We now have a once-in-generation opportunity to bring our region's bus network back into public control🚍🚏 Please support SPTCorporate's bus franchising plans to help make it happen! Complete the consultation by Thurs 29 May, 5pm 👇 📝betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

Earlier this month West Midlands became the 6th UK region to pledge to bring its bus network back into public control using 'franchising' powers🚌 Please complete SPTCorporate's consultation to make sure we are next!🙏 Take action by Thurs 29 May, 5pm 👉betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

: The Royal Scottish Academy turns 200 in 2026! 🎉 We're celebrating with an exhibition of works by Frances Walker & Ade Adesina at Rozelle House Museum, Ayr from June – Aug 2026. Discover Ayrshire's coast through art and powerful prints from across Scotland. 🌊🖼️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #RSA200

📣 Shout out to our TVAyrshire Peer Mentors As TVAyrshire Season 2 begins we’re delighted to have 8 peer mentors on board to support the next generation of TVA crew 🎬📺 #YoungStart #TVAyrshire

The 'beithir' is a dragon that dwells in mountainous caves in the Highlands, and is only seen on summer nights when lightning strikes occur. The Big Beast of Scanlastle was a beithir, and devoured seven horses in a single night! #legendarywednesday #Scotland

Dachshund assistant gardeners, 1910 postcard. No such help from our mini-wirehair - his specialism is sunbathing 😂

A wet but otherwise interesting day out to Dalry Community Wind Farm, where the boys got to try archery and learned all about green energy. 🇩🇰 Turbines are operated remotely from Denmark ⚡️ There’s a Faraday cage inside to protect workers 💷 Each turbine costs in excess of £2M

Enjoyable drop-in to the well-supported Mauchline Holy Fair;stalls,food,entertainment venues,a few shout-outs for Mr Welsh from Auchinleck Academy (whoever he was) and a welcome meeting with Neil Murray and university colleague, Gerald Alexander East Ayrshire Labour

Enjoyed the South Ayrshire Museums & Galleries exhibition on the Ayrshire Pageant of 1934; great curation, display and interpretation

My late grandmother would recall the tale of the gean-cánach, the love talker. A trickster, a male faerie similar to a leprechaun, known for seducing men and women, although he is particularly fond of shepherds and milkmaids #fairytaletuesday #ireland art: Maximilian Pirner

THE MOSSGIEL MANDATE We’ve shouted about UPFs, challenged clean label fakery and talked small farms, cows & real milk. But shouting isn’t enough; we need a mandate for change. A promise - to People, Animals and Planet - that food can be real again. We believe food shouldn’t

The Girvan Arts Festival Exhibition starts today at the McKechnie Institute! Running all month, with local art, woodturning, & Girvan Academy displays. 📅 4 June–5 July 📍 Dalrymple St 🕒 Free & family-friendly, see opening hours bit.ly/3T949Ta & pop in!

People of Irvine! Snap up a ticket for my Tidelines event at the Harbour Arts and in return I will desist from making painfully wooden promotional videos. Deal? 💙📚

Wow, just under 20 tickets left for this one‼️ and it only went on sale earlier today...🥳 ticketsource.co.uk/harbour-arts-c…

“Reshaping Light: Safeguarding Scotland’s Stained Glass” The Scottish Stained Glass Trust are hosting what looks set to be a very timely and welcome one day symposium about the future of Scotland's endangered stained glass on 20th June in West Kilbride 👇 ssgt.org.uk/june-2025-symp…

❓Are you an #ecr or #postgrad working on #Scottish or #Environmental history? ❓Would you like some 💰💰💰 for research costs?? The deadline for this year’s Alasdair Ross prize has been extended to 1 July! Up to £500 available 👇🏼 scottishhistorysociety.com/prizes/the-ala…

“IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR SOMETHING, YOU'LL FALL FOR ANYTHING.” -Alexander Hamilton Over the past few weeks, we’ve decided to be more vocal online about our food system – not just based on opinion, but grounded in research, learning, and the reality of our own journey. Since

"To say to a fisherman that there was a hare in his boat, arosed great ire, and called forth strong winds. The word 'hare' was not pronounced at sea". Similar fishing superstitions exist with domestic fowl and geese. #FolkloreSunday #Scotland 📷 Scott Tilley

Along our coastline there are numerous tales of the 'Sea Witches', traditional characters often portrayed as women, who have a magical bond with the sea and the weather elements. One such tale takes place at Turnberry. #mythologymonday #ayrshire art: Adrien Amilat