@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social The traffic lights at Grange Road/Causewayside are out. It's a critical road crossing for Sciennes Primary kids among others.

The New York Public Library (#NYPL) Acquires the CameraPlanet Archive, Historic 1,200 Hours of September 11 Video #Archives www.infodocket.com/2025/09/10/t... #libraries #September11

The Murderous Mountie–Part 2 Canadian True Crime · Episode

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Grim listen but excellent use of primary sources. #archives

View across Aberdeenshire to Bennachie and the Mither Tap from the Stagecoach No 35 Elgin to Aberdeen bus.

Not too bad a day to travel through Aberdeenshire. Good trip on the 35 from Cullen to Aberdeen. The colours! 😻 #PublicTransport #MitherTap #SummerHoliday

Blue Coast Surf School in action on Cullen Bay. Highly recommended.

View from the viaduct over Seaton and Cullen Bay with Portknockie in the distance.

Donald and Sandy strolling along Cullen Beach in July.

"Mitchell" our new #cat pal of striking markings, light Siamese/seal point with tabby. Such a friendly puss but saw off an alsatian with ease and showed off their hunting credentials as well as allowing lots of pets. Started following us to Portknockie.

#Cullen has not let us down 🎉: kids enjoyed the surfing lessons and we made a cat pal 😻, we've eaten outside a lot despite iffy weather and #publictransport getting here was easy peasy. Strong recommendation for fish suppers. Fish is delish. And Lily's Cullen Skink.

I feel vindicated in dropping our Uist visit (much as it broke my heart and I am in envy of all the folk I know who have been recently or are due to go across). Relying as we do on public transport it was too risky. However, Cullen beckons. #SmallTownHolidays
www.hebrides-news.com/south-uist-m...

Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland's first black professor, dies aged 85 Sir Geoff moved to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and became known as both an academic and a human rights advocate.

Really sad to hear Sir Geoff Palmer has passed away. I remember being in a seminar he was speaking at - captivating and gracious. His legacy is a powerful one, making us reckon with our past. RIP.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Again, Glasgow, what's with taxi drivers demanding cash not card? Aggressively. Really weird. 😒 Had to go 4 down the rank to get a driver who wasn't moaning about using a card.
Everyone else reinforced the friendly reputation: Premier Inn, Hydro, Thai Orchid, Fanny Trollope's, train station etc.

British Library Acquires Five Rare Medieval Manuscripts - Medievalists.net The British Library has acquired five rare medieval manuscripts from Longleat House, offering new insights into Jewish-Christian relations, civic life, theology, and devotion in the Middle Ages.

Ooh, they're lovely. #archives

www.medievalists.net/2025/06/brit...

Loved this woodcut from today's seminar on religious archives and special collections. It's Luther. (ref Dd.2.72.)

Amarelo branded mug, yes a mug, of coffee, elegantly decorated bottle of fresh Edinburgh tap water and a wee Bíscoff on the side. Background shows the busy street outside.

I do love Amarelo on Causewayside. They have the best customer service, tastiest sandwiches (I can't forget to mention the Basque cheesecake) and such good #coffee - in an actual mug. Having a luxury pitstop on the way to work as school is off so no children to wrangle. 🎉☀️ #Edinburgh #civilised

Gaelic Thesaurus | Public Body for Scotland's Historic Environment HES have created this Gaelic Thesaurus to provide users with translations from English to Gaelic and Gaelic to English for vocabulary relevant to safeguarding Scotland's historic environment.

Familiarise yourself with digital resources!
Historic Environment Scotland has a Gaelic thesaurus that provides translations of vocabulary related to the historic environment: buff.ly/xUnZHNf

#Gàidhlig #Gaelic #Cleachdi

A Hobat, Folk Film, & Decolonizing the Outdoors lower case highlights cultural events, new releases, publish short reviews and recommendations for works across all genres. Our focus is on small and micro press, radical publishers, and events fro…

On a new edition of The Hobbit in Gaelic, the Folk Film gathering & more ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/03/24/a...

An Afternoon with Esther Inglis (c. 1571-1624) Join author Sara Sheridan & experts to explore calligrapher Esther Inglis, with live Renaissance music, spoken word poetry & discussion!

An Afternoon with Esther Inglis (c.1571–1624)
26 April, Edinburgh
Free, ticketed

An afternoon exploring calligrapher Esther Inglis, with live Renaissance music, spoken word poetry & discussion with @sarasheridan.bsky.social, Jamie Reid-Baxter & Anna-Nadine Pike
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-afterno...

The LEIGHEAS Medical Manuscript of the Month for March 2025 is Edinburgh University Library MS La.III.21 ('The McBeath Gaelic Medical Manuscript'). Special thanks to @pomuirch.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to see it in person recently!

leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

It was so interesting learning a bit more about it.

Government loses legal battle over Covid ‘VIP Lane’ Exclusive: Judge slams “most unsatisfactory” Cabinet Office and orders release of names of 'VIP' firms to Democracy for Sale reporter - after *four year* wait.

🔴 For *four years* officials refused to release names of all companies linked to Conservative donors and party figures put in the 'VIP' lane for bumper Covid contracts

Now a judge has ordered them to.

Huge win for @jennacorderoy.bsky.social (and DfS)
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/government...

A fine looking series of talks relating to Gaelic.

Our series ‘Gaelic in Edinburgh: Past, Present and Future‘ will get under way this Saturday 22 March at 1400 at the National Library of Scotland
Dr Jake King will be speaking on 'The Gaelic Placenames of Edinburgh'
www.nls.uk/whats-on/gae...
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Mystery of Victorian geologist's ring found on African beach The long-lost gold ring commemorating Hugh Miller is going on display at his Highland birthplace.

Great wee story. This time it's Miller not Lyell. And have I mentioned that there's a Hugh Miller letter book in New College Special Collections? (ref MS MIL1) Yes. Good.
🤓👇🏼
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We're Hiring! Finding Futures for Scotland’s Churches: Research Officer - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland are looking to hire a new member of staff to help co-ordinate and deliver the Finding Futures for Scotland’s Churches Project.   Working closely with Scotland’s ...

Come work with us at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland & Scotland’s Churches Trust on our new NLHF funded project. - Finding Futures for Scotland’s Churches www.socantscot.org/news/were-hi...

<happy sigh> A few hours of proper archivery-pokery disentangling Chalmers papers conundrums. 🤓

As per my previous post.

Absolutely horrified for colleagues at Dundee University. 632 FTEs to go? Awful, just awful.

Oh my goodness! Michelle McManus accepting Robbie Williams' invitation. What an emotional moment! I love radio...

Congratulations! 🎉

This one has one twin in the middle of the group and one big brother making an entrance with "gunna mòr". Need to move to a big screen and *then* lose my spare time. Some brilliant items in the collection overall too. #LoveArchives #SnaG2025
movingimage.nls.uk/film/21238

Finally digging into NLS's Cinema Sgìre #archives and only minutes in I spy my siblings. This one c.10/11 mins in features my big sis in a #Gaelic class at Iochdar in very nice knitwear and some folk I can name and others I can't anymore. ❤️
movingimage.nls.uk/film/21243

Translating Gaelic Poetry An in-person conversation between Niall O'Gallagher (Gaelic Writer in Residence) and writers Garry Mackenzie and Taylor Strickland. Together, they will discuss processes and methods in their work when...

Translating Gaelic Poetry

Mon 24 Feb

With Niall O'Gallagher (Gaelic Writer in Residence); Garry Mackenzie; Taylor Strickland who discuss their methods and approaches to translating Gaelic poetry, and how it interacts with other languages.

llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...

Anything to come my way..?