bought in monthly instalments for nye on a dozen years. Lovin the glossy-paper nostalgia hit.

Great to see the 'Living with SAD' project led by @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social showcased in this @ukri.org blog on research aimed at tackling low winter mood! Read the full piece here: www.ukri.org/news/ai-supp...

Last orders for the ‘Library Encounters’ session CFP for the @rgsibg.bsky.social 2025 conference Deadline Monday 17th @slipshodspeller.bsky.social

So proud of the @foscotlibs.bsky.social who went to represent when disability prevented me from being able to get to Holyrood. Here’s hoping that a review of legislation which campaigners have been calling for years for comes to fruition 🤞

It’s time to start a proper national conversation about the way we value our local libraries. Upcoming… Holyrood, 05/02/25, 5pm

A couple of us are heading to Edinburgh on Wednesday for this. Please write to your MSPs and ask them to show up. @slipshodspeller.bsky.social will be representing us at the lunchtime MSP Meet & Greet.

Wee reminder of this CFP on ‘library encounters’ for the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference this year. Have a gleg ⬇️👀

i.m. Michael Longley Waiting for the storm, remembering the double breaths the wind threw down the chimney, the uneasy slates shifting, the lights flickering on and out, and a candle on a bottle Mum brings through, just in case. dailies, 24.I.25

Today is what some people refer to as 'Blue Monday' January can be a particularly challenging time of year. As part of Wintering Well and #RethinkingSAD, we're encouraging people to get out into the daylight as much as possible - whether that's a lunchtime walk or spending 10 mins at the window.

A project led by @hesterparr.bsky.social of the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social of @edinburghuni.bsky.social to help East Dunbartonshire library users tackle low winter moods is being hailed as a success. Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Frosty dog walk. Lovely piece of hair ice on show.

My recollection of Nan Shepherd is rather faint but I wrote about the quiet late life (and literary afterlife) of my mother’s friend and teacher, prompted by the new correspondence edited by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social

And it’s also a wee gem of a read.

The next #RethinkingSAD ‘Wintering Well’ walks are taking place on 14th Jan from Milngavie Library and 17th Jan from William Patrick Library. Sign up! Milngavie walk: Tuesday 14th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wintering-... Kirkintilloch walk: Friday 17th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wintering-...

☀️ As part of a research project on Wintering Well and living with SAD, we are inviting you to get out in the light every day and #ShareYourSunshine ! ☀️

When you're out and about on a daily walk or next to your window, take a photo of the sky, sun, surroundings, or anything that inspires you and share it with #ShareYourSunshine

The Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society will take place in Birmingham, 26-29th August 2025. If you’re interested in ‘Library Encounters’, whether it be campaigning, collaborating or creating, then do take a look at our session Call for Papers. @hesterparr.bsky.social

Would you like to spend a few months in Edinburgh in 2025-26 working with our brilliant Environmental Humanities community and, ahem, enjoying the Scottish weather? The application portal for EEHN Visiting Research Fellowships is now open.

Applications are now open for 2025-26 Fellowships at IASH, with 60 places available! Apply here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/application-... Senior/mid-career programmes close 28 Feb. Postdoctoral/early-career programmes close 25 April. See our Fellowship pages for details: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/fellowship-p...

A grand time chatting by the fire with Mark and Rachel. Now smelling authentically of solstice morning woodsmoke! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Super to see our Living with SAD research project featuring on the BBC front page, Health and Well-Being section. As the shortest day of the year approaches, do check our resources designed to help create ways of Wintering Well… @hesterparr.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk

Yes, I’m peeved. Hacked off, in fact. Writing this was a purgative exercise. Slightly hooky photo here, coz only in the print copy today.

It’s worth picking up a copy of the Press & Journal tomorrow as @slipshodspeller.bsky.social has written a column commenting on the most recent update of Aberdeen City Council’s plans for library services in Aberdeen - which are concerningly baffling to understand.

The @uofglasgow.bsky.social research team for #LivingwithSAD are looking for people affected by low light in East Dumbartonshire to join the wonderful @geographysings.bsky.social in ‘Wintering Well walks’ from libraries - pass it on! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wintering-...

Roll up! Roll up!

Calling all @AberdeenCC City Councillors before tomorrow’s crunch mtg. Now is the time to think about how to revisit the closed libraries question…pls read on… www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/6...

‘Living with SAD' Wintering Well activities are on offer in this weekend at this 'winter warmer' event - 'sky framing' and light-seeking ... @alecfinlay.bsky.social @slipshodspeller.bsky.social This weekend will test the spirits … www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-war...

Lovely to have our Wintering Well project activities and resources spotlighted on this BBC Scotland podcast www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

An Opinion piece (my Aberdeen Press & Journal debut!) on why public libraries matter more than ever... www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/6...