On This Day 1936 The @InvCourier wades into the Ross & Cromarty by-election with a blistering attack on Randolph Churchill's "odious campaign" Nominations close with 4 candidates declared tinyurl.com/RossC36 #bookrecommendations #Scottish #history #politics #byelections

On This Day 1936 The @InvCourier wades into the Ross & Cromarty by-election with a blistering attack on Randolph Churchill's "odious campaign" Nominations close with 4 candidates declared tinyurl.com/RossC36 #bookrecommendations #Scottish #history #politics #byelections

On this day 1936 As if things weren't weird enough, Oswald Mosley's Fascists arrive in Dingwall for the Ross & Cromarty by-election tinyurl.com/RossC36 #OTD #bookrecommendations #Dingwall #Ross&Cromarty #byelections #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #history

On this day 1936 As if things weren't weird enough, Oswald Mosley's Fascists arrive in Dingwall for the Ross & Cromarty by-election tinyurl.com/RossC36 #OTD #bookrecommendations #Dingwall #Ross&Cromarty #byelections #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #history

Learned today that Rick Wallach, eminent Cormac McCarthy expert and all-round good guy has died. I only met him about 5 times but it feels like more. He he was incredibly supportive and positive, a force of nature. He'll be greatly missed. Farewell Rick #cormacmccarthy

On This Day in 1936 A one-eyed Malcolm MacDonald makes a blistering speech in the Ross & Cromarty by-election. Randolph Churchill is as obnoxious as ever. Campaigning is back! An Odious Campaign tinyurl.com/RossC36 #BookRecommendations #Scotland #byelections

Learned today that Rick Wallach, eminent Cormac McCarthy expert and all-round good guy has died. I only met him about 5 times but it feels like more. He he was incredibly supportive and positive, a force of nature. He'll be greatly missed. Farewell Rick #cormacmccarthy

If you missed it last night you can catch up with my chat with Caroline Maston on the @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social here www.youtube.com/live/9Go2bim... Cuddies Strip, rabbit holes, what makes a good policeman, the prevalence of psychopathic schoolteachers and other things #BookSky #crimefiction

Everyone knows something about Lorna Carrington But no one knows everything If they did they'd be very, very frightened robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction

On This Day in 1936 A one-eyed Malcolm MacDonald makes a blistering speech in the Ross & Cromarty by-election. Randolph Churchill is as obnoxious as ever. Campaigning is back! An Odious Campaign tinyurl.com/RossC36 #BookRecommendations #Scotland #byelections

On This Day 1936 George V's funeral brings the phony war in the Ross & Cromarty by-election to an end. Gloves off, battle stations. Let the insults resume tinyurl.com/RossC36 #WritingCommunity #Dingwall #scotland #Byelection

On This Day 1936 George V's funeral brings the phony war in the Ross & Cromarty by-election to an end. Gloves off, battle stations. Let the insults resume tinyurl.com/RossC36 #WritingCommunity #Dingwall #scotland #Byelection

For Burns' Day, my favourite piece of love poetry, from Now Westlin' Winds. #Burns #burnsday

OTD 1936 The Ross & Cromarty by-election saw a truce (allegedly) after the death of King George V. In Dingwall, as around the country, a ceremony was held to proclaim new king Edward VIII. Long live the King (until December anyway) tinyurl.com/RossC36 #Scottishhistory

OTD 1936 The Ross & Cromarty by-election saw a truce (allegedly) after the death of King George V. In Dingwall, as around the country, a ceremony was held to proclaim new king Edward VIII. Long live the King (until December anyway) tinyurl.com/RossC36 #Scottishhistory

If you missed it last night you can catch up with my chat with Caroline Maston on the @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social here www.youtube.com/live/9Go2bim... Cuddies Strip, rabbit holes, what makes a good policeman, the prevalence of psychopathic schoolteachers and other things #BookSky #crimefiction

Coming tonight at 7.30 pm. Join me here: facebook.com/groups/ukcri... Discussing my historical crime fiction series set in Perthshire in the 1930s and 40s. #CrimeFiction #TippermuirBooks #authorinterviews

OTD 1936 Truce? What truce? The death of King George V was meant to lead to a halt in campaigning in the Ross and Cromarty by-election of 1936. Fat chance... tinyurl.com/RossC36 #Scotland #Scottishhistory #Inverness @invernesscourier.co.uk @pressandjournal.co.uk

Looking forward to a live interview with the UK Crime Book Club at 7.30pm. You can watch on their FB page or YouTube, where you can also see a recording after. We'll be talking about Cuddies Strip and no doubt the other books in the series too. #CrimeFiction #Scotland

Looking forward to a live interview with the UK Crime Book Club at 7.30pm. You can watch on their FB page or YouTube, where you can also see a recording after. We'll be talking about Cuddies Strip and no doubt the other books in the series too. #CrimeFiction #Scotland

OTD 1936 Truce? What truce? The death of King George V was meant to lead to a halt in campaigning in the Ross and Cromarty by-election of 1936. Fat chance... tinyurl.com/RossC36 #Scotland #Scottishhistory #Inverness @invernesscourier.co.uk @pressandjournal.co.uk

OTD 1936 The King is Dead. Love live the Ross & Cromarty by-election. Ronnie Corbett gets his first job, as town crier in Dingwall tinyurl.com/rossc36 #BookRecommendations #Scottishhistory #scottishpolitics #rossandcromarty #byelections

Fascinating to find a proofreader's correction in the author's own hand in the glossary for William Soutar's Seeds in the Wind. His handwriting is quite distinctive. #WilliamSoutar #poetrycommunity #Scotland #scottishpoetry #Perth

Fascinating to find a proofreader's correction in the author's own hand in the glossary for William Soutar's Seeds in the Wind. His handwriting is quite distinctive. #WilliamSoutar #poetrycommunity #Scotland #scottishpoetry #Perth

OTD 1936 The King is Dead. Love live the Ross & Cromarty by-election. Ronnie Corbett gets his first job, as town crier in Dingwall tinyurl.com/rossc36 #BookRecommendations #Scottishhistory #scottishpolitics #rossandcromarty #byelections

On this day in 1936 Malcolm MacDonald hospitalised. Skulduggery aplenty. Randolph Churchill's glamour & fury. Liberals fiasco. Oh, and the King is dying. tinyurl.com/1936RossC #WritingCommunity #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #Dingwall #Cromarty #BookRecommendations #OTD

On this day in 1936 Malcolm MacDonald hospitalised. Skulduggery aplenty. Randolph Churchill's glamour & fury. Liberals fiasco. Oh, and the King is dying. tinyurl.com/1936RossC #WritingCommunity #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #Dingwall #Cromarty #BookRecommendations #OTD

OTD 1936 A blizzard descends on Ross & Cromarty. A stag attacks. Candidates crash & get stranded. Winston Churchill hiding. Female supporters from Brazil And disquieting news All in a day's campaigning tinyurl.com/1936RossC #BookRecommendation #Scotland #politics #Dingwall

It's the centenary of the wonderful Agnes Owens' birth this year. Her books are being reissued & a satellite archive has officially opened within the Alasdair Gray archive. I spoke to her son, John, & wrote about this "most unfairly neglected of Scottish authors" in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social.

OTD 1936 A blizzard descends on Ross & Cromarty. A stag attacks. Candidates crash & get stranded. Winston Churchill hiding. Female supporters from Brazil And disquieting news All in a day's campaigning tinyurl.com/1936RossC #BookRecommendation #Scotland #politics #Dingwall

OTD 1936 Candidates curling, power cuts, heavy snow, lots and lots of vitriol Methods of the gangster The "Odious Campaign" continues apace Randolph Churchill would have liked Robert Jenrick tinyurl.com/1936RossC #BookRecommendations #Scotland #politics #ScottishHistory

My latest area of research, including a copy of Seeds In The Wind apparently signed by both WIlliam Soutar (1933) and his father (1955). Bob Kelty Book 5 #Research #WilliamSoutar #amwriting #writingcommunity

OTD 1936 Candidates curling, power cuts, heavy snow, lots and lots of vitriol Methods of the gangster The "Odious Campaign" continues apace Randolph Churchill would have liked Robert Jenrick tinyurl.com/1936RossC #BookRecommendations #Scotland #politics #ScottishHistory

OTD 1936 We don't get political journalism like this any more... An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election of 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #politics #RossandCromarty #Dingwall

My latest area of research, including a copy of Seeds In The Wind apparently signed by both WIlliam Soutar (1933) and his father (1955). Bob Kelty Book 5 #Research #WilliamSoutar #amwriting #writingcommunity

OTD 1936 We don't get political journalism like this any more... An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election of 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #politics #RossandCromarty #Dingwall

OTD 1936 Crofter Mrs Mackenzie foretells the horror of the NC500. "No new roads," she says. The Politics of the Dunghill in Dingwall An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-election 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #ScottishHistory #byelections

OTD 1936 Crofter Mrs Mackenzie foretells the horror of the NC500. "No new roads," she says. The Politics of the Dunghill in Dingwall An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-election 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #ScottishHistory #byelections

OTD 1936 Ross & Cromarty by-election. A time when we had a National Government. Given the lamentable standard of modern politicians, across the political divide, a new National Government might not be a bad idea. www.tinyurl.com1936RossC #Scottishpolitics #ScottishHistory

OTD 1936 Ross & Cromarty by-election. A time when we had a National Government. Given the lamentable standard of modern politicians, across the political divide, a new National Government might not be a bad idea. www.tinyurl.com1936RossC #Scottishpolitics #ScottishHistory

What's the longest a book's been on your #tbrpile before you got round to it? This is Highland River, which I've had since about 1976. It was published in 1942, using wartime economy measures So 50 years and I've finally got round to reading it... #NeilGunn #amreading

What's the longest a book's been on your #tbrpile before you got round to it? This is Highland River, which I've had since about 1976. It was published in 1942, using wartime economy measures So 50 years and I've finally got round to reading it... #NeilGunn #amreading

On This Day 1936 Snow blankets Ross-shire - who could have guessed? Electioneering becomes difficult but nothing stops these guys... An Odious Campaign: Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #WritingCommunity #politics #Scotland #Scottishhistory #Labour #Dingwall

On This Day 1936 Snow blankets Ross-shire - who could have guessed? Electioneering becomes difficult but nothing stops these guys... An Odious Campaign: Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #WritingCommunity #politics #Scotland #Scottishhistory #Labour #Dingwall

OTD 1936 Randolph Churchill is adopted as candidate and chaired through Dingwall; the price of oats rises; snow falls; another wild day in a wild campaign An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #WritingCommunity #Scotland #politics

OTD 1936 Randolph Churchill is adopted as candidate and chaired through Dingwall; the price of oats rises; snow falls; another wild day in a wild campaign An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #WritingCommunity #Scotland #politics

OTD 1936 It's agriculture, stupid. Battlelines are drawn in the Ross and Cromarty by-election. An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty by-election tinyurl.com/1936RossC #Dingwall #Scottishpolitics #Scottishhistory #NationalGovernment

OTD 1936 It's agriculture, stupid. Battlelines are drawn in the Ross and Cromarty by-election. An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty by-election tinyurl.com/1936RossC #Dingwall #Scottishpolitics #Scottishhistory #NationalGovernment

On this day 90 years ago 1936 Lady Houston's flunkey, James Wentworth Day, arrives in Dingwall "to shoot ducks" An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936 tinyurl.com/1936RossC #ScottishHistory #Politics #byelections #Dingwall #WritingCommunity #Scotland

Date for the diary - I'll be speaking to the UK Crime Book Club on their channel live on 21 January at 7.30, discussing all things Cuddies Strip and Bob and Annie Kelty. I'll post a link closer to the time. #BookSky #writingcommunity #BookRecommendations #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction