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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 1h

Very much looking forward to being in Gartmore on Saturday to celebrate the world of Don Roberto. Anyone who calls Westminster an Asylum for Incapables is a Scottish national hero in my book.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 1h

Very much looking forward to being in Gartmore on Saturday to celebrate the world of Don Roberto. Anyone who calls Westminster an Asylum for Incapables is a Scottish national hero in my book.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 9h

#scotstober sleekit: Defined in the chapter A Guid Scots Tongue in yer Heid fae ma memoir Born in Kyle,

"a sleekit wee nyaff wis a totie wee stunted bodie that wis devious in the wey he traited fowk."

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 10h

#Scotstober: Sleekit

Fae Moby-Dick, Ch. 41

Human madness is aftwhiles a knacketie an maist feline thing. Whan ye think it fled, it micht hae juist become transfeegurt intae some mair sleekit form. Ahab’s fou lunacy didnae subside, insteid sair croolt; like the unabatit Hudson, 1/2

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 21h

One of the highlight of the summer was to visit San Giulio in the Lago di Orta in Piemonte. There I found what everyone is searching for - La via del silenzio - the path of silence. May you find yours, brothers and sisters.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 2d

For every tartan army man & wumman dreamin o world cup glory, here’s the passage fae Born in Kyle whaur it actually happens for the Scotland dream team. Ye can hear me read the haill story on Audible. ‘Mon Scotland.

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Maria João Kay @joaokay.bsky.social · 2d

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 2d

For every tartan army man & wumman dreamin o world cup glory, here’s the passage fae Born in Kyle whaur it actually happens for the Scotland dream team. Ye can hear me read the haill story on Audible. ‘Mon Scotland.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 2d

Guid fowk, gin ye get a chance tae gae tae a performance o Common Tongue, tak it - pouerfu theatre wi a staund oot performance by the amazin @oliviacaw.bsky.social Ye cannae tak yer een aff her, an the scrievin by @frsrsctt.bsky.social is braw, hertfelt & funny. Meikle congrats tae aw.

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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 3d

Your session was fabulous!

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 4d

To any Greeks feeling aggrieved today, remember that your hero George Gordon, Lord Byron was a Scot who died fighting for Greek independence.

The mountains look on Marathon,
And Marathon looks to the sea:
And musing there an hour alone,
I dream’d that Greece might still be free.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 3d

#scotstober: oxter.

I lue the line in the 19th C Peninsular War sang the Forfar Sodjer:

“Sae I got haud o some oxter staffs
An I cam hirplin hame, sir. Hurrah, hurrah!”

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 3d

The hardcover edition of Born in Kyle is now on Amazon for a reduced price. With Xmas present season approaching, you can also get signed copies from me. Ye can lug intae it as weel on Audible.

www.amazon.co.uk/Born-Kyle-Le...

Born in Kyle: A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood

Buy Born in Kyle: A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood by Kay, Billy (ISBN: 9781999330941) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 3d

A week today I’ll be in beautiful west Stirlingshire to talk about my books and discuss Gartmore’s greatest son, Don Roberto. That’s him as a young gaucho in Argentina on the cover of The Scottish World.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Olga.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 3d

The hardcover edition of Born in Kyle is now on Amazon for a reduced price. With Xmas present season approaching, you can also get signed copies from me. Ye can lug intae it as weel on Audible.

www.amazon.co.uk/Born-Kyle-Le...

Born in Kyle: A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood

Buy Born in Kyle: A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood by Kay, Billy (ISBN: 9781999330941) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 3d

A week today I’ll be in beautiful west Stirlingshire to talk about my books and discuss Gartmore’s greatest son, Don Roberto. That’s him as a young gaucho in Argentina on the cover of The Scottish World.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 3d

#scotstober: oxter.

I lue the line in the 19th C Peninsular War sang the Forfar Sodjer:

“Sae I got haud o some oxter staffs
An I cam hirplin hame, sir. Hurrah, hurrah!”

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 3d

#Scotstober: Oxter

Fae Moby-Dick, Ch. 110

Leanin ower in his hammock, Queequeg lang regairdit the kist wi a tentie ee. He syne cawed for his herpuin, haed the wuiden stock drewn fae it, an syne haed the airn pairt pit in the kist alang wi yin o the paidles o his boat. Aw by his ain speirin, forby

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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 3d

From the wonderful BookmarkBlair, @billykayscot.bsky.social; @hugorifkind.bsky.social; catching up with @linanderson.bsky.social and @suzyaspleybooks.bsky.social; and star of the weekend, Mabel, who brought along @mrandrewcotter.bsky.social.

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you x

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Hayloft Publishing @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 4d

An excellent book by the way… searched high & low for my copy today but couldn’t find it. I know I’ve left it somewhere ‘obvious’ for important things!

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Maria João Kay @joaokay.bsky.social · 4d

They are indeed a wonderful people.I love being there and always feel totally at home.

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Hayloft Publishing @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Greeks will not be sad - lived in Evvia for nearly a year & found they are most wonderful, kind, fearless & funny people with much in common with Scots (apart from weather)
They all remembered Byron as an inspiration almost a saint.

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