Calling all campaigners for refugee rights 📢 The Home Secretary has an unmissable opportunity to unlock talents, supercharge the economy, and give people seeking safety the dignity they deserve. Call on her to lift the ban on work for people seeking asylum.

Ireland's wild and tempestuous southwest coastline of County Kerry, facing the mighty Atlantic Ocean in all its rich, deep, blue surf glory. ~ Conor Murphy #ConorMurphyArt #Ireland #Éire #IrishLandscapes #CountyKerry 🇮🇪✨☘️

A SONG FOR SCOTLAND Robin McAlpine reflects on a Scottish national anthem, saying this is about more than just a song. It's about identity and cultural expression: robinmcalpine.org/sing-the-nat... Inspired by Dougie Maclean’s Caledonia, an anthem should be a modern, unified vision of our nation.

Fond memory of catching up with my cheerfully talkative and creatively talented toddler niece, 'Little Miss Laura Ann Muir' in Inverness, exactly five years ago today... #HappyMemories #HappyFamilies

Tinkling in the new year with a touch of Burns... 😃 #HappyNewYear #Hello2025

Pictured by the front of the elegant Victorian-era Smith Art Gallery and Museum building in central Stirling. Well worth a visit! #VisitScotland #VisitStirling #ScottishHistory #ScottishCulture

HAPPY ARABIC LANGUAGE DAY! A romantic tongue with at least 11 words for love, each of which cover a different stage of falling in love. يوم سعيد للغة العربية! اللغة العربية هي واحدة من أكثر اللغات الرومانسية. تحتوي على 11 كلمة على الأقل للحب وكل كلمة منها تنقل مرحلة مختلفة من عملية الوقوع في الحب.

All roads lead to...Lenzie Old Parish Church!

Our favourite Invernesian photographer, Scott MacKenzie, captured a surprisingly summery-looking pic of Ness Bank Parish Kirk by the meandering River Ness, on this otherwise seasonal winter's day in December. It's not for no reason the city of Inverness is also crowned the Capital of the Highlands!

Microsoft's latest online test to prove that you're definitely not a robot... 🤠🎅🙉🥸🐯🤫🥂⛄🤣

OUR HIGHLAND HISPANIC HERO Another fab Sunday lunchtime interview over a freshly cooked, delicious meat feast paella with Latin restaurant impresario, Duncan Chisholm, in his hearty hub of Spanish culture and cuisine in Inverness, La Tortilla Asesina: www.facebook.com/share/r/P8yT... Enjoy! 🥘🥗🍷🇪🇸

“In the long run, there are no secrets in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.” — Arthur C. Clarke

Cheerful photo memory of my good buddy, David Foy, and I visiting #TantallonCastle in #EastLothian on a day trip from Falkirk to North Berwick to visit our friend, Kitty Douglas-Hamilton The mighty grandeur of the Bass Rock and Firth of Forth seascape that flanked our route was breathtaking!

Alex Salmond always stood up for Scotland. Against the odds & full force of UK state and media, he very nearly led us to Independence. Securing the Referendum remains a historic milestone and testament to Alex's leadership, tenacity, belief in & ambition for our nation: "Independence, nothing less"!

The golden age of Indian cinema's legendary triumvirate, the "Brothers Anand": Dev Saab, Vijay and Chetan... Jai Hind, jai jeevan, jai ho! #Bollywood #AnandStudio #NavetanFilms #DevAnand #VijayAnand #ChetanAnand #Evergreen 🇮🇳✨🎥🙏

"Forever in our hearts": the grand old team's Grand Old Team... #GlasgowCeltic #CelticFC #Lisbon1967 #LisbonLionsCSC #COYBIG ☘️⚽💚

Historical downtown Stirling... 🏰 ⚔️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

"The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year; it is that we should have a new soul..." (G.K. Chesterton) Wherever you're celebrating, wishing you a super Happy New Year and all the very best for 2024. Bliadhna Mhath Ùr a h-uile duine! 🎻🎶🎉✨ #HappyNewYear #Happy2025

TRIBUTE TO A HOLLYWOOD TRAILBLAZER "Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment..." Sidney L. Poitier, KBE (20th Feb 1927 - 6th Jan 2022)

WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, DUKIE? A compelling, slightly unusual perspective of the miniature Kelpie, Duke, which almost prompts the question: "Why the long face today, my friend..?" Intriguingly and exquisitely captured on camera by #DavidReidPhotography. #VisitFalkirk #VisitScotland #TheKelpies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨🐴🐴

LET YOUR LOVE SHINE “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

LET YOUR LOVE SHINE “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, DUKIE? A compelling, slightly unusual perspective of the miniature Kelpie, Duke, which almost prompts the question: "Why the long face today, my friend..?" Intriguingly and exquisitely captured on camera by #DavidReidPhotography. #VisitFalkirk #VisitScotland #TheKelpies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨🐴🐴

TRIBUTE TO A HOLLYWOOD TRAILBLAZER "Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment..." Sidney L. Poitier, KBE (20th Feb 1927 - 6th Jan 2022)

"The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year; it is that we should have a new soul..." (G.K. Chesterton) Wherever you're celebrating, wishing you a super Happy New Year and all the very best for 2024. Bliadhna Mhath Ùr a h-uile duine! 🎻🎶🎉✨ #HappyNewYear #Happy2025

Tinkling in the new year with a touch of Burns... 😃 #HappyNewYear #Hello2025

The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity

Ireland's wild and tempestuous southwest coastline of County Kerry, facing the mighty Atlantic Ocean in all its rich, deep, blue surf glory. ~ Conor Murphy #ConorMurphyArt #Ireland #Éire #IrishLandscapes #CountyKerry 🇮🇪✨☘️

HAPPY ARABIC LANGUAGE DAY! A romantic tongue with at least 11 words for love, each of which cover a different stage of falling in love. يوم سعيد للغة العربية! اللغة العربية هي واحدة من أكثر اللغات الرومانسية. تحتوي على 11 كلمة على الأقل للحب وكل كلمة منها تنقل مرحلة مختلفة من عملية الوقوع في الحب.

All roads lead to...Lenzie Old Parish Church!

The golden age of Indian cinema's legendary triumvirate, the "Brothers Anand": Dev Saab, Vijay and Chetan... Jai Hind, jai jeevan, jai ho! #Bollywood #AnandStudio #NavetanFilms #DevAnand #VijayAnand #ChetanAnand #Evergreen 🇮🇳✨🎥🙏

"Forever in our hearts": the grand old team's Grand Old Team... #GlasgowCeltic #CelticFC #Lisbon1967 #LisbonLionsCSC #COYBIG ☘️⚽💚

Our favourite Invernesian photographer, Scott MacKenzie, captured a surprisingly summery-looking pic of Ness Bank Parish Kirk by the meandering River Ness, on this otherwise seasonal winter's day in December. It's not for no reason the city of Inverness is also crowned the Capital of the Highlands!

Microsoft's latest online test to prove that you're definitely not a robot... 🤠🎅🙉🥸🐯🤫🥂⛄🤣

OUR HIGHLAND HISPANIC HERO Another fab Sunday lunchtime interview over a freshly cooked, delicious meat feast paella with Latin restaurant impresario, Duncan Chisholm, in his hearty hub of Spanish culture and cuisine in Inverness, La Tortilla Asesina: www.facebook.com/share/r/P8yT... Enjoy! 🥘🥗🍷🇪🇸

Cheerful photo memory of my good buddy, David Foy, and I visiting #TantallonCastle in #EastLothian on a day trip from Falkirk to North Berwick to visit our friend, Kitty Douglas-Hamilton The mighty grandeur of the Bass Rock and Firth of Forth seascape that flanked our route was breathtaking!

“In the long run, there are no secrets in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.” — Arthur C. Clarke

Comet ZTF over Stonehenge Credit:Stonehenge Dronescapes

Alex Salmond always stood up for Scotland. Against the odds & full force of UK state and media, he very nearly led us to Independence. Securing the Referendum remains a historic milestone and testament to Alex's leadership, tenacity, belief in & ambition for our nation: "Independence, nothing less"!

Pictured by the front of the elegant Victorian-era Smith Art Gallery and Museum building in central Stirling. Well worth a visit! #VisitScotland #VisitStirling #ScottishHistory #ScottishCulture

Historical downtown Stirling... 🏰 ⚔️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Fond memory of catching up with my cheerfully talkative and creatively talented toddler niece, 'Little Miss Laura Ann Muir' in Inverness, exactly five years ago today... #HappyMemories #HappyFamilies