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Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/ https://linktr.ee/WoolamalooGazette

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Hunter S. Thompson's "Red Shark" can be yours "No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough."

Hunter S Thompson's "Red Shark" is up for auction boingboing.net/2026/03/06/h...

As your lawyer I advise you to buy it and drive it to Vegas right away... (drug soaked towels around the pedals not included)

07.03.2026 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Platform 5 Large crowd outside the Platform 5 pub at Haymarket - in fact all the pubs and restaurants in this area were very busy this evening. The annual Six Nations rugby tournament was on, and today was Scotl...

Platform 5
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Thirsty rugby supporters thronging the pubs of Haymarket this evening

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography#StreetPhotography #photography #photographie

07.03.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Clearing Up After The Big Game Workers clearing up the crowd barriers by the Haymarket tram stop and railway station, after using them to safely channel the huge crowds from the Six Nations, Scotland Versus France rugby match at ne...

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Haymarket after the #SixNations this evening.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #BlueHour

07.03.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Neither Broken Frontier or Small Press Day receive any funding whatsoever outside of your donations. This month running both will consume 1/8th of my take-home pay. It's a huge financial commitment & it's not really manageable anymore. Just a Β£1 a month sub on Ko-fi from a few goes a long way.

07.03.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Support Broken Frontier Support Broken Frontier

I'll post officially on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social soon about how we need the community's help if BF is to continue in the long-term. As of this month I will also be taking on the hosting costs of @smallpressday.bsky.social. Any help rn much appreciated via our Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/andyoliver70...

07.03.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
View over multiple parallel tracks and platforms of Haymarket station, the horizon shading from dark blue to lighter with a glow of red-orange at the base, from the vanished sun

View over multiple parallel tracks and platforms of Haymarket station, the horizon shading from dark blue to lighter with a glow of red-orange at the base, from the vanished sun

Last light of an early spring day; view from the bridge-concourse over the tracks at Haymarket, on the way home.

#Edimbourg #Edinburgh #photography #photographie #CoucherDeSoleil #Sunset

07.03.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly that's been very clear for some years, leadership in tight with his vile regime. Supposedly Holy men, steeped in the worst sin, betrayal of what they should stand for. If Dante was right, the lowest circle of Hell awaits them

07.03.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View from footbridge over rail tracks, the western sky stained copper by almost vanished sun, silhouetting bare trees

View from footbridge over rail tracks, the western sky stained copper by almost vanished sun, silhouetting bare trees

Sunset view from the footbridge over the railway tracks, on the way home from a nice day with dad (took him for his birthday dinner).

#Ecosse #Scotland #photography #photographie #CoucherDeSoleil #sunset

07.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Crocuses moving gently in a slight breeze in dad's garden as the spring light makes them glow.

#nature #flowers #fleurs #spring #printemps

07.03.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely spring sunlight over Linlithgow as the train passed through, sunshine catching the old stonework of the Palace.

#Ecosse #Scotland

07.03.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stripwire Presents A 100 page A4 anthology featuring a selection of classic and some unseen strips taken from Tripwire's Stripwire section.

Late pledges available now on our strip anthology campaign

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

07.03.2026 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two new events to add to the calendar, I'm very excited to be bringing Poyums Annaw to Helensburgh on the 27th March and Paisley on May 17th!

Paisley tickets πŸ‘‡
www.oneren.org/whats-on/eve...

Helensburgh tickets πŸ‘‡
www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Gla...

07.03.2026 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday πŸŽ‚

07.03.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Haymarket this afternoon, French rugby fans outside Ryrie's bar. Fun trying to get through this to the station! Good natured crowd though.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #SixNations

07.03.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grammarly is using our identities without permission Grammarly’s AI stole my boss’s identity.

Excuse me?!

Grammarly's new "β€˜Expert Review’ AI agents make suggestions supposedly inspired by subject matter experts, including several staff members here at The Verge... none of whom gave Grammarly permission to include them..."

07.03.2026 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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German twist in the Telegraph tale shatters Lord Rothermere’s dreams The European media giant Axel Springer has scuppered the Daily Mail owner. But why did it not bid sooner? And what will Brexit-backing readers think?

And the not-so-good ship Tele Graf Spee limps on.

I guess this is what happens when you pimp Brexit, have your columnist become PM and destroy the economy, before he's finally thrown out.

07.03.2026 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time Flies The Tollcross Clock dates from 1901, made by James Ritchie & Son of Edinburgh, a prominent local landmark in the Tollcross area of the city, quite a handsome piece mounted on cast iron, with the city ...

Taken this day, 2022, the Tollcross Clock
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Sadly removed not long after for "safety" by the council and still, years on, not repaired & reinstalled.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Photography #photographie #clock #horloge

06.03.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It is, others shared some pics they'd taken, some huge Chinese heavy lifting ship is there taking these enormous components out offshore. Staggering engineering.

06.03.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look Before Crossing Chap waiting on the island in the middle of the road until it is safe to cross. Another quickly improvised long exposure on the walk home from work, sitting the camera on some conveniently flat-topped...

Look before crossing
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Man waiting on a traffic island for cars to pass

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie #StreetPhotography

06.03.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Urban Blue Hour Last light of an early March evening, fading away in the western sky, glimpsed between the stone canyons of the Victorian tenements at Polwarth. Improvised long exposure on the walk home from work, s...

#BlueHour in #Polwarth this evening www.flickr.com/photos/woola...

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #Photography #photographie

06.03.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's like they're flocking there on their spring migration

06.03.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who Killed Nessie? Is Shortlisted for the First-Ever British Book Awards Graphic Novel Book of the Year Award! Avery Hill's Who Killed Nessie? by Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith Is Shortlisted for the First-Ever British Book Awards Graphic Novel Book of the Year Award! 2026 marks the debut year for The British ...

@averyhill.bsky.social is one of our favorite comics publishers so we are excited to hear that their book Who Killed Nessie? from creators @paulcornell.bsky.social and @rachaelsmith.bsky.social has been nominated for a British Book Award. πŸŽ‰

Details ‡️
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/who-kil...

06.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today in #fabulous news: Liza Minnelli's "Kids, Wait Till You Hear This" (with Michael Feinstein), from @hodderbooks.bsky.social - we have a limited number of copies signed by Liza herself!

#books #livres #Hollywood

06.03.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A short, metal light fixture, about four feet tall, mostly rectangular but with a notch at the top where the light source is designed to shine onto the path

A short, metal light fixture, about four feet tall, mostly rectangular but with a notch at the top where the light source is designed to shine onto the path

These peculiarly shaped lights at the lovely Saughton Gardens make me think of a Cubist sculptor doing one of the iconic Moai head statues of Easter Island.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #Moai

06.03.2026 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy 4th birthday to our pals and neighbours, the Most Excellent @thornerecords.bsky.social !! #Vinyl party there this evening!

#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #music #musique

06.03.2026 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A large spray of flowers including tulips in the Edinburgh Bookshop window, seen from outside

A large spray of flowers including tulips in the Edinburgh Bookshop window, seen from outside

A large spray of flowers including tulips in the Edinburgh Bookshop window, seen from inside

A large spray of flowers including tulips in the Edinburgh Bookshop window, seen from inside

Lovely chum & her brother had this gorgeous surprise spray of flowers 🌷 delivered to me, just to cheer me up. What a wonderful thing to do.

Placing them in the bookshop window where everyone can enjoy them

#flowers #fleurs

06.03.2026 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Looking over someone's shoulder into a packed Children's Room during Storytime in the Edinburgh Bookshop

Looking over someone's shoulder into a packed Children's Room during Storytime in the Edinburgh Bookshop

We feel the need, the need to read!! πŸ“š

Very busy Under Fives Storytime today!!! And why not? Stories and stickers rock!

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

06.03.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

thanks!

05.03.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prom Life People strolling Porty Prom on a Sunday afternoon

Prom Life
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The sun actually came out for a wee while over #Portobello Promenade on Sunday

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #StreetPhotography

05.03.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Soul Water Sauna This wooden booth was set up in a side street next to the Promenade, offering a sauna experience right by the beach!

I had no idea you can now enjoy a sauna right byt #Portobello Promenade!
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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie

05.03.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0