Lawrence Stewart
@lawrences7.bsky.social
Fan of books, history, geography, sports and more. 📚🏴🌍
2026 📚 goal update - 4/60
2026 📚 goal update - 4/60
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Received official notice today that my employer will be withholding 100% of pay for the next three weeks, to myself and all other members of @sheffielducu.bsky.social who refuse (as is our legal right, and our solidaristic duty) to reschedule classes cancelled due to strike action. Outrageous.
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Received official notice today that my employer will be withholding 100% of pay for the next three weeks, to myself and all other members of @sheffielducu.bsky.social who refuse (as is our legal right, and our solidaristic duty) to reschedule classes cancelled due to strike action. Outrageous.
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The 3rd and final stage of the women's Tour Down Under 2026 is the toughest one with two ascents of the Corkscrew climb with an average gradient of 9.7%.
Can Wollaston 🇳🇿 hold onto the ochre jersey? Or will someone like Włodarczyk 🇵🇱, Rüegg 🇨🇭, Blasi 🇪🇸 or someone else come out on top in Campbelltown?
Can Wollaston 🇳🇿 hold onto the ochre jersey? Or will someone like Włodarczyk 🇵🇱, Rüegg 🇨🇭, Blasi 🇪🇸 or someone else come out on top in Campbelltown?
January 18, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The 3rd and final stage of the women's Tour Down Under 2026 is the toughest one with two ascents of the Corkscrew climb with an average gradient of 9.7%.
Can Wollaston 🇳🇿 hold onto the ochre jersey? Or will someone like Włodarczyk 🇵🇱, Rüegg 🇨🇭, Blasi 🇪🇸 or someone else come out on top in Campbelltown?
Can Wollaston 🇳🇿 hold onto the ochre jersey? Or will someone like Włodarczyk 🇵🇱, Rüegg 🇨🇭, Blasi 🇪🇸 or someone else come out on top in Campbelltown?
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There's less than 12 hours to go until the start of Velogames Fantasy Womens Tour Down Under 2026! Entries close at 01:15 CET (Central European Time) on Saturday 17th January 2026. That is 00:15 in the UK, 10:45 local time in Adelaide, and 19:15 (Friday evening) on US East Coast.
January 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
There's less than 12 hours to go until the start of Velogames Fantasy Womens Tour Down Under 2026! Entries close at 01:15 CET (Central European Time) on Saturday 17th January 2026. That is 00:15 in the UK, 10:45 local time in Adelaide, and 19:15 (Friday evening) on US East Coast.
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The Velogames Fantasy Cycling season starts here! The inaugural Velogames Fantasy Womens Tour Down Under 2026 begins on Saturday morning (that's local time in Australia, so don't be late if in Europe or the Americas!). Enter your team of 9 riders now to join in the action. (1/6)
January 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The Velogames Fantasy Cycling season starts here! The inaugural Velogames Fantasy Womens Tour Down Under 2026 begins on Saturday morning (that's local time in Australia, so don't be late if in Europe or the Americas!). Enter your team of 9 riders now to join in the action. (1/6)
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🚨2027 Tour de France Grand Départ stage locations for men and women🚨
Men:
S1. Edinburgh to Carlisle
S2. Keswick to Liverpool
S3. Welshpool to Cardiff
Women:
S1. Leeds to Manchester
S2. Manchester to Sheffield
S3. London special stage.
Very exciting! Especially for a start in Keswick!!
Men:
S1. Edinburgh to Carlisle
S2. Keswick to Liverpool
S3. Welshpool to Cardiff
Women:
S1. Leeds to Manchester
S2. Manchester to Sheffield
S3. London special stage.
Very exciting! Especially for a start in Keswick!!
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🚨2027 Tour de France Grand Départ stage locations for men and women🚨
Men:
S1. Edinburgh to Carlisle
S2. Keswick to Liverpool
S3. Welshpool to Cardiff
Women:
S1. Leeds to Manchester
S2. Manchester to Sheffield
S3. London special stage.
Very exciting! Especially for a start in Keswick!!
Men:
S1. Edinburgh to Carlisle
S2. Keswick to Liverpool
S3. Welshpool to Cardiff
Women:
S1. Leeds to Manchester
S2. Manchester to Sheffield
S3. London special stage.
Very exciting! Especially for a start in Keswick!!
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This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)
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This is Indy. He just made history as the first dog to win a major acting award. He won the Astra for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller after starring in the supernatural horror Good Boy. 14/10 congrats Indy
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This is Indy. He just made history as the first dog to win a major acting award. He won the Astra for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller after starring in the supernatural horror Good Boy. 14/10 congrats Indy
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Native people being detained by ICE proves the raids are not about immigration status, but skin color. Since the Trump administration sent 2,000 ICE officers to Minneapolis at least 5 Native people have been detained and an unknown...
January 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Native people being detained by ICE proves the raids are not about immigration status, but skin color. Since the Trump administration sent 2,000 ICE officers to Minneapolis at least 5 Native people have been detained and an unknown...
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New to #Bluesky? Here's a starter pack for Bricks & Mortar Bookshops on the Island of Ireland
#BookSky
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
#BookSky
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January 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
New to #Bluesky? Here's a starter pack for Bricks & Mortar Bookshops on the Island of Ireland
#BookSky
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
#BookSky
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
Top 12 reads of 2025. Tough to choose but would recommend all. A great year of reading 📚❤️
December 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Top 12 reads of 2025. Tough to choose but would recommend all. A great year of reading 📚❤️
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You spectacularly generous people have raised £13k so far. We have a beyond-excited three year old likely to wake us at 5am, so it’s an early night here. I’ll have to catch up with the pix in the morning ♥️ #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You spectacularly generous people have raised £13k so far. We have a beyond-excited three year old likely to wake us at 5am, so it’s an early night here. I’ll have to catch up with the pix in the morning ♥️ #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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Smol Paul wants a hug
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Smol Paul wants a hug
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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Husband "Darling, I'm afraid the front door is goosed."
Goose "Ooooh, I've a bit of a pane in my neck."
Goose "Ooooh, I've a bit of a pane in my neck."
December 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Husband "Darling, I'm afraid the front door is goosed."
Goose "Ooooh, I've a bit of a pane in my neck."
Goose "Ooooh, I've a bit of a pane in my neck."
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This is Mogley. He just had a very close call. Almost formed an entire thought, but snapped out of it just in time. 12/10 (TT: evilmaizey3)
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Mogley. He just had a very close call. Almost formed an entire thought, but snapped out of it just in time. 12/10 (TT: evilmaizey3)
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
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Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using [email protected] email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...
Wigtown Book Festival | Welcome Return of Festival Programmer Lee…
Lee is a well-known figure in Scottish literature and media. Her role with will involve curating the 2026 Wigtown Book Festival programme.
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using [email protected] email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...
If you are in Glasgow at the weekend come and join us at our Mary’s Meals Christmas Markets. Taking place at the Social Hub in Merchant City. Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marys-meal...
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If you are in Glasgow at the weekend come and join us at our Mary’s Meals Christmas Markets. Taking place at the Social Hub in Merchant City. Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marys-meal...
Wigtown you are the best 📚❤️
September 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wigtown you are the best 📚❤️
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📚🌟 ONE WEEK TO GO until Wigtown Book Festival 2025! 🌟📚
Book your tickets here 👇
www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on
Book your tickets here 👇
www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on
September 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
📚🌟 ONE WEEK TO GO until Wigtown Book Festival 2025! 🌟📚
Book your tickets here 👇
www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on
Book your tickets here 👇
www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on
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Mary’s Meals: Humble Highland shed that helps feed 3,000,000 hungry kids every day
Mary’s Meals: Humble Highland shed that helps feed 3,000,000 hungry kids every day
Two miles east of Loch Awe, in the small Highland village of Dalmally, stands a ramshackle shed which happens to double as Magnus Macfarlane-Barrow’s office.
dlvr.it
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mary’s Meals: Humble Highland shed that helps feed 3,000,000 hungry kids every day
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Wigtown Book Festival 2025
26 Sep–5 Oct
The programme for the Wigtown Book Festival – & the Big Wig Children’s Book Festival – is now online
💙📚
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
26 Sep–5 Oct
The programme for the Wigtown Book Festival – & the Big Wig Children’s Book Festival – is now online
💙📚
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Wigtown Book Festival | 26 Sept – 5 Oct 2025
BOOKING OPEN | Join us for a ten-day literary celebration, with events and activities for readers of all ages, in Scotland’s National Book Town.
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wigtown Book Festival 2025
26 Sep–5 Oct
The programme for the Wigtown Book Festival – & the Big Wig Children’s Book Festival – is now online
💙📚
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
26 Sep–5 Oct
The programme for the Wigtown Book Festival – & the Big Wig Children’s Book Festival – is now online
💙📚
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Wonderful time this week for a second visit to Amsterdam. Much needed break 🇳🇱✨
August 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wonderful time this week for a second visit to Amsterdam. Much needed break 🇳🇱✨