Scottish farming groups urge producers to monitor livestock, grass growth and water supplies as hot, dry conditions persist.

Cairngorms wildfire day 3. "A strict cordon remains in place and people have been warned not to travel to the area or attempt to access Glenmore Forest Park, Loch Morlich or the surrounding area while firefighting operations are ongoing." #Highlands 🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The party doesn't end in Edinburgh #ESHS-HSS! Join us in Copenhagen, either online or in-person, on Monday 20 July for the conference "Medicine, Museums, and Science Communication in the Nineteenth-Century". We have a wonderful program, and registration is free. eventsignup.ku.dk/medicinemuse...

Catherine finished off last week with a visit to #Grangemouth Heritage Trust to have a look at their collection of images of the docks and oil refinery for #MiningLandscapes Grangemouth 360 project see www.mining-landscapes.org/news/announc... Interested in the town it’s well worth a visit.

WAAAH! I can't believe I'm typing this - but I have a book contract for a non-fiction book for a general audience with @brisunipress.bsky.social to challenge damaging rhetoric about immigration and welfare, arguing that xenophobic law-making goes hand-in-hand with punishing the poor and hurts us all

'Students who enrolled under the explicit promise of a pathway to the UK National Health Service...now report a ‘profound sense of betrayal’. They...have invested years and significant capital into a UK-accredited degree only to have its professional utility retroactively stripped away.' 1/2

In the middle of a heatwave, this photograph feels wonderfully cooling. William Pye's reflective font transforms Salisbury Cathedral into something that feels otherworldly.

'Meanwhile, a Financial Times report by...Gillian Tett offers an early sign of a return to...connective thinking...: one finance firm has shifted its hiring away from “AI-native” STEM graduates toward humanities students. In the financier’s words: “We want critical thinking, not just AI.”' 2/3

Fire on November 19th 1955 destroyed C & A Modes' store at 22-38 Princes Street. It was caused by an electric iron being left on. The premises dated to 1863, having been built as the "Edinburgh Hotel", replacing the original Georgian buildings

🏺Anyway, have an artefact from Scotland and on display at the National Museum of Scotland for your troubles. A Pictish stone carving of a goose and fish. 📜 www.nms.ac.uk/collections/...

Scotland's People day visit - proposed fee hike from £15 to £23. Register House, #Edinburgh. Big increases to other charges. Have your say. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #archives #Scotland 🗃️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #skystorians #LocalHistory consult.gov.scot/national-rec...

🚨 New on Substack: Octavia Hill: ‘a life more noble’ - in which I grapple with the tension between Hill's huge contribution to better lives for many and her resolute opposition to state intervention and women's rights: municipaldreams.substack.com/p/octavia-hi...

Update on the wildfire around Glenmore and Ryvoan in the Cairngorms National Park If you know of any walkers out on multi-day trips in the affected area, try to make sure they know of the situation. The road to Glenmore is closed; if in doubt about safe escape route, walkers should phone 999. 1/2

Het Gele Blok (the Yellow Block), Amsterdam, 1918 - designed by Michel de Klerk for the housing association Eigen Haard; four storeys, sixty apartments. It caused the resignation of the municipality's Beauty Commission for its alleged excess of decoration over function.

Angela Scott has been appointed Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee and will take up the post from 19 October 2026. Mrs Scott is currently Chief Executive of Aberdeen City Council, a post she has held for 12 years. www.dundee.ac.uk/press-releas...

Definitely my best effort! 🌎 www.maptap.gg July 16 91👑 97🔥 96🏅 96🔥 94🏅 Final score: 950

Despite last week's fire on Princes Street, most of the city centre remains open, however there are some road closures, diversions and changes to public transport. Visit our website for the latest updates: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/princesstree...

We are pleased to say that our July Issue is now out! This Issue includes 22 original articles, 14 #OpenAccess, and 9 book reviews. #Skystorians #GenderHistory Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680424...

Cairngorms wildfire - started in a mountain bothy. Live updates: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Driving growth, off a cliff. UKRI's own explainer shows 20% real-terms cuts to PPAN science and facilities from 2021-2030.

🎇 BIG news - the government will look to ban the loudest fireworks from sale! This comes after I have campaigned for years alongside so many amazing people. I will be following the consultation closely and continuing to make the case for change.

Bessie MacNicol, Under the Apple Tree,1899, Scottish painter, one of the 'Glasgow Girls' group of artists #WomensArt

Avoid Glenmore Forest Park and Loch Morlich. Villages evacuated. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Wildlife Forum issued a wildfire warning for central Highlands, southern and eastern Scotland from Wednesday, lasting until next Monday. 🔥 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Highlands www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The view of the Northern Ontario forest fire haze engulfing the Toronto Skyline from Humber Bay Park West. #ForestFire #TorontoHaze #TheBigSmoke #Toronto

Growing up in NE Fife, a sunshower – simultaneous sunshine & rain – was known as “a fox’s wedding”. There are many remarkably similar terms worldwide, with wolves, rats, monkeys, hyenas, donkeys, devils & more all getting in on the act… #WyrdWednesday linguistlist.org/issues/9/9-1...

Together, we're asking the new Government to take three simple, practical steps within its first 100 days: ⚽ End unnecessary #NoBallGames signs 🚸 Make #PlayStreets easier 🌳 Creating parks that welcome

Ladybird endpapers. London sunset ‘A Little Princess’, 1985 Artist: Shirley Tourret

Rillington’s story didn’t begin with the Domesday Book or even its earliest settlers. It began thousands of years earlier, when ice, water and the landscape created the conditions that made the village possible. #OnePlaceWednesday Read more here 👇 www.rillingtonhistory.com/before-there...

Obviously, there are other big stories around today. But, as far as I can make out, the Indy is the only paper that splashes this morning on the Covid Inquiry's tale of billions wasted. Can only imagine the field-day the right-wing press would have had had it happened under a different government.

"The Edinburgh Bus Users’ Group (EBUG) is calling on the City of Edinburgh Council to implement immediate, temporary bus priority measures in the First New Town to prevent total gridlock." #Edinburgh #PrincesStreet #buses #fire edinburghbususers.group/an-open-lett...

Residents urged to leave. "Fire safety investigations at the Bonnington Bond on Breadalbane Street revealed serious issues with the building's cladding and insulation." #Edinburgh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So a key question now is whether the new @andyburnham.bsky.social led administration will take the higher education funding crisis seriously as a threat to his aspirations around regional growth and skills…

Stand by fellow stationery nerds! #WorldCupStationery 🇫🇷🇪🇸

I've told you exactly what will happen at every stage of the existential crisis Britain's universities face. 100% correct every time. Here's what I say about the next phase. 👇

Said it many times: the universities scandal could make the Post Office Horizon disaster look quantitatively very small indeed.

Residents urged to leave. "Fire safety investigations at the Bonnington Bond on Breadalbane Street revealed serious issues with the building's cladding and insulation." #Edinburgh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Edinburgh council updates page. Not yet signalling an intention to abandon the George Street summertime closure... www.edinburgh.gov.uk/princesstree...

Princes Street is expected to remain closed for the foreseeable future following a fire at the former Debenhams building in the early hours of 9 July. Work is continuing to make the building safe while ensuring its historic features are preserved.

Still a few places left to join artist Winston Plowes and #MiningLandscapes for a free ‘land art taster session’ Monday 20th July 11.15 start at the former Westfield opencast coaling site between #Ballingry and #Kinglassie #Fife to book your place nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/news/dances-...

"The Edinburgh Bus Users’ Group (EBUG) is calling on the City of Edinburgh Council to implement immediate, temporary bus priority measures in the First New Town to prevent total gridlock." #Edinburgh #PrincesStreet #buses #fire edinburghbususers.group/an-open-lett...

Going to the great outdoors? Reduce the chance of fires. 🔥 No barbecues. Take your rubbish home with you. Don't dump refuse. Avoid smoking. www.firescotland.gov.uk/outdoors/red... No significant rain forecast. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

"Once we've got a date for length of time for this, that will determine whether the upcoming closures, for example of George Street for the festival, has to be a consideration or not." #buses #fire #Edinburgh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A strongly-worded report from the Culture Media and Sport Committee has called for policy and tax changes to support a ‘reuse-first’ approach to buildings.

Starting university or college in Scotland? Meningitis B drop-in clinics for under 25s, including international students. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There was an abundance of #butterflies 🦋 at Brandon Marsh on Saturday, including some pristine Painted Ladies (offspring of those who migrated here earlier this year). These beauties know how to pose for a photo! Post #7 in this thread. #ButterflyWeek #WildlifePhotography #Insects #ECK #UKWildlife 🌿

Scotland's People day visit - proposed fee hike from £15 to £23. Register House, #Edinburgh. Big increases to other charges. Have your say. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #archives #Scotland 🗃️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #skystorians #LocalHistory consult.gov.scot/national-rec...

The 2026 World Cup (medieval edition). #MedievalMonday Bodleian Library MS. Douce 62

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If part of Edinburgh's Princes Street is facing prolonged closure due to the ex-Debenhams fire, then bus diversions along George Street will be lengthy. Perhaps @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social needs to revisit its Summertime Streets plan? 1/2 www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/princes...

A fire on Saturday morning at the Jardin Anglais in Geneva city centre - spread into the trees and to a nearby building. MeteoSwiss issued an orange warning for extreme high temperatures 7-16th July. www.rts.ch/info/regions...