Prof Col Macpherson

Two men facing camera in front of Murrayfield pitch.

Fantastic performance from Scotland in the Calcutta Cup today. Thoroughly deserved a big win over the Auld Enemy. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏉💪

Fabulous book 👇. If you haven't read it then you should. 📖

To what extent is this just us getting more information about competitors? The private lives and familial circumstances of athletes seem to be a much bigger part of commentary and media coverage than 2, 3, 4 decades ago. Maybe we are just more aware of a privilege that was always there.

Pictures of Lincoln, Darwin, calendar showing Gromit’s birthday, and the cover of Moving Pictures.

So, February 12th is a pretty cool day to have a Birthday, shared with Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Gromit, and Moving Pictures by Rush. 🧪🎸🎩🐕

The cooker from Wallace and Gromit film A Grand Day Out, standing on the moon with its arms in the air.

Current impacts of elevated CO2 on crop nutritional quality: a review using wheat as a case study - Stress Biology This review synthesises current research findings and modelling approaches to explore the impact of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (eCO2) concentrations on crop productivity, water and nutrient u...

Increasing CO2 decreases nutrition value of crops.
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Fantastic album

Preach Brother!

Thanks … but I don’t seem my name on the list. (Happy birthday to us both!)

Fantastic album that paved the way for the superb Moving Pictures. Freewill is a classic.

Some great visualisation of the reverse rain shadow that has been affecting UK this winter, especially during February. 🧪🌧️

My heart always sank when I got dragged into a pub serving Alloa 80/-. A (literally) sulphurous brew for which I resented paying even 80p.

They are implicit in the projection, making them pseudomorphologists.

Get us two stake bakes from the Eldon Square Greggs

I really enjoyed this too. Agree the first few chapters lacked much action but I felt they built the scene and characters really nicely. Also feel they have deliberately gone for something quite distinct from The Expanse.

100% 🖤

Did anyone else read this as drunks?

It’s just a constant easterly air flow at present so the rain shadow is getting reversed.

dreich

As someone sat just adjacent to the letter K, I confirm this is accurate for last several days (without capturing the significant windchill) and appears to be set in for at least the next week☹️🌧️

As a Scot I would happily have swapped that championship for all subsequent unpredictability 😬

In the early 70s a fellow Hibs fan and I kept a scrap book of black and white newspaper photos. His dad looked through and at every second picture said "You see that little cannon badge? That's Arsenal." My mate said "They're our English team". Hibbee + Gooner ever since (as is my son). 💚❤️

Oh, now you've just made me want to go to Valvona and Crolla for lunch and coffee.

The Roaring Game: Scotland's curling stone island | National Museums Scotland Curling is a sport native to Scotland, that can be traced back to medieval times. Today, the game involves two teams taking turns to slide heavy, polished

My blog post on Ailsa Craig, curling stones, and the weird minerals that make this rock unique. 🥌

Read the books. Toothless is a way, way, way better character in the books.

Baz is a fantastic replacement. Last album, Dark Matters, is a better album than anything since The Raven.

They have a knack for doing very distinctive, very good cover versions. This and Walk On By are brilliant examples.

YouTube video by Cleo Abram Why Everyone's Wrong About Curling

Really cool video on curling and curling stones that I provided some info for. 🥌

Don't forget Hetton Le Hill

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