Curiosity is just about the most attractive quality a person can have. It takes real courage to resist a world that doesn't want you to learn or think. In an era when so many brains are becoming mush, you've kept the integrity of your mind and I think that's beautiful.

This is a brilliant Neil Young set. Great song choices.

When you're taking a sunset shot and a pigeon flies on the lamppost outside your house! I really like this. #Sunset #PhotoBombPigeon #FirthOfClyde #Dunoon #HillsofArgyll #Scotland

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Stained glass is part of Glasgow’s art and craft history. CR Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald, Alasdair Gray and more. How sad. Article by Dani Garavelli

I don’t think we should keep track of things like this. I don’t think it’s good for the brain or heart or soul

"Paths run through people as surely as they run through places." Lovely read on landscape and the self themarginalian.org/2023/01/19/rob…

BREAKING: stunning reversal of ocean circulation in Southern Hemisphere confirms global climate system has entered catastrophic phase 🧵

Why aren't politicians talking about the third heatwave in a month? This is a health emergency! Hold your MP to account – sign up at VoteClimate.uk/register #heatwave

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If somebody isn’t working on a book about a troubled individual travelling throughout Scotland on a whisky trek - called “The Malt Path” - then an author and a publisher are missing a trick!

Hi The Guardian - can you correct this please? You need to say England when you mean England!

The petition to #SaveSchoolLibrarians in Glasgow now has 1024 signatures! If you agree that #SchoolLibrariesNeedSchoolLibrarians, please sign and share if you haven't already chng.it/pZNmzZgM9p via Change.org UK

READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children’s life chances. So whatever else you do, please never stop helping kids find books to read & love. Never stop sharing books, talking about books, celebrating books. It'll change their lives! #literacy

The perfect match. Walker’s Shortbread X Andy Murray. Loved the world over. A wee bit of Scotland that’s come a long way. #WalkersShortbread #ScotlandAtItsFinest #WalkersXAndyMurray #AndyMurray #ShortbreadServe #ThePerfectServe #AWeeBitOfScotland

Are those saying 16-year-olds shouldn’t be given the vote because they’re children and don’t know what they’re doing the same individuals who said Shamima Begum knew exactly what she was doing?

What’s happening in Gaza is unimaginable and unsustainable. Desperately needed aid must be surged now. And it’s long past time for a deal to release the hostages and end the hostilities. Israelis and Palestinians deserve to live safely and securely with equal measures of freedom,

“The Israelis don't want us film out of the window at the devastation in Gaza...communities are flat... there is nothing left...“ Jeremy Bowen condemns the destruction Israel has inflicted, after the BBC spent two years downplaying and whitewashing it. Too little, too late.

Goodbye Allan. You were a pioneer of great children's literature, both in picture books and poetry. You were clever, funny and wise. My children loved your books. So did and so DO I. theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

Going forward, the people who thrive will be those who read widely, who are able to write without the assistance of a machine, who haven’t allowed endless slop to kill their curiosity and thinking abilities. Read books. Keep your brain working or you'll be left behind.