John MacDonald

This is my new book (26/026). It's the 1st time in years that I'll be published as 'Shona' rather than 'S.G.'and I am very happy to be reclaiming my name. It's about a reading society formed in a northern Scottish town in the 1830s. Drama ensues. (My mother-in-law crocheted the shawl 🧶)

Powerless, rudderless Europe continues its genuflection to Trump. What a truly unedifying spectacle.

It's not 'complicated'. It's crystal clear.

The gradual extinction of the Teuchter Wagon sticker. One of the great Highland tragedies.

Congratulations to Bologna and their Scottish captain, Lewis Ferguson. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

5:45 am

Sgoinneil. Thank you 🙏

We always fire first. 😎

'Mixed clans'. Culloden.

Màiri Mhòr nan Òran -

Long day on the road today. C'mon the Hoops.

Magnus Davidson on X: "The Highlands and Islands comprise 9% of Scotland’s population but produces 47% of its renewable electricity. We pay a higher rate than the south of Scotland per kWh used. The Highlands and Islands need independence now." / X The Highlands and Islands comprise 9% of Scotland’s population but produces 47% of its renewable electricity. We pay a higher rate than the south of Scotland per kWh used. The Highlands and Islands need independence now.

Hindyref. Bu Chòir. x.com/DavidsonMagn...

Last light.

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Morning ❄️

Spot the union dividend.

New shinty season fast approaching. Here's the Balliemore Cup draw -

Seizing Greenland Is Worse Than a Bad Deal Taking Greenland through force or coercion would not just be a bad deal for the United States—it could become a legacy-defining unforced error for the Trump administration.

Pure common sense, here. I don't think Trump reads CSIS articles.
www.csis.org/analysis/sei...

Absolutely.

A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows

Drill, baby, drill. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

An American tragedy: how Biden paved the way for Trump’s White House return To admirers, Biden will remain one of the most consequential one-term presidents in US history – to detractors, he was undone by a fatal flaw

Decent piece. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Eireachdail! Leamsa cuideachd 🙂

Fascinating, Steve. Tapaidh leat! I'll pass this on. I hope you're well.

A luminescent Ben Nevis. #Lochaber

Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president after years of political vacuum Aoun will oversee the country through numerous challenges amid fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah

Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president after years of political vacuum - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanese-army-chief-joseph-aoun-elected-president-years-political-vacuum

The Conan Doyle Estate, Arthur Conan Doyle's adventures as featured in The Press and Journal We were contacted recently by a feature writer - Neil Drysdale of the Press and Journal, who was keen to write a piece about the 140th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?s journey on the whaling sh...

I loved working with the Conan Doyle Estate on Sir Arthur's perilous early life as a surgeon aboard a Peterhead whaling vessel. As you'll discover, he was very lucky to survive to create the Sherlock Holmes stories which have become internationally famous!

conandoyleestate.com/news/insight...

Congratulations to Stuart Dunmore on his brilliant new book! @edinburghup.bsky.social

Aiste 7 (2024), deasaichte le Sìm Innes & Sheila M. Kidd, ri fhaighinn air loidhne a-nis aig 👉 clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...

Invergarry castle on the shore of Loch Oich. Seat of the MacDonells of Glengarry, it was destroyed by Cumberland in 1746.