#Birds and #bees in Leeds today. Well #birdsong anyway.

A day late for #WorldBeeDay.

Interesting comparison with the 18 letters of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet that also relate to tree names owlscotland.org/resources/a-...

#WallsonWednesday at #Strathaven Castle. A bonny wee town near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

Postbox in Knockaird, Ness, Isle of Lewis, last summer. #PostboxSaturday

Seen in Stornoway.

Post Office House, Meikleour, Perthshire. #postboxsaturday

NEW BLOGPOST: "The adult-education-shaped gap in the Government’s social cohesion policy" cambridgetownowl.com/2026/03/12/t...

Dry stone wall on the track to the Dell River mouth in Ness, #IsleofLewis. Dell Rock is visible in the sea. #WallsonWednesday.

Old idea I’ll recycle. Anyone promoting war has to volunteer or put forward a family member.

When words come home: Gaelic, memory and the meaning of #care. #SeachdainnaGàidhlig, #dementia, #Gaelic #socialcare, #GaelicWeek, #belonging scottishcare.org/when-words-c...

James Campbell began writing this book in a Creative Writing class at #SwarthmoreEducationCentre in Leeds. A success story for #AdultLearning #BookSky. tinyurl.com/3zppsw3e

Postbox with a solar panel and cheery companion bollards in Chapel Allerton, Leeds. #PostboxSaturday

Today is #NationalPuzzleDay and DID YOU KNOW that along with an extensive collection of loanable jigsaws we ALSO HAVE FREE ONLINE JIGSAWS you can solve at: jigsawplanet.com/OrkneyLibrary We started publishing them online during lockdown and we now have over 80 puzzles to solve! 🧩

If you’re looking for an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible, libro.fm might be worth checking out. It shares revenue with your nominated local bookshop, and the audiobooks you buy are DRM-free. Meaning you can keep them forever. Unlike Audible! ✊🏻

Satisfied but sad to have almost finished @nicolaupson.bsky.social's Josephine Tey novels mixing real historical facts with the author's imagined life. Beautifully researched and written prompting a lot of thinking about the characters, events and ethics behind the stories.

The kitchen range in Robert Burns' House in Dumfries. #burnsnight #robertburns #scotland #burnsnight2026

Do YOU know about our UNIQUE DATABASE: 💥STATUES of WOMEN💥 We produce the only ongoing database of statues of non-royal named UK Women FIND out HERE pssauk.org/women/

St Moluag's Church, Eoropaidh, Ness, #IsleofLewis. At least 800 years old. Stained glass window shown from the inside and with its plain glass protection from severe weather on the outside. #StainedGlassSunday

Really got into this series this afternoon, as Ian Hamilton visits various towns around Scotland, though the #Stornoway episode has gone and made me homesick. 😒 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Postbox at Skigersta, Ness, #IsleofLewis #PostboxSaturday

There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.

£3,000 chance to write in Lewis https://www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles/41006-gbp3-000-chance-to-write-in-lewis #scothinews

A memory from that weird Christmas when someone gave an NHS Priority postbox in Leeds a cheery disguise. #PostBoxSaturday

Time to encourage more of this again. #lifelonglearning

Very much enjoying the #JosephineTeyMysteries by @nicolaupson.bsky.social just now. An addictive series. Unpredictable, engrossing and well researched.

Politicians wringing their hands over why teachers are leaving the profession. The truth is, we'd get more people staying in teaching if our various Governments understood that the real purpose of education is *not* to build a compliant workforce, but a society of well-rounded individuals...

🚦Did you hear about the WINNER of our 2025 PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture Will Maclean MBE RSA and Marian Leven RSA na Dorsan South Galson Isle of Lewis FIND out HERE pssauk.org/2025-pssa-ma... @marshawards.bsky.social

Paul's thoughtful writing is always worth reading. #adulteducation

Such an important issue for democracy and well worth a read.

Hopefully the growth of fluency in other languages will increase as Gaelic medium education grows. We already have Àrd-sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu 😊 'S e amadan a th' aige.

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Tell us what you are up to during Get the Nation Learning Week! We want to make as much noise as possible to showcase the benefits of learning on the economy and society. Make sure to use the #GetTheNationLearning hashtag to tell us your plans for the week. And stay tuned for lots more from us...

Wonderful that this drystone sculpture, na Dorsan (the doors) commemorating the legacy of the Clearances on the Isle of Lewis, won the public vote for excellence in public sculpture. @pssatweets.bsky.social

I have been busy preparing for the 4th Artist-Teacher in Adult Community Learning Conference, taking place online on 21st March 2026. This year’s theme, Making Space! Abstract submissions open Monday, 17th November 2025! @nsead.bsky.social

Just spotted the Cross Inn in an i Weekend newspaper feature on 'The 20 best cosy pubs for autumn". Ness is described as remote with freezing winds and nights that last almost all day.🙄 How do folk cope? #IsleofLewis #Hebrides #CrossInn

Sad to learn of Brian Patten's death. The Mersey Sound poetry collection was one of the first books I bought for myself. I read it so many times over the years. #BrianPatten #TheMerseySound #Poetry

In the 1840s the Galson estate on Lewis was cleared for sheep. Most people were put onto emigration ships to Canada. Finally in 2007 - a community buyout. This commemorative sculpture by Will Maclean & Marian Leven is shortlisted for Marsh Award. If it moves you pls vote. pssauk.org/2025-pssa-ma...

Celebrating this old boy on #InternationalDogDay.

#TiumpanHead Lighthouse #IsleofLewis #NationalLighthouseDay. Great place for spotting whales, dolphins and other sealife.

Today is #NationalLighthouseDay in the USA but this is the #MuseumofScottishLighthouses in Fraserburgh, Scotland.

#PostboxSaturday High Street, Grantown-on-Spey

#AdoorableThursday in the shepherd's hut bothy on the #ShiantIsles. Only puffins, kittiwakes, other seabirds and sheep for company.

#WindowsonWednesdays in the shepherd's house bothy on the #ShiantIsles.

This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.

let’s get petition to 5K. Only 229 to go. As well as this write to your MP, DCMS + all broadcasters BBC ITV Ch4 Ch5 (iTN), Sky. Don’t forget radio too &OFCOM. Let them know we want plural coverage in a multi party country. No over platforming Democracy at stake petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

#Noculescent clouds are in the news today. This photo is from #Ness, #IsleofLewis, taken in July 2024.

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The C&G report shows that investment in adult education is now 40% less in real-terms vs 2010. That's bad BUT in 2008 the loss of 1.5 million adult learner places in the previous two years prompted a multi-agency campaign. It's a continuing and catastrophic decline. tinyurl.com/ye3nsmax