Ann Walker
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Enthusiast for lifelong learning, books, trivia and the Isle of Lewis (Niseach).
Postbox with a solar panel and cheery companion bollards in Chapel Allerton, Leeds.
#PostboxSaturday
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Orkney Library & Archive
19 days ago
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! 🧩
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Niall Huggan
19 days ago
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! ✊🏻
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Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
https://libro.fm
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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.
22 days ago
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The kitchen range in Robert Burns' House in Dumfries.
#burnsnight
#robertburns
#scotland
#burnsnight2026
23 days ago
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association
29 days ago
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/
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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
29 days ago
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James Aithie 🏴
about 1 month ago
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...
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My Kind of Town - Series 2: 4. Stornoway
Ian and Major head to Stornoway, capital of the Western Isles. With plans for a big new harbour to attract cruise ships and more business investment, Stornoway is looking to the future.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0011q5f/my-kind-of-town-series-2-4-stornoway
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Postbox at Skigersta, Ness,
#IsleofLewis
#PostboxSaturday
about 1 month ago
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Charlotte Nichols MP
about 2 months ago
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.
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Rhoda Meek
about 2 months ago
£3,000 chance to write in Lewis
https://www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles/41006-gbp3-000-chance-to-write-in-lewis
#scothinews
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£3,000 chance to write in Lewis
The Lewis Lines Writer-in-Residence project is aiming to bring new voices to the heart of the Hebrides. It offers time, space, and a fireside on the Isle of Lewis for writers exploring heritage, identity, and belonging.
https://www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles/41006-gbp3-000-chance-to-write-in-lewis
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A memory from that weird Christmas when someone gave an NHS Priority postbox in Leeds a cheery disguise.
#PostBoxSaturday
about 2 months ago
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Time to encourage more of this again.
#lifelonglearning
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about 2 months ago
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Very much enjoying the
#JosephineTeyMysteries
by
@nicolaupson.bsky.social
just now. An addictive series. Unpredictable, engrossing and well researched.
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Joanne Harris
2 months ago
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...
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association
2 months ago
🚦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..
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@marshawards.bsky.social
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Paul's thoughtful writing is always worth reading.
#adulteducation
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2 months ago
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Such an important issue for democracy and well worth a read.
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2 months ago
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Dr Fiona Porter
2 months ago
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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The WEA
3 months ago
We were recently featured in FE Week, you can read the full article via the link below
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Learning and Work Institute
4 months ago
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...
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Laura Parker
4 months ago
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
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Dr Abbie Cairns
4 months ago
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
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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
4 months ago
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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
5 months ago
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Lesley Riddoch
5 months ago
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...
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Celebrating this old boy on
#InternationalDogDay
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6 months ago
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#TiumpanHead
Lighthouse
#IsleofLewis
#NationalLighthouseDay
. Great place for spotting whales, dolphins and other sealife.
6 months ago
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Today is
#NationalLighthouseDay
in the USA but this is the
#MuseumofScottishLighthouses
in Fraserburgh, Scotland.
6 months ago
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#PostboxSaturday
High Street, Grantown-on-Spey
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#AdoorableThursday
in the shepherd's hut bothy on the
#ShiantIsles
. Only puffins, kittiwakes, other seabirds and sheep for company.
7 months ago
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#WindowsonWednesdays
in the shepherd's house bothy on the
#ShiantIsles
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7 months ago
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Max Colbert
7 months ago
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
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Fair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties
7 months ago
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...
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Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713798
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#Noculescent
clouds are in the news today. This photo is from
#Ness
,
#IsleofLewis
, taken in July 2024.
7 months ago
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BuffaloResearch.com
8 months ago
Heads up, you do NOT need to be affiliated with a college or university to get access to JSTOR! Here's how to sign up as an independent researcher! You can read up to 100 articles per month. You cannot download or print PDFs. All of this is FREE.
support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/art...
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How to Register & Get Free Access to Content
What's in this article: What is a personal account? Who uses a personal account? How do I register for a personal account? What can I do with a personal account? What is a personal account? A re...
https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/115004760028-How-to-Register-Get-Free-Access-to-Content
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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
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8 months ago
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WM College
8 months ago
📣 PM open letter - adult education isn’t an extra, it’s essential. Dipa Ganguli OBE, CEO & Principal, just sent an open letter to the PM demanding a proper funding strategy for adult learners. Read:
www.wmcollege.ac.uk/funding-for-...
Contact your MP
#AdultEd
#SkillsCrisis
#LifelongLearning
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An Open Letter To The Prime Minister: Why We Must Act Now For Adult Education
Dipa Ganguli OBE calls for urgent government action on funding for adult education in the UK. Read the open letter to the Prime Minister.
https://www.wmcollege.ac.uk/funding-for-adult-education-uk-open-letter/
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Leah
8 months ago
Hello people of
#booksky
! I am asking for responses to my survey looking into book reader culture in Scotland. If you are an adult in Scotland who considers yourself a reader, please fill out my quick survey! On average so far, it takes about 4 minutes to fill it out.
forms.office.com/e/WR37aGcjFF
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We all rely on a reliable, affordable postal service, including the Highlands and Islands. Https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701850
8 months ago
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Fair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties
8 months ago
North East Hampshire, North Northumberland and Brighton Pavillion lead the petition signatures as we reach nearly 4,100. Let’s keep it going and send a message loud and clear that we demand fair coverage and not overplatforming of one party.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713798
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An interesting read with links
#BookSky
#Hebrides
:
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/issues/issue...
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Issue 21 Archives - The Bottle Imp
Scottish Island Writing: The Hebrides
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/issues/issue-21/
8 months ago
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Yay! Garden favourite is in bloom.
#passiflora
#passionflower
8 months ago
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Learning and Work Institute
9 months ago
Sign the Get the Nation Learning Charter! ✍️ This is a chance for your organisation to lead by example in getting the nation learning, building a future where everyone can learn throughout life. Read the charter and add your name:
getthenationlearning.org.uk/get-the-nati...
#GetTheNationLearning
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Get the Nation Learning Charter - Get the Nation Learning
https://getthenationlearning.org.uk/get-the-nation-learning-charter/
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Learning and Work Institute
9 months ago
Know an organisation or individual with inspiring
#lifelonglearning
achievements? Nominations for the Get the Nation Learning awards are now live! ✨ Building on the legacy of Festival of Learning, the awards are the biggest celebration of lifelong learning in England.
#GetTheNationLearning
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This wooden postbox caught my eye. It's in the entrance to Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.
#PostboxSaturday
9 months ago
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Beautiful craftsmanship around the Ness Fishery Memorial in
#PortofNess
,
#IsleofLewis
#WallsonWednesday
10 months ago
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Seen on a postbox in Leeds
#PostboxSaturday
#PennyBlackDay
@letterappsoc.bsky.social
10 months ago
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Action for Happiness
10 months ago
We're looking for inspiring and talented people to join our brilliant Board of Trustees at Action for Happiness - know anyone you'd recommend?
actionforhappiness.org/trustee-vaca...
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No frills at
#Stornoway's
busy Post Office on Francis Street in the town centre.
#PostboxSaturday
10 months ago
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