Well, it was no Jaws, not even Gums. Night all! #TheFilmCrowd

All this water - how's Corman going to set everything on fire? #TheFilmCrowd

Not so much padding as paddling out the film #TheFilmCrowd

Reef? i thought you said Keef! Eveneing all #TheFilmCrowd

Ah, haven't we all done something similar when doing the online shop? Though I really want to hear if @orkneylibrary.bsky.social has got in on the act and are offering free bananas with every book borrowed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In the heart of Queens Park, Glasgow, the bones of medieval agriculture are still clear to the eye and easily felt underfoot. This month's essay weaves my discovery of old rig and furrow - and its legacy of collective care - with the realisation of my own garden's season of isolation. #naturewriting

Forgotten railway statue finds new home at Springburn station. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/03/railway-sculpture-finds-new-home-in-springburn-after-years-in-storage.html #NetworkRail #RailwayHeritage #scotland #ScotRail #springburn

OK for some reason this didn't get sent at the time composed. Chinese food and several more pints consumed since then.

Kicking off Saturday in good style #shoap

Sheer nonsense. But fun. Thanks for the company all. #TheFilmcrowd

Always someone eating smelly food in the carriage #TheFilmCrowd

Hi folks. Been AWOL a couple of weks. Good to be back. #TheFilmCrowd

Renfrewshire Council has partnered with Kensa to deliver the largest networked ground source heat pump system in Scotland. This pioneering project will see the replacement of ageing gas infrastructure in two high-rise tower blocks in Gallowhill, Paisley. Read more ➡️ buff.ly/iGRyEYK

17th century sundial at Greenbank Gardens, Glasgow.

These (and the British town atlases) are fantastic resources. Particularly for genealogy research.

#OtD 20 Mar 1911 women at the Glasgow Singer factory went on strike after popularizing the @IWW slogan "an injury to one is an injury to all" in a non-union factory. They triggered a decade of class struggle that became known as "Red Clydeside" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9291...

Spotted this wee @glasgowcoa.bsky.social on a tapestry at Greenbank Garden

I'm not sure we've got this sheet online yet. Does anyone have a copy that we can scan and share? 🤣

So throw those curtains wide One day like this a year would see me right... Cartoon: Bud Neill

OK a museum replicas company NEEDS to make this immediately

Today's the day: my new book 'The Air Defence System in Scotland 1938-46' is published by Sidestone Press: www.sidestone.com/books/?q=Air...

Ah yes, during the warm rain season.

Don’t forget that March 17th ☘️ is also the Feast Day of St. Gertrude the Great! Patron saint of #cats 🐈🐈‍⬛

The Wall Street Journal reports on American students, enticed by academic traditions, who enroll at St Andrews (the tuition helps too). What they find, in addition to lovely gowns, are … more Americans. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👩‍🎓🗽 www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Snow overnight – in Polwarth The forecast was for snow. And it did snow overnight it seems although dawn has broken with some bright skies. While it was snowing most of us were asleep - apart from Tom Duffin who was out and about getting some shots, using his son as a model in the final one below.…

Nearly dropped my cuppa!

NEW BOOK #Auchengeich Gone But Not Forgotten by Hugh Gaffney an exploration of the Colliery disaster Sept 1959 that resulted in the loss of 47 lives see👉 www.cwu.org/news/putting... #mininghistory

Spiders from the Dr Who props cupboard. Night all and thanks for the entertaining company #TheFilmCrowd

50 foot spider. Typical Americans - can't ever use metric. Spectrum

She's got an ant coming in? Don't we have enough problems with the spiders? #TheFilmCrowd

Evening. Just been out in the garden #TheFilmCrowd

🆕PopulationsPast.org now has cause- and age-specific mortality rates, and age- and sex-specific net migration rates! For example, in 1871 external causes of death (accidents, violence and suicide) among young adults was highest in industrial and fishing areas www.populationspast.org/vio1544/1871...

One for legal nerds. Japanese lawyers have gorgeous badges denoting their specialty. Don't know if it's the translation, but nice to see the Scriveners amongst them.

Scrolling by and thought they'd announced new trains for the subway again. Hilhead Express anyone?

"PARTIALLY DEVOURED: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life & Changed the World" is OUT NOW! The wildest movie deep dive you've ever read + a memoir of how the film changed my life (and how *any* art can change yours). 45 years in the making! 🩷🧟‍♀️🩷🧟‍♀️🩷 www.danielkraus.com/books/partia...

An index for Labour History Review vol 90 (2025) is now on our website. There are indexes for every issue of the Society's publications since it was founded in 1960, with a consolidated index in Excel from 1990 when LHR was launched. All indexes are free to download. sslh.org.uk/publications...

Lots of #BookHistory action happening in Edinburgh later this month (20-27 March) with 'Rare Books Edinburgh 2026' - maybe see you at some of these events? rarebooksedinburgh.com 📖📚

Wondering what the Lidl app algorithm will make of today's shop - two bags of compost and mini tub of ice cream. I await the vouchers with interest.

A special issue of IUGS Episodes dedicated to women in geology is now online: www.episodes.org/journal/view...

An afternoon spent in a Haymarket pub when Scotland are playing at Murrayfield is an *experience* .

An afternoon spent in a Haymarket pub when Scotland are playing ar Murrayfield is an *experience* .

New signage opposite the Ramshorn Kirkyard.

Colloquial phrase updated for modern usage

A useful resource

Aardman's The Wicker Man.

In 2006 I told the late (great) Prof. Ray Gillespie that I wanted to publish every surviving scrap from the 1766 religious census, by 2016. I missed the 🎯by 10 yrs, but 😃 to report that on the 260th anniv. it's done. Everything, >50k names & population details, now online. @maynoothuniversity.ie

On #WorldBookDay why not plan a visit to our genealogy library in the West End of Glasgow?

Perfect midweek fun. Adieu #TheFilmCrowd

I'm looking for "Fly fishing" by J R Hartley #TheFilmCrowd