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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 2d

I love Dexys. Aged 16 on Soul Rebels release, 18 at Too-Rye-Ay, 21 at Don't Stand Me Down; My Beauty 35, Soar 48. What gifts🙏. Bless Me Father could be fairer, more generous, to Kevin; could have said more about astonishing music & performance. But it's unique, searing, compelling riveting, moving.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt

Print featuring a bare hedgerow in silhouette on curved land over which a flock of birds fly in an orange sky

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 5d

Miss Agnes Russell funded and gifted The Russell Institute to Paisley Burgh in 1927, for the health, care and welfare of mothers and children of the town. What a treat to be given a tour of this amazing building #ArtDeco #Paisley #DoorsOpenDay

David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 5d

Belated, my favourite reads of September 2025: Molly Keane, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Mary Stewart. Strong #spinster influence!

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 6d

What a beauty, an all-time fave.

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 7d

On both counts, cheers! 🥃

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 8d

Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), Scottish botanical illustrator known for the book "A Curious Herbal" 1737. Blackwell published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured work in order to raise funds to free her husband from debtors prison. #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print of a purple poppy on a stem with leaves, with another stem having a bud about to flower from thd same plant, against a cream background

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 10d

Perfect late October: Robert Aickman, A Cold Hand In Mine, a roaring fire, and a few glasses of #Lochlea single malt Ploughing Edition. Stories...The Swords, The Hospice, The Same House: wow and shivers. Thanks to @backlisted.bsky.social #HalloweenSpecial for the original steer 🎃🥃🔥🌚

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 12d

Fantastic selection (ie, not too far off my own!), and brilliantly eloquent on art, connection and expression👏

David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 22d

Loved this; great outdoor reading!

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · 22d

Autumn reading pleasures.

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Oct 1

Deeply soulful sounds; and a classic groove cover! #sugar

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Aug 25

Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001) was born #OTD, 25 Aug, in Dunfermline. She is best known as a writer of #HistoricalFiction – in particular the six-part LYMOND CHRONICLES that begin with those fateful words:

“Lymond is back.”

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Rediscovering: Dorothy Dunnett - Books from Scotland

'Her brilliance lies in her combining of literary skill with the integrity and passion that underlay her depictions of human lives, histories and societies.'

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 25

It's mesmeric. It has the dazzling shots and camera work of Cuba, but serving (I think) a more engaging and affecting drama, with some of the acting lifting it to a different level. Such a great YouTube copy as well!

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 25

Astonishing and ravishing movie, and the YouTube copy looks superb 😍

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 25

Incredible movie, beautiful🎥❤️

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 23

Scotland 1477. Dorothy Dunnett's Gemini closes the 8-book Niccolo series. Truly atonishing, I've deeply loved it. In the end, a love story about identity & connection, and the search for harmony and meaning. A melancholy book full of death and loss...and emergence. Out of turmoil, a testimony...

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 23

A recommendation @pear-jelly.bsky.social. Perfectly controlled pacing: onward and inward journey, past infusing present, emergence of heroine's agency, quiet and subtle and powerful. #spinsterseptember

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 23

Anthony Price: hard-to-find, always rewarding. Butler's pov, and first meeting with future spymaster Audley, as young men caught in ww2 crosscurrents. Singular narrative drive, gripping action, physical & emotional dislocation, and an intense sense of the blasted mud, wood & waters of rural France.

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 23

My favourite reads of August 2025, in order: Gemini (Dorothy Dunnett), Rhine Journey (Ann Schlee), The 44 Vintage (Anthony Price) and Pieces of Modesty (Peter O'Donnell). Journeys outward and inward, emotions subtle and intense, high adventure and great enjoyment.

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 24

Yes, I remembered your description when I spotted the book in the shop, and planned it for summer reading in the highlands; thanks!😊

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 23

Scotland 1477. Dorothy Dunnett's Gemini closes the 8-book Niccolo series. Truly atonishing, I've deeply loved it. In the end, a love story about identity & connection, and the search for harmony and meaning. A melancholy book full of death and loss...and emergence. Out of turmoil, a testimony...

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 23

A recommendation @pear-jelly.bsky.social. Perfectly controlled pacing: onward and inward journey, past infusing present, emergence of heroine's agency, quiet and subtle and powerful. #spinsterseptember

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 23

Anthony Price: hard-to-find, always rewarding. Butler's pov, and first meeting with future spymaster Audley, as young men caught in ww2 crosscurrents. Singular narrative drive, gripping action, physical & emotional dislocation, and an intense sense of the blasted mud, wood & waters of rural France.

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David Hughes @davhug.bsky.social · Sep 23

My favourite reads of August 2025, in order: Gemini (Dorothy Dunnett), Rhine Journey (Ann Schlee), The 44 Vintage (Anthony Price) and Pieces of Modesty (Peter O'Donnell). Journeys outward and inward, emotions subtle and intense, high adventure and great enjoyment.

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