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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

Time travel exists between the pages of a book.

This luggage tag fell out of a pile of old books, and everything about it looks like the past.

A photo showing both sides of an old BEA luggage tag with flight information written on it.

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 53m

Times are hard for indie presses – but they are also leading the way in agility and resourcefulness, says Bridget Shine in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

The rollercoaster ride of independence

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walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 1h

It’s perfection right now - but on what summit?

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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 6h

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Stranraer is visited by the central characters several times in the book.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

This modern image shows the view north over Stranraer and Loch Ryan from the roof of the Castle of St John. Across the bottom of the frame is a street of white-painted two-storey shops with more buildings and roofs beyond them. In the background are the blue waters of the loch with piers extending into the picture from both sides. Land can be seen in the distance on both sides of the loch, with a gap where it opens into the sea. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

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scott lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 1d

Indian summer in Edinburgh

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 1d

We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 1d

“In searching for them, you wander through the everyday fabric of a place. You see how a culture remembers its dead, and in doing so, you understand how it chooses to live.”

Interesting article exploring the growth In tourist visits to graveyards around the world 👇
www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...

Tombstone tourism: Why visiting graveyards is becoming so popular

A growing number of tourists are “rebelling against tick-box travel” by ditching the popular sights for a trip to the graveyard.

www.euronews.com

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Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 1d

When the past comes back to haunt you. ‘The Danger of Life’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. The Commando Basic Training Centre in Lochaber has a key role in the book.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-dol/ind...

The image shows the Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge in Lochaber. This 17ft or 5.2m high monument by Scott Sutherland is in the centre of the frame and comprises a group of three bronze commandos dressed in typical World War Two uniforms and equipment looking towards us. A large inscription on the plinth just beneath their feet reads ‘United We Conquer’. There are trees in the background and mountains in the distance. The front cover of ‘The Danger of Life’ is shown in the top right corner.

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Architecture @architecture.bsky.social · 3d

City Library, Kagoshima, JP

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 2d

The Long Neolithic lives as a sense of wonder. It sits in distant fields and summons us to not only witness its stone persistence, but to engage with its slow release of mystery. Its power bends not only the landscape, but our sense of story. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

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spurtle.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social · 2d

EAST CLAREMONT STREET:—Halloween is here. Can Easter be far behind?
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #Halloween

A headless skeleton hangs in a New Town window. Another, wearing a beanie and scarf, sits outside on a bench. A bat skeleton poses adjacent. An abundance of pumpkins.

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Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland @theahss.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ Tomorrow!
Lawrence Weaver & the Romance of Scottish Architecture
📆 Mon 13 Oct, 6:30pm
📍 Edinburgh + Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students – book: buff.ly/9WGsNqw

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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 2d

How far would you go to right a wrong? ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is a spooky adventure story for younger readers involving a family mystery and the haunting of Dunmore Park in central Scotland.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/h46c/index.h...

The image shows the remarkable Dunmore Pineapple – in the form of a huge stone pineapple – under blue skies. A stone building cuts across the bottom of the frame with a portico entrance in its middle. Above it is the base of the pineapple, with windows all round it, and above that is the carved stone of the top of the pineapple. The front cover of ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is shown in the top left corner.

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Ash Pinnick @tvdinnerdev.bsky.social · 7d

Victoria State Library, Melbourne

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Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 5d

A literary Iguanodon at the Earth Sciences Library. Do any other libraries have dinosaurs or other antediluvian creatures carved into the furniture?

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 3d

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old

“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”

Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

Black-and-white picture of two children playing in woodland. Also in the picture, there are 12 hidden animals including an owl, a bat and a squirrel.

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 3d

‘It’s the steps themselves that make the path, instead of the other way round. We are creating even as we believe we are following.’
— Emma Törzs
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

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romanbritain.bsky.social @romanbritain.bsky.social · 3d

Hoard of 160 gold aureus coins in a bronze jug, with two bronze #coins in the neck of the jug to disguise the worth of contents. Discovered below the floor of a #Roman house in Corbridge, Northumberland in 1911. Circa AD 160. British Museum.

#FindsFriday #RomanBritain

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Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 3d

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Galloway House near Garlieston in Galloway served as a hospital during the war and features in the book.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

This modern image shows the west front of Galloway House near Garlieston. There is a lawn at the foot of the frame that meets a curving drive in front of the house, which we are seeing from near one corner, with the right-hand end nearer us than the left. The house extends out of both sides of the frame and is made of grey stone with red stone facings. It comprises a central section with wings that project forwards of it. Part of a tree is visible in the top left of the frame. The scene is in muted sunlight. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

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Old Edinburgh Club @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social · 9d

Isabella Hutchison: Convert and Philanthropist. Thank you to #BarclayPrice for this blog on our website today.

A blog in our #womeninedinburghhistoryproject

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Isabella Hutchison: convert and philanthropist - The Old Edinburgh Club

Isabella Hutchison was a 19th century philanthropist in Edinburgh, who funded the Sisters of Mercy and the foundation of St Margaret's Convent.

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North Lanarkshire Libraries @librariesnl.bsky.social · 9d

Let the good times roll! Looking for a fun way to spend an afternoon? Our Adult Board Game Café at #CoatbridgeLib offers a warm and friendly environment to learn a new game or play an old favourite. All welcome – just come along at 12pm on Saturday 11 October.

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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 9d

A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. A secret buried beneath Edinburgh Castle is central to the story.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/tsr/index.html

The image shows the east end of Edinburgh Castle rising into a clear blue sky, seen from below. There are steep slopes in the bottom right of the image and sheer rocks in the bottom right, with the castle built on top of both. The front cover of 'The Stockholm Run' is shown in the bottom left corner.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 10d

The Library
Rob Gonsalves
1995

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 10d

Day 3 of #31DaysOfGraves - Tomb

Here's the magnificent late 16th century tomb of Sir Thomas MacLellan and his wife Dame Grissell Maxwell in Greyfriars Episcopal Church, Kirkcudbright. Note the burgh motto: "Think on"

Read more about church here 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/greyf...

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 10d

The Roman camp of Raedykes near Stonehaven is one of the best preserved in Scotland. It covers around 38 hectares and has an irregular outline. Probably built in the late 1st century, by the 1700s it was being associated with the elusive site of the battle of Mons Graupius. #RomanSiteSaturday

The ditch of the Roman camp of Raedykes in north east Scotland

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