That's great news, Nicola! It's such an absorbing and interesting series. I was fascinated by the Hitchcock references and rewatched the film of Rebecca recently after finishing 'Shot With Crimson'. Looking forward to the next instalment. #BookBub #JosephineTeySeries #NicolaUpson
09.02.2026 17:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Postbox with a solar panel and a row of bollards painted to look like miniature postboxes
Postbox with a solar panel and cheery companion bollards in Chapel Allerton, Leeds. #PostboxSaturday
06.02.2026 08:18 β π 18 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1
An online jigsaw featuring an image of Orkney Library & Archive
Today is #NationalPuzzleDay and DID YOU KNOW that along with an extensive collection of loanable jigsaws we ALSO HAVE FREE ONLINE JIGSAWS you can solve at: jigsawplanet.com/OrkneyLibrary
We started publishing them online during lockdown and we now have over 80 puzzles to solve! π§©
29.01.2026 11:11 β π 184 π 47 π¬ 3 π 0
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
If youβre looking for an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible, libro.fm might be worth checking out. It shares revenue with your nominated local bookshop, and the audiobooks you buy are DRM-free. Meaning you can keep them forever. Unlike Audible! βπ»
29.01.2026 13:54 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Any recommendations for a follow-up series? #BookSky
27.01.2026 08:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Images of book covers for 3 of Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey novels - An Expert In Murder, Angel With Two faces and Two For Sorrow.
Satisfied but sad to have almost finished @nicolaupson.bsky.social's Josephine Tey novels mixing real historical facts with the author's imagined life. Beautifully researched and written prompting a lot of thinking about the characters, events and ethics behind the stories.
26.01.2026 08:08 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Kitchen range stove with small, low round table to the right and wooden chair to the left with a blanket draped over it.
The kitchen range in Robert Burns' House in Dumfries. #burnsnight #robertburns #scotland #burnsnight2026
25.01.2026 14:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Port of Ness #IsleofLewis. β€οΈ
22.01.2026 13:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Do YOU know about our UNIQUE DATABASE:
π₯STATUES of WOMENπ₯
We produce the only ongoing database of statues of non-royal named UK Women
FIND out HERE pssauk.org/women/
19.01.2026 09:22 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
St Moluag's Church, Eoropaidh, Ness, #IsleofLewis. At least 800 years old. Stained glass window shown from the inside and with its plain glass protection from severe weather on the outside. #StainedGlassSunday
18.01.2026 17:43 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Relateable!
18.01.2026 17:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks for the link.
05.01.2026 07:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Postbox at Skigersta, Ness, #IsleofLewis #PostboxSaturday
03.01.2026 16:34 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
02.01.2026 21:18 β π 2534 π 753 π¬ 89 π 76
Should jolly well think so.
28.12.2025 07:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A memory from that weird Christmas when someone gave an NHS Priority postbox in Leeds a cheery disguise. #PostBoxSaturday
27.12.2025 15:29 β π 15 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1
Time to encourage more of this again. #lifelonglearning
26.12.2025 07:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Very much enjoying the #JosephineTeyMysteries by @nicolaupson.bsky.social just now. An addictive series. Unpredictable, engrossing and well researched.
26.12.2025 07:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Politicians wringing their hands over why teachers are leaving the profession. The truth is, we'd get more people staying in teaching if our various Governments understood that the real purpose of education is *not* to build a compliant workforce, but a society of well-rounded individuals...
16.12.2025 12:48 β π 517 π 114 π¬ 13 π 10
Paul's thoughtful writing is always worth reading. #adulteducation
09.12.2025 19:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Such an important issue for democracy and well worth a read.
07.12.2025 07:28 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Hopefully the growth of fluency in other languages will increase as Gaelic medium education grows. We already have Γrd-sgoil GhΓ idhlig Ghlaschu π
'S e amadan a th' aige.
04.12.2025 11:34 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
We were recently featured in FE Week, you can read the full article via the link below
11.11.2025 09:47 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Tell us what you are up to during Get the Nation Learning Week!
We want to make as much noise as possible to showcase the benefits of learning on the economy and society. Make sure to use the #GetTheNationLearning hashtag to tell us your plans for the week.
And stay tuned for lots more from us...
03.11.2025 09:30 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Wonderful that this drystone sculpture, na Dorsan (the doors) commemorating the legacy of the Clearances on the Isle of Lewis, won the public vote for excellence in public sculpture. @pssatweets.bsky.social
29.10.2025 10:55 β π 30 π 9 π¬ 1 π 0
I have been busy preparing for the 4th Artist-Teacher in Adult Community Learning Conference, taking place online on 21st March 2026.
This yearβs theme, Making Space!
Abstract submissions open Monday, 17th November 2025!
@nsead.bsky.social
27.10.2025 17:51 β π 0 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Just spotted the Cross Inn in an i Weekend newspaper feature on 'The 20 best cosy pubs for autumn". Ness is described as remote with freezing winds and nights that last almost all day.π How do folk cope? #IsleofLewis #Hebrides #CrossInn
05.10.2025 15:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Overly fond of oolite, stars, folklore, photography, beetroot, fossils & other old things (& The Fall). All photographs my own, unless stated or reposted. Not the light! Not the light!
Books, Letters and Old Stuff.
I like to write and podcast on my Substack blog, Rolandβs Travels & Notebook. It's free to read and subscribe at rolandmillward.com
Simple things/fresh air/swimming/seaside/walking/reading/radio/picnics/fossils/flora/fauna/making/doing/looking
A website from @publishingscotland.bsky.social dedicated to championing the best new writing in Scotland.
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A 60+ Yorkshire lass exiled in Cheshire. Ex librarian, bibliophile, book blogger & breast cancer thriver. Sorry unable to handle review requests. Blogs at jillsbookcafe.blog
Random selections of pages from vintage UK catalogues.
Also:
* @OldInCatalogues.bsky.social - International (non-UK) catalogues
* @OldUKCataloguesXm.bsky.social - UK Christmas catalogues, from Sept 16th
* @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social - UK Print Ads
Writer. Hebrides. At the close of the day, it comes back to football, pasta and cats.
Graying white green seeing red and feeling blue. Outer Hebrides/Inner London. Woke when awake
In the Outer Hebrides, sharing information about the place and whatever takes my interest. Occasionally blogging on "A Cobbled Road" https://t.co/oYOOWeythA
Fios is a bi-weekly newspaper covering news in the north of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Women's History Scotland exists to promote study and research in women's and gender history, particularly for those working in Scotland or on Scottish themes.
https://womenshistoryscotland.org/
Hyperlocal aesthete, spiritual atheist, professional dilettante
https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/person/110551/scott-lyall
Interested in history, heritage, the arts, architecture and things outdoors. Likes the odd standing stone. Views are my own.
Seeking sanctuary here from the binfire formerly known as Twitter.
Head of Archive & Library at The Red House, http://brittenpearsarts.org. Archives, music, metadata; side orders of architecture, landscape history & electronic noise.
Celebrating Scotland's rich culture and built heritage since 1978. We preserve, promote and protect Scotland's unique assemblage of ecclesiastical buildings.
https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
Scottish #bookblogger, chatting about the #books I've loved. Nature watcher, keen cook, always on the go and love living by the sea!
www.portobellobookblog.com