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It will be an odd century for luxury travel. Every part of the planet is affected by new climate and extreme weather events. There will be domestic political instability and conflicts.

If I were Trump or Hegseth, I would not be in any great hurry to accelerate Christ’s return.

"and ordered Washington to provide insurance " Interesting.

Simple question any journo checking Farage's patriotic priorities would be "is there anything Donald Trump has said or done that you disagree with?"

NEW: Keir Starmers attempt to reset relationship with the EU lacks direction, definition and drive - foreign affairs select committee report on the UK/EU relationship. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This mornings #sunrise in the #Cairngorms bringing us nearly 11 hours of daylight

Landscape ecological restoration. It can be done but we need to get a move on. This is Carrifran where the sheep were removed to allow this native woodland to take over.

Videos shot by an eyewitness captured thick black smoke rising in western Tehran, Iran, on March 3, as conflict with the U.S. and Israel continues.

Mar 1997: Bill Payment Services ad from Post Office (+Telephone Bill Payments; Electricity Payments; Gas Bill Payments; Water Bill Payments; TV Licence Payments; Cable Bill Payments; Council Tax Payments; Rent Payments; and Mail Order Payments) «You'd be all over the place without us.»

Chambered cairn on Shaugh Moor #Dartmoor #Devon for #TombTuesday - someone has left an offering of flowers there. I freely admit to knowing nothing about prehistory. I believe nearby roundhouse remains are Bronze Age but don't know if the cairn is too.

Ruins of Athens: Neapoli #Athens #UrbanPhotography

The SSNS Seminar Series continues on Tuesday 24th March 2026 with Katie Shepherd for her talk on ‘All in a Day’s Work: Memories of working life captured in Scottish Ethnography.’ This is a free, ticketed event; please click on link to register.

On March 3, 2026, the Department of State authorized non-emergency U.S. government employees and U.S. government employee family members to leave Cyprus due to the safety risks.  travel.state.gov/content/trav...

Those paid a fortune to assess global risks say ‘not these global risks’.

And Britain dies of shame. Again.

My book launch @ Scottish Maritime Museum 7 March. I know most friends on here are nowhere near the West of Scotland, but my talk will be recorded & on Youtube early next week. If you can attend in person (so I am not talking to an empty room......), book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-and-b...

"Of those who voted Labour [in 2024], just 37% would vote Labour again". Read that again to absorb the full, astonishing weight of what it means. Starmer, Reeves and co have burnt their house down. news.sky.com/story/greens...

In this crazy world, the only constant is fast becoming that the BBC US corr Sarah Smith's analysis of Trump is going to be awful

Winter second wettest for Dorset since records began in 1836. Only surpassed by Winter 2013/14. I recorded 635.2mm in Dorchester this Winter, and 646.1mm in 2013/14. I remember 2013/14 as being much stormier (windier) here, than this Winter. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Horrific news from Iraq where feminist activist and human rights defender Yanar Mohammed, co-founder and director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), has been assassinated by gunmen outside of her home just days after returning from Canada.

BLOG - Tulchan Estate is not for sale for offers over £67 million. Instead the shareholding of the company that owns it (in turn owned in Guernsey) is for sale. This has implications for tax receipts & the tenant farmers whose right to buy is once again blocked. andywightman.scot/2026/02/tulc...

Over the past 20 years Scotland’s murder rate has fallen by 2/3. The police Violence Reduction Unit‬⁩ came to recognise the roots of much such crime as a public health issue, “the culmination of a long journey, starting with violence in the home & childhood trauma.” app.scotsman.com/story/561616...

For our Plums, Spring has sprung in today’s sunshine. 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

From today's walk 🤍

En las rocas, plantas.

Yes. As a requirement of entry to the UK. Take their passports at Heathrow, and they only get them back if they pay up.

Almost twenty years on from Gordon brown I still defy anyone to define what ‘British values’ are I’ve lived in this country - all over it (Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London) - for almost all I’m adult life and I’ve no closer to an answer

Worm Moon, This morning peeking out from the slowly moving cloud above Horsham. #FullMoon #Moon #WormMoon

From Colony to Collateral? Thoughts on the risks to Cyprus from the use of British bases by the US in its attacks on Iran. iordanou.org/blog/british...

Beautiful pics. Shining right in the centre of my window at the moment. My last of winter as the season tilts and the next full moon in my window will be November. Spring is Sprung 🤗

Report that 11 of the F-15Es that arrived at 'RAF' Lakenheath last Thursday are now on the way to the Middle East. We believe that there are 13 F-22s, 12 F-35As and 10 F-15Es that have arrived at Lakenheath in recent days that could go out. www.itamilradar.com/2026/03/01/u...

Scottish Government Bonds and Investing in Ourselves Scottish Government Bonds and Investing in Ourselves Working Paper William Thomson (Scotonomics) and Jim Osborne (Scottish Currency Group). Download the full report On November 13th, 2025, the Scottish Government published its plans for a Bonds…

Footage of the cormorant. It ultimately walks so close that you can hear the 'slap' of its feet on the tarmac 🙂 Clearly on a mission, it's probably in Ballater by now 😆

1/3/26 #OrchidsOfCyprus - A pair of magnificent #orchids found here on Cyprus; Ophrys iricolor on the left and the rare endemic Ophrys kotschyi on the right

Ophrys lucis / Ophrys argolica subsp. lucis Rhodian Horseshoe #Orchid Kalo mina / Καλό μήνα / Good month #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

If you were wondering why the UK Government refused this morning to say whether the US had breached international law with its attack on Iran, well now we know why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

With Jack Archer of Hopscotch Films, Rob MacNeacail, son of the late poet Aongas, has made a film on the communal tradition of Gaelic Psalm singing. Here’s the link. I have commented on it - Gaelic Psalmody as if a sacred language, like Latin or Sanskrit. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/01/s...

This does seem to me - a non lawyer - to be either illegal or the sort of thing that ought to be illegal. It makes these hearings into foregone conclusions. Hope the judicial reviews help.

Torbreck; a circle, SW of Inverness, with nine almost evenly spaced monoliths with the largest at 1.2m #StandingStoneSunday .... The southern R Ness catchment has the remains of five #ClavaCairns & this one circle. More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

I’ll be on BBC Radio Scotland Sunday morning just after 9am to discuss the ongoing crises in Iran- Tune in if you can.

"The company has purchased an area of forestland in Heinävesi, Eastern Finland, which it will manage using environmentally progressive methods." A Finnish high-end wood design company has to acquire its own forests, because the Finnish forestry model produces slop. www.artek.fi/en/news/arte...

”Pound Shop Reform” aka the Labour Party fall to 6th place in the Jock colony. Viceroy Douglas Alexander fills his breeks. Westminster voting intention - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNP 31% Ref 21% Con 14% Grn 13% LD 10% Lab 9% oth 2% (Opinium/The Observer; 25-27 February; usual caveats apply to sub-samples)

Happy first day of spring everyone! The dark days of winter are over, and we have the hope of new life before us. And what better way to celebrate this but with some gorgeous daffodils. #SundayYellow 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

St David’s Day/Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant: Ferns & Daffodils (c.1850s) by Welsh botanist & photography pioneer, John Dillwyn Llewelyn. His sister Mary Dillwyn was also drawn to photography & was probably the 1st female photographer in Wales. They produced many images of flowers, animals, people, & places.

Sacriston Youth Project Allotment Group is an inclusive, youth-led initiative teaching young people about growing fruit and vegetables, wildlife care and environmental stewardship. www.durham.gov.uk/article/3492...

Nice haul from the seed swap in North Shields #gardening #allotment #northshields #northtyneside