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Arachnid Press is an independent Scottish publisher.
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We love a secret doorway.

📷The secret door in the Library at Osterley, London by John Hammond
A bookcase opens to reveal a doorway in a large country house library
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Edinburgh Meat Market - gate is all that's left
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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#SirenSaturday

In need of some love;

Police Box 6 'D', Henderson Gardens, Leith.

This was given Carrier planning number 254/72 in the early 1960's.

#EdinburghPoliceBox
Edinburgh Police Box located on the Junction of Henderson Gardens and Henderson Street in Leith. The Box is in faded blue, wood covering its windows and adorned by a large amount of low quality (with no artistic merit) graffiti. The Siren mount is present on the roof and the cut off stubs of the Siren and Siren Heater Power Cables can be seen.
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. Wick, on the east coast of Caithness, has a central role in the story.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/ttw/index.html
The image shows a view along a street in Wick. The buildings are in grey stone and the largest is on the right of the street, occupying much of the right side of the frame. It is two storeys in height and has a clock tower with a cupola on top of it. There’s an old-style streetlamp on the left of the frame with a pedestrian sign to Wick Riverside on it. A grey car waits at a junction on the right. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Thicker Than Water’ is shown in the top right corner.
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Christmas vacation ? Library wish list ?
#HigherEd #Edchat
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The only library in London with a section on divination.
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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As another November draws to its close, Dr Peter Christie, one of the founders of the Inverclyde Church Recorders group, has been reflecting on the uncertain future of war memorials in closing churches.

These remarkable items come in a variety of forms, not all of them easy to relocate... (1/2)
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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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 main character visits the army headquarters housed in Edinburgh Castle at the time.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-dol/ind...
The image shows a telephoto view up to the west side of Edinburgh Castle past a tree in the bottom left of the frame. The stone barracks are rising in the upper centre of the frame, with a high wall this side of them descending to steeply sloping grass banks. Below them is a lower stone wall which stands above rocky crags. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘The Danger of Life’ is shown in the top right corner.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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National Library of France 🇫🇷
National Library of France 🇫🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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“there is something in this which refuses the sentimentality of most ghost stories”

Dr @anneelliot.bsky.social sees Margaret Oliphant’s “Old Lady Mary” as a Scottish #gothic response to Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
#BookologyThursday
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Margaret Oliphant’s Old Lady Mary — a reply to Dickens’s Christmas Carol
From the first Christmas special in Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith as the Dowager Duchess, another old lady (from Downton Abbey, Christmas special closing Season 2, referred to below) Friends and read…
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November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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kenlussey.bsky.social
‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Cairnryan in Galloway plays an important part as the search for a spy builds towards its conclusion.
Available in paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html
This modern image shows part of Cairnryan in Galloway. A road crosses the frame from the bottom left corner to the lower right. On its near side is a grassy area that fills the bottom right of the frame. On the far side of the road is a line of houses and cottages mainly finished in white, with some houses on a higher level at the near end. Behind the buildings is a wooded hillside. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top right corner.
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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spent all morning searching for a book about U2 but I still haven't found what I'm looking for
Shelves of books about musicians and bands
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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architecture.bsky.social
The Art Deco entrance to the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library
Location: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Art Deco entrance to the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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"Clan descendants in US and Canada save historic church in two days"

Some very welcome news from the world of Scotland's religious built heritage to start the day as the members of the global Scottish diaspora step up to save Applegarth Church in Dumfries & Galloway 👇

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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How far would you go to right a wrong? ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is a spooky adventure story for younger readers involving the haunting of Dunmore Park in central Scotland. This is the village of Dunmore.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.arachnid.scot/book-h46c/in...
The image shows the village of Dunmore. A block of stone houses with tall chimneys can be seen beneath the branches of a large tree, whose trunk is on the left. There are swings on this side of the houses and more buildings on the left. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Burns and Nature 🌳👨‍🌾🐭

Join us and the @natlibscot.bsky.social as we explore the Ploughman Poet’s relationship with nature through poetry, spoken word, song and film.

21st January 2026 | Kelvin Hall | 6pm

Book your free ticket here👇

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Burns and Nature
An exploration of Robert Burns’ relationship to nature through poetry, spoken word and film.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social

#BookSky #KidLit #BookPromo
Handwritten quote on a white sheet with an illustrated face at the bottom and pink hearts around the text. The quote reads: "If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting." — Liana Brooks
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Cosin's LIbrary, University of Durham
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Cosin's LIbrary, University of Durham - lots of deep rich wood. Round table with antique chairs in foreground, walls lined with old volumes, portrait medallions above shelves, balcony visible
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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kenlussey.bsky.social
How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. The main character dines in the great hall at the fictional Sarclet Castle.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/ets/index.html
This modern image shows the great hall at Eilean Donan Castle, on which that at the fictional Sarclet Castle is based. It is a large and imposing stone-walled room with a blue and green tartan carpet and an exposed-beam wooden ceiling. There’s a large dining table in the centre of the room and a stone fireplace occupies much of the right-hand wall. Lights are suspended from the ceiling. The front cover of ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is shown in the top right corner.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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National Library of France 🇨🇵
National Library of France 🇨🇵
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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🪬🧿 After being lost for 150 years, a sacred 300y old Sikh scripture was found in an Edinburgh university archive. Lost for over 150 years. Witness its emotional homecoming to the Leith community: youtu.be/icqfFzr5Hzc
#scotland #edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity #sikh #BBC #waheguru #sikhi
The Edinburgh Discovery: Rescuing a Sacred 300 Year Old Scripture
YouTube video by Journey Dude - Scottish Insider
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November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Wigtown plays an important role in the story as the hunt for a spy builds towards its climax.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...
This modern image shows Wigtown County Buildings and Town Hall in the heart of Wigtown in Galloway. Across the bottom of the frame is a grass bowling green which slopes noticeably down to the left. Beyond it is a large red stone building that is eight bays wide and two tall storeys in height. On its left end is a tall clock tower. The land drops away behind the building. The sky is mainly blue but the side of the building facing us is in shadow. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top right corner.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Inner library:
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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In Post Mortem, the first forensic account of how the Post Office, the government and Fujitsu ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people, Private Eye's @rbrooks45.bsky.social explains how the scandal became a Ponzi scheme of injustice.

www.channel4.com/news/new-boo...
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM