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A small girl wearing a rabbit costume and blue coat carries a book as she walks to school. Her mother (head out of shot) wheels her baby brother along in a pushchair. The baby says "Peter Rabbit may be the 'Hero' of the story, but surely the obedient, widowed Mrs Rabbit is a more effective symbol of the oppression inherent within Mister McGregor's regime" The girls looks furious and snaps "Mum!! He's critiquing my world book day costume from a marxist perspective again!"

A cartoon reminder that tomorrow is World Book Day (In the UK anyway). Originally for the @theguardian.com

Number Four These wooden groynes are spaced along the length of Portobello Beach, to help protect from the sand drifting too much. This one, number four, also has some tiny sculptures on it (if you zoom in!), a l...

Number Four
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Wooden Groyne on Porty Beach

#Portobello #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Photography #Photographie #FirthOfForth

Dog Taking Its Humans For A Walk An eager doggo taking its humans for a good beach walk

Happy doggo taking its humans for a beach walk
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#Portobello #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #StreetPhotography #Photography #Photographie

Coastal Coffee The Little Green Van is a regular fixture on Porty Promenade at weekends, offering up hot cuppas and also doggy treats. They even have wee cushions you can borrow to use if sitting on the nearby sea w...

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Beach Read Beach and a book, an ideal combination

A book and a beach, a delightful combination

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CYMERA

Meantime, to try to cheer myself up at least a little I booked my early bird pass for @cymerafestival.co.uk www.cymerafestival.co.uk

Fingers crossed I will be healthy enough again by then to actually enjoy using it.

And yes obviously meeting the oncologist to learn what they've found and what they plan to do is a tad more important, but still annoyed to miss all our excited kids coming in for books on WBD

Which is a shame: all the local primary school classes come into the bookshop, many in costumes of favourite book characters, while our wee bookselling team dresses up too - Alice in Wonderland this year. Yes, I was going to be Mad Hatter, of course.

...meanwhile I will miss tomorrow, World Book Day, because that's D-day, when I find out what they learned from my various scans & what they need to do to me in the near future (frankly terrifying thought). First time I'll miss WBD since working in our wee bookshop

Have had another of those "lost" days; too much discomfort last night kept me awake, leaving me both sore & exhausted by morning, in no state to to into work. Feel bad leaving my wee gang short handed, but out of my control...

Stripwire Presents A 100 page A4 anthology featuring a selection of classic and some unseen strips taken from Tripwire's Stripwire section.

Just under three days left to support our unique strip anthology on kickstarter now
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Blue Hour Reflections Now we are into March, it is light until a little later each evening. Still nightfall as I leave work, but this evening there was the very tail-end of Blue Hour, visible along the Union Canal as it ru...

#BlueHour reflections on the Union Canal this evening
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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie

Photograph of me, standing next to a sign which reads ‘Muriel Spark Walk’. I’m wearing dark corduroys, a red jumper, brown jacket and a brown beanie hat.

My book, LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, comes out in just over a month!

In the run-up, I went to Spark’s birthplace to drop off proofs in lots of brilliant bookshops. Here are some photos of me gallivanting about like a big smiley tea cosy.

Looking along a dusk street, past tall, Victorian stone tenements, skeletal winter trees at the end of the road silhouetted by shades of blues, purples and reds from the just-set sun

Dusk skies over #Bruntsfield this evening, tail end of #BlueHour

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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #Photography #Photographie

Golden Hunter in Mid-Air: A Kestrel’s Split-Second Hover Before the Dive, Wings Lit Like Stained Glass Against the Wild Green Backdrop #Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography

Golden Hunter in Mid-Air: A Kestrel’s Split-Second Hover Before the Dive, Wings Lit Like Stained Glass Against the Wild Green Backdrop #Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography

Bookseller Joe holding up a paperback copy of Is a River Alive? in front of him in the Edinburgh Bookshop

#WhatWereReading : Joe's favourite read of last year has just come out in paperback - @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 's wonderful Is a River Alive? from @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social .

Highly recommend reading.

#books #livres #nature

Single, bright yellow daffodil, leaning at an angle to the left

Morning bloom

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#flowers #fleurs #photography #photographie #nature #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

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Modella Capital, the British private equity firm who bought high street arm of WHSmith just last June, is reported to be planning to close "scores" of shops.

https://downthetubes.net/tg-jones-stores-closures-ahead/

The Seafront Benches Are Popular Today The rain stopped for a while, and the skies brightened a bit, so the Promenade was fairly busy, and the seafront benches overlooking Porty Beach were filed.

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Skating The Prom Enjoying a good skate along the Promenade on a Sunday afternoon

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Macro photograph of a dandelion seed head

The close I got to the dandelion, the more the bristles started looking like fireworks
#art #photography #flowers #macro

an image with some drawings of different stim toys and sensory items. There are ear defenders, chew toys, fidget cubes, socks, a pomodero timer, and more, all against a yellow background. There is text in the centre of the image that reads, "Autistic Creative Hub Discord Server OPEN TO NEW MEMBERS"

[2026 APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW]

Our server is 5 years old and very active with over 1000 autistic members. We chat about interests, play games, make art etc, so if you're autistic and looking for community, come join the Autistic Creative Hub!

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Looking at pointed, edge-on view of a cube shaped honey layer cake

After various errands I paused for a break & treat myself in wee café nearby, & read of my book. Used to be a very friendly, young Turkish lad running it, but it's changed name & owners, although identical inside (even the same crockery). New folks were very friendly too, tho.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg

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Not seen them in years, and cancelled Prime, so sadly unlikely to see in the near future. Ho hum

Grab A Sherlock Holmes And The Empire Builders The Gene Genie Volume 1 And Volume 2 Paperback At London Film And Comic Con’s Spring Edition The Game Is Afoot This Coming Weekend At London’s Olympia For a first spring, Tripwire will be set up at London Film And Comic Con this Saturday and Sunday, 28 Feb – 1 March… Copies will still be avai...

Come and see us at LFCC at Olympia today and grab one of our few remaining copies of Sherlock Holmes and The Empire Builders Vol 1 and vol 2

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Huge soft spot for the original

Just ranked all five Phantasm films from silver spheres to "BOY!" 🚀 The 1979 original is a nightmare masterpiece. Ravager is... well, it exists. But even the terrible ones are worth watching. Full review with questionable puns attached. 👇

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Welcome March 2026!!

#RogueFlowers, William Street in Edinburgh's West End