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BBC Radio 4 - Take Four Books, Nick Harkaway James Crawford speaks to writer Nick Harkaway about his new book and its three influences.

This is indeed up!

Me plus @valmcdermid.bsky.social on the BBC’s Take Four Books.

Merry almost Christmas (from a surprisingly chilly room in the National Library of Scotland :)

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The Real Lady Macbeth with Val McDermid Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 07/01/2025 · 37m

Check out the Gone Medieval podcast, out today, to hear me holding forth about QUEEN MACBETH!

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Catching up on a few days away from
Here - the loch that always offers great Light #LochLevenNR #RSPBLochLeven

Winter at the loch #LochLeven NR #RSPBLochLeven #Light #Colour

#LochLevenNR #RSPBLLeven

Evening bicycle ride

We should be very worried - Happy very warm Scottish Christmas #Climatechangeisreal

We need to work together so everyone sees it …

We're taking a break from social media over Christmas, but here's a few things you can do to continue getting your wildcat fix:

1️⃣ Listen to @rewildingeurope.bsky.social's 'The Rewild Podcast' (particularly episode 16, all about Saving Wildcats!) ➡ rewildingeurope.com/the-rewild-podcast/

“Plastic” paradise?! ….
the only nature it will attract is rats ! #LAZYGARDENS #Keeprealgrass&weeds
#saveourtreesandourplanet

We're taxed for driving polluting vehicles, drinking and smoking because it can be harmful and costly to humanity as a collective. But this, you can get away with scot free

Squirrels on afternoon walk today with a friend that followed me for most of my walk @rspbscotland.bsky.social

Late afternoon walk in the hills @rspbscotland.bsky.social #VaneFarm

Every felled tree is a loss, but it’s also a call to action.
Let’s plant, protect, and cherish trees—not just for their beauty, but for the life they sustain. Our future depends on the roots we nurture today.

#ValueTrees #Sustainability #protectnature🌱♻️

This tree once stood tall, providing shade, oxygen, & home for countless creatures.
They are more than just part of the landscape-they are vital to our survival & the health of our planet. They clean the air, stabilise soil, regulate temperatures, control
Flooding & offer habitats for wildlife.

I came across this on my walk the other day - it really makes me sad to see trees cut down .. so here’s a reminder of Nature’s Value

#ValueTrees #Sustainability #protectnature🌱♻️

Now Notre Dame reverberates with light: it’s impossible not to be moved An extraordinary restoration has swept away the lead dust and made the cathedral vivid, but thankfully not kitsch. Our architecture critic takes a look inside “This cathedral is a happy metaphor of what a nation is and what the world should be,” said…

Now Notre Dame reverberates with light: it’s impossible not to be moved

There were those in 1914 who believed that war was just what was needed - as a cleanser and a salutary shock. England would be the better for it. As we wait for the result of the final Brexit talks, the heirs of these fools are still with us.

Alan Bennett's diary, 15th December 2020.

Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Island Of Barra Outer Hebrides

Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy photography of Island of Barra, Outer Hebrides. Lord of the Isles granted island to the MacNeil clan in 1427. They held the island until 1838 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/04/tour...

Don't miss @valmcdermid.bsky.social and @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social talking all things books and reading with Paula Hawkins and Alan Cumming this Sunday! assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/867...

Most books do, I find! Enjoy the revisit

Love this 😃

Great pics Jo …
Happy House
And looks like great cocktails 🍸 🍹 😃

What a line up !
See you there with Belated Birthday / Christmas surprise !
Hoping to get there a little earlier (3-330)to see if I can catch you before show if not see you after … it’s … Christmas 🎅 🎄 😃

YouTube video by British Pathé Lochleven Castle (1940)

Loch leven #Kinross #History

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Charlestown On Visit To Wester Ross In The North West Highlands Of Scotland

Tour aerial #Scotland travel video Blog with #Scottish music of Charlestown on ancestry, #genealogy, family history visit and trip to Wester Ross, North West #Highlands. Until 1843 when road was built almost all access to remote area was by sea tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2021/05/char...

Train Journey With Fiddle Music To Spean Bridge On History Visit To Highlands Of Scotland

Tour #Scotland short 4K travel video Blog clip with #Scottish fiddle music of a train journey North to railway bridge which spans River Spean, Gaelic: Drochaid Aonachain, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Highlands tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2023/02/trai...

Artwork featuring a plump tortishell cat with patches of orange and black and a white belly, paws and chin, curled up on a white mat sleeping, with back to the right and facing left, viewed from slightly above

Coco Sleeping (2003)
by Scottish artist
Elizabeth Blackadder
#Sunday

Behold my beautiful bacon-ornamented tree! (Not real rashers, btw, but Christmas tree decs from souschef.co.uk)

The sunset was awesome this evening - #Kinross #LochLeven