Fraser MacDonald
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Fraser MacDonald
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Geographer, historian.

I worry that we may find out what Highland Christianity really stands for in 2025, though I hope my misgivings are unfounded.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
don’t you fret Ally, I got this
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
appreciated
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hi Alex, thanks for raising this; it’s difficult to say that the uni is ‘facing financial trouble’ because the details and provenance of alleged trouble are being withheld by management. We need much more transparent accounting, given the public implications of 1800 job losses.
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Onion rarely misses
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Thanks Felicity!
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ah thanks Karen, yeah it's a beast & there's a lot around + it's bad enough dealing with endless debilitating symptoms of management, bah. All strength to you!
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Thanks!
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It’d be fun to know! Is there a more ideally placed food emporium in Scotland?
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ha, now there's an *iconic* Highland outfitter.
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
He's surely got bigger rod-caught salmon to fry.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Look there are others, but you get the picture. Yet another thing that the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill does not touch.

Also, Covid is a brute, stay safe.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’d call this look “Lord Burton’s Premier League great grandson returns to Amhuinnsuidhe Castle to find it community-owned”.

Tweed shown is ‘Rustic Gunclub’. Also available in ‘Mahogany Puppytooth’ and ‘Oatmeal Herringbone’.
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This crew features ‘Benji the Bear’ … ‘a warm yet light-hearted knit with serious countryside character’ which is not the same as “I have a Chair at Princeton and also a sippy cup”.
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This lambswool crew features ‘Beatrice the Bear – our country-loving Bruar mascot’ … ‘she is sure to generate many compliments’.
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The model has the right number of fingers but the whole rigout seems … not quite real? Are the trousers out of focus?

“Guaranteed to earn second glances”. Yes.

Tweed Baseball Cap is in ‘Blue Lovat Windowpane’.
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
These trews are as bold in 2025 as they were in the late 18th c.

The slippers. Well. Barthes would call them the ‘punctum’ of the image.

The tartan is ‘Campbell of Cawdor’ but you can also get ‘Muted Red Stewart’ (I first read it as muted Rod Stewart, which is the best Rod Stewart).
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM