Loch Coultrie, flowing into Loch Damh, which flows via the River Balgy into the sea in Upper Loch Torridon. Beinn Damh on the right and Beinn Alligin in the distance. Photo taken on Monday.

Foam by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson in Greenbank Garden in Clarkston, near Glasgow. This figure was first displayed at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #statue #sculpture #fountain #greenbankgarden

Looking down onto the massive rubble ramparts of Mither Tap, a Pictish hillfort on one of the peaks of Bennachie in Aberdeenshire. The sun was shining, but it was pretty cold and blustery up there! #HillfortsWednesday

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during WW2. Parts of Stromness have changed little since the book’s main characters were here in late 1942. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....

📚 #amreading at the Franciscan Library, Lima, Peru

'You Blew Me Away' sculpture by Penny Hardy #womensart

This C9th gravestone is known as the Viking Doomsday stone. It shows 7 warriors, armed with axes & swords advancing in a tight throng. It was found at Lindisfarne Priory, the first place in England to suffer a Viking raid in 793, & may display that raid. 🏛️Lindisfarne Priory 📷 English Heritage ©️

Relentless pursuit and a grisly murder. ‘Hide and Seek’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Stirling Castle – including the Nether Bailey - and more widely across Scotland during World War Two. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-has/ind...

The John Rylands Library in Manchester

#StreetArt by Peeta Manuel Di Rita in #Delft #Netherland

A Roman toddler stepped on this clay tile before it was dried around two thousand years ago, and this might be the only proof of the toddler's existence. Original post

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Castlebay on Barra is visited by the two central characters at the end of the book. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

West Lothian, Scotland #nature #photography

Another in my series of libraries Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

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You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in northern Scotland. The Clootie Well on the Black Isle has a central role in the book. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-atw/ind...

#499, Near Morar, Scotland, 17/12/2012 This part of Scotland really is amazing for sunsets. #photography #scotland #sunset

Love the Strahov library. So majestic. #Prague

Located in Caddam Wood just outside Kirriemuir in Scotland, this forest track has been identified as a Roman road. If it is, it would be the most northerly stretch of Roman road in the entire world. #RomanSiteSaturday

When the past comes back to haunt you. ‘The Danger of Life’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. The Commando Basic Training Centre in Lochaber has a key role in the book. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/dol/index.html

National Library of Kosovo r/brutalism

The beautiful St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. Even if you’re not religious, you can’t deny the amazing craftsmanship that went into this place. #edinbugh #scotland #travel #travelphotography #photography

Spring can take it's time to reach #Shetland but when it arrives it is glorious 💚

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. The hunt for a spy leads the book’s central characters to the military port at Cairnryan. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

Whitby at night, photo by Denise Bartlett.

The superb little chapel of St Fillan's at the head of Strathearn, where Dál Riata and Pictland meet. The post-medieval chapel and burial ground likely have much earlier predecessors, then as now in the shadow of the mighty Pictish hillfort of Dundurn www.trove.scot/place/24872?...

BBC News - Lochaber mountain rescue team set for one of busiest ever years - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How far would you go to right a wrong? ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is a spooky adventure story for younger readers involving a family mystery and the haunting of Dunmore Park in central Scotland. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/h46c/index.h...

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

10th Century cross shaft, Lindisfarne Museum. Possibly Christ in judgment with seated figures. Looks a little like ‘guys, why am I doing all the work while you sit around on your phones?’ but maybe that’s just transference #ReliefWednesday

Beinn Ghobhlach #Scotland #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #monochrome #bnw

A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. A secret buried beneath Edinburgh Castle is central to the story. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/ind...

There once was a man it was said, who wore a streetlamp on his head. But he found it too light when he laid down at night and his head wouldn't fit in his bed. #NationalLimerickDay

Excavation of the tomb of Akhet-Hetep at Giza revealed a monument to his mother Peseshet, the "Overseer of Women Physicians." She is the world's earliest known woman doctor, and practiced at the time of the building of the great pyramids in Egypt, about 2500 BC. #CelebratingWomen

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Torphichen Preceptory near Linlithgow is visited by the book’s two central characters. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

Library reading room, Bolton, April 1938, photo by Humphrey Spender.

I've just got back from an incredible weekend at the Boswell Book Festival at Dumfries House @bozzybookfest.bsky.social, where I talked about my book The Road to Mons Graupius. As venues go, I suspect it doesn't get much better than this!

Two new locally-produced films about the Shetland Bus will soon launch to coincide with Norway’s 17 May Constitution Day celebrations. The first film, Hearts Across the Sea, is a 30-minute documentary featuring three Shetland people with living memories of World War II shet.news/65n45

One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. The fictional Sarclet Castle south of Wick has a central part to play in the story. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-ttw/ind...

Library (2026) by Jeremy Miranda

Listeners of a certain age might recall there was once an English Electric Lightning aircraft mounted in the middle of a roundabout at South Gyle. It turns out there's a video of it being driven through the streets (and squeezing past Leylandii hedges) to get there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OplH...

Stopped off at Crichton Collegiate Church on my 🚴‍♂️ ride today. I haven't visited it for maybe six years or so, even though it's right in my neighbourhood. I just missed the blossoms looking their best, but the church still makes a cracking photo.

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in central Scotland and the far north-west. The central character stays in the Kinlochbervie Hotel, shown here. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

National Library of France

This little hall at 5 Infirmary Street in Edinburgh, next to the former Lady Yester's Church, was the grandly named New Jerusalem Church, which followed Swedenborgian's teachings. It opened here in the 1840s and relocated to Gayfield in 1904 and appears to have wound up in 1913

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Stranraer is visited by the central characters several times in the book. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

The spectacular Hunterston Brooch from Scotland, c. AD 700. A huge statement piece of jewellery measuring 12.2 cm diameter! 🤩 Stunningly crafted from gilded silver, gold, and amber. Found at Hunterston in Ayrshire. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

On this day in 1945, Glasgow embarked on a three day celebration of Victory in Europe. Crowds began gathering in George Square shortly before 9am on 8 May 1945 and stayed until the early hours. 📷 Reach #Glasgow #veday

🌾 Preston Mill This beautiful historic water mill is one of the filming locations used in Outlander! simply magical ✨ #moody #urban #photography #outlander #Scotland #sunset #filmlocation #mill #moodyphotography

‘The Eye of Horus’ is an atmospheric World War Two thriller that moves from the Highlands of Scotland via Gibraltar to Malta. The two central characters travel to Kyle of Lochalsh by rail. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/eoh/index.html