Denise Mina
@damedenisemina.bsky.social
Writer, cyclist, biscuit connoisseur. A bit much.
Latest book: ‘The Good Liar’, about junk forensic science and moral responsibility
Latest book: ‘The Good Liar’, about junk forensic science and moral responsibility
Reasons to be cheerful 1 2 3
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reasons to be cheerful 1 2 3
Always ask the same question
December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Always ask the same question
Saw The Dirty Three last night and Warren Ellis tearfully dedicated ‘Some Summers They Drop Like Fly’s’ to lovely Pam Hogg
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘No party on the planet was safe from Hoggy rocking up!’ Irvine Welsh on his friend Pam Hogg
‘Pam was one of our most groundbreaking artists, whose jam-packed life was characterised by independence, courage and kindness. We spent the 90s together – clubbing and partying in the way those times...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Saw The Dirty Three last night and Warren Ellis tearfully dedicated ‘Some Summers They Drop Like Fly’s’ to lovely Pam Hogg
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Is the OBR soft-launching a solo career or something
The good news - the OBR says the Budget didn't hurt growth. The bad news - the OBR says the Budget didn't improve growth:
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Is the OBR soft-launching a solo career or something
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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When a character in a movie or TV show gets a text, the text should appear separately on the screen in big legible type
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
When a character in a movie or TV show gets a text, the text should appear separately on the screen in big legible type
Every time you see Elon remember what he stole from us
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Every time you see Elon remember what he stole from us
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Heyoo! ‘The Good Liar’, nestling happily among the golden wonders of 2025:
It’s here: Our list of 100 Notable Books of 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Heyoo! ‘The Good Liar’, nestling happily among the golden wonders of 2025:
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How is it that we already know so much about the guy who shot 2 national guardsmen this afternoon but we know pretty much nothing about the two guys who tried to assassinate the president months ago?
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
How is it that we already know so much about the guy who shot 2 national guardsmen this afternoon but we know pretty much nothing about the two guys who tried to assassinate the president months ago?
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Bit of window hogging going on in the Studium book store in Venice right now. Can't imagine why...
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Bit of window hogging going on in the Studium book store in Venice right now. Can't imagine why...
Hating these ancestry DNA TC podcasts with 55 minutes of ‘was it the husband’ and 5 mins of some bland rando no one even mentioned before.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hating these ancestry DNA TC podcasts with 55 minutes of ‘was it the husband’ and 5 mins of some bland rando no one even mentioned before.
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I get why they’re Fast, I’m less clear on why they are Furious
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I get why they’re Fast, I’m less clear on why they are Furious
“Laidlaw is the melancholy heir to Marlowe. Reads like a breathless scalpel cut through the bloody heart of a city’ – @damedenisemina.bsky.social
William McIlvanney at Dundee Literary Festival 2013, in conversation with @russeldmclean.bsky.social
#CrimeFiction 💙📚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K879...
William McIlvanney at Dundee Literary Festival 2013, in conversation with @russeldmclean.bsky.social
#CrimeFiction 💙📚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K879...
William McIlvanney at Dundee Literary Festival 2013
YouTube video by literary dundee
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November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Chuffed to bits to see ‘The Good Liar’ on this list🥳
100 Notable Books of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Chuffed to bits to see ‘The Good Liar’ on this list🥳
100 Notable Books of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
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I'm honoured to donate to the Creatives for Sudan auction, raising money for people fleeing genocide in El-Fasher.
You can bid on a signed copy of David Lynch: His Work, His World along with literally tons of other amazing prizes. Get bidding!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#creatives4sudan
You can bid on a signed copy of David Lynch: His Work, His World along with literally tons of other amazing prizes. Get bidding!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#creatives4sudan
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I'm honoured to donate to the Creatives for Sudan auction, raising money for people fleeing genocide in El-Fasher.
You can bid on a signed copy of David Lynch: His Work, His World along with literally tons of other amazing prizes. Get bidding!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#creatives4sudan
You can bid on a signed copy of David Lynch: His Work, His World along with literally tons of other amazing prizes. Get bidding!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#creatives4sudan
They approach the practice of law like first year student forgetting that adamance is no counter to being completely and utterly wrong
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
They approach the practice of law like first year student forgetting that adamance is no counter to being completely and utterly wrong
Strathyre to Killin on the Rob Roy Way
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Strathyre to Killin on the Rob Roy Way
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
We have an EV and I am a charger bore but the infrastructure is TERRIBLE.
Last night a 2 hr journey turned into 6: drove to 3 different broken fast chargers, 2 others solo but in use, had to use 2 slow ones. Ended up in an empty Tescos car park at midnight, standing in sleet.
Last night a 2 hr journey turned into 6: drove to 3 different broken fast chargers, 2 others solo but in use, had to use 2 slow ones. Ended up in an empty Tescos car park at midnight, standing in sleet.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We have an EV and I am a charger bore but the infrastructure is TERRIBLE.
Last night a 2 hr journey turned into 6: drove to 3 different broken fast chargers, 2 others solo but in use, had to use 2 slow ones. Ended up in an empty Tescos car park at midnight, standing in sleet.
Last night a 2 hr journey turned into 6: drove to 3 different broken fast chargers, 2 others solo but in use, had to use 2 slow ones. Ended up in an empty Tescos car park at midnight, standing in sleet.
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Seconds into the meeting Mamdani bites down on the specially-prepared crown on his tooth releasing the woke mind virus, instally transforming everyone in the room into a socialist.
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Seconds into the meeting Mamdani bites down on the specially-prepared crown on his tooth releasing the woke mind virus, instally transforming everyone in the room into a socialist.
I didn’t know her but I love her too now:
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
‘Her amazing smile was undimmed, and I would try anything to summon it’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I didn’t know her but I love her too now:
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
observer.co.uk/style/featur...