James Calbraith
@jamescalbraith.co.uk
Edinburgh. Author of history-adjacent fiction. The Saxon Spears and other Post-Roman tales. Jamescalbraith.co.uk 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️🌈
This looks like essential viewing
With its clever bait-and-switch, “Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise” uses cute animation to draw viewers into a war film more disturbing than most live-action ones.
‘Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise’: Cute designs, harrowing truths about the horrors of war
As Japan marks 80 years since WWII’s end, “Peleliu” stands out among recent war films for using animation to portray the brutal realities faced by soldiers abroad.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
This looks like essential viewing
Edinburgh Gothic
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Edinburgh Gothic
Trypilian is by far the most fascinating prehistoric culture in the Old World. Neolithic settlements the size of large medieval towns consisting almost exclusively of single-family dwellings, with an occasional public cult site in the centre. A suburban sprawl waiting for the invention of a city.
Settlements of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture - Wikipedia
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December 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Trypilian is by far the most fascinating prehistoric culture in the Old World. Neolithic settlements the size of large medieval towns consisting almost exclusively of single-family dwellings, with an occasional public cult site in the centre. A suburban sprawl waiting for the invention of a city.
Oh great now I have to put on Dolittle.
“If the Devil is six then God is seven”: in this TED talk I will explain the connection between the Pixies and a popular Gen-alpha meme, with reference to the da Vinci code and the windows on a chocolate advent calendar where early chocolate fatigue starts to set in
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December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Oh great now I have to put on Dolittle.
Gates of the Princes Street Railway Station, once a chief rival of the Waverley.
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gates of the Princes Street Railway Station, once a chief rival of the Waverley.
Christmas Carousel in the Princes Street Gardens
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Christmas Carousel in the Princes Street Gardens
Is the problem 'nobody asked for this'
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Is the problem 'nobody asked for this'
Why is there so much new Harry Potter stuff about. Did the algorithms confuse us hating on JKR with us wanting to read more JKR.
December 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Why is there so much new Harry Potter stuff about. Did the algorithms confuse us hating on JKR with us wanting to read more JKR.
One of the more bizarre aspects of current US politics is the complete inability to talk seriously about the possibility of government interfering in the 2026 elections - as they *repeatedly threatened to do*.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One of the more bizarre aspects of current US politics is the complete inability to talk seriously about the possibility of government interfering in the 2026 elections - as they *repeatedly threatened to do*.
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
All but the most advanced of these drones need nearby operators, have we really not yet figured out how to locate them?
The Île Longue facility houses France's four nuclear ballistic missile submarines and provides maintenance for the vessels that form the basis of the country's nuclear deterrent.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
All but the most advanced of these drones need nearby operators, have we really not yet figured out how to locate them?
To put it in layman's terms, Stranger Things buy Harry Potter.
December 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
To put it in layman's terms, Stranger Things buy Harry Potter.
My most right-wing opinion is that professional cooking should be divided strictly along ethnic divisions. No more white people banh mis, please.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My most right-wing opinion is that professional cooking should be divided strictly along ethnic divisions. No more white people banh mis, please.
If you thought insider trading just on the stock market was bad, wait for insider trading in world events
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
If you thought insider trading just on the stock market was bad, wait for insider trading in world events
Dawn o'er Waverley
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Dawn o'er Waverley
Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Pity
He saw Duke Arnulf and Henry the Fowler
Marching on his city
On the feast of Pity
He saw Duke Arnulf and Henry the Fowler
Marching on his city
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Pity
He saw Duke Arnulf and Henry the Fowler
Marching on his city
On the feast of Pity
He saw Duke Arnulf and Henry the Fowler
Marching on his city
'Ancient Egypt, Roman Empire, the Aztecs and... the Samurai of Japan'
Uh... One of those is not like the others. Unless by 'fall of Japanese civilisation' they mean August 1945.
Uh... One of those is not like the others. Unless by 'fall of Japanese civilisation' they mean August 1945.
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
'Ancient Egypt, Roman Empire, the Aztecs and... the Samurai of Japan'
Uh... One of those is not like the others. Unless by 'fall of Japanese civilisation' they mean August 1945.
Uh... One of those is not like the others. Unless by 'fall of Japanese civilisation' they mean August 1945.
Christmas Corral, in which Wyatt Earp is visited by the ghosts of Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Christmas Corral, in which Wyatt Earp is visited by the ghosts of Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury
How is Google Calendar app on *Android* so fucking terrible.
December 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
How is Google Calendar app on *Android* so fucking terrible.
Let There Be Light, Edinburgh Central Library
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Let There Be Light, Edinburgh Central Library
Just let Poland, Baltics and Finland run NATO, the war will be over in a week.
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Just let Poland, Baltics and Finland run NATO, the war will be over in a week.
Has anyone yet proposed a conspiracy theory that the National Guard shooter was coerced to do it by the government
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Has anyone yet proposed a conspiracy theory that the National Guard shooter was coerced to do it by the government
Edinburgh Meat Market - gate is all that's left
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Edinburgh Meat Market - gate is all that's left
Fuck sake are we doing another one of those 'Americans and Brits fight over whose cuisine is shittier' Twitter things
two cats are fighting each other in a living room in a cat fight .
ALT: two cats are fighting each other in a living room in a cat fight .
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November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Fuck sake are we doing another one of those 'Americans and Brits fight over whose cuisine is shittier' Twitter things
Hey Americans. If you're not protesting this, you're complicit in it.
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hey Americans. If you're not protesting this, you're complicit in it.