"Sorry I can't, I'm busy" Me being busy:

🎥 Watch Glasgow’s “biggest ever” Strip the Willow on Sauchiehall Street to celebrate the city’s 850th year🎉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

NEW: Scots turned out in force to take part in a huge free ceilidh on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street More than 100 people danced Strip the Willow, accompanied by a pipe band 🤩

Nigel Heath from East Kilbride was enjoying a sunrise in Westray, Orkney, when his shot was photobombed by a flock of geese. See more lovely photos from around Scotland ➡ bbc.in/3XnO5iZ 📷 Send your pictures of Scotland to ➡ [email protected]

Can we just reflect on the amazing achievement of the Reform Party achieving a coup within an organisation of five people.

Love yourself and be your own biggest fan.

Whatever you do, try to do it with kindness

To anyone missing their Mum in heaven this Mother's Day, may these words be from you if you need them to be. #MothersDay #HappyMothersDay #MotheringSunday

Can’t even make their own MAGAhats

What a headline. It’s not compulsory

I wrote a piece for the guardian about the reaction to my settlers documentary. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Around 400 Palestinians, including dozens of children, have been killed while trying to get humanitarian assistance. I don’t recall these incidents (including this weekend) leading many papers or news bulletins. Are we really saying a few chants from a couple of musicians is more

If I knew at the time that it would be the last time, and there would be no next time, I would have spent more time saying goodbye.

“Are you sure you don’t mind if we cancel?" me:

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay from one of the best cities in the world #edinburgh A wonderful image of Princes Street and the Scott Monument from Register House by Thomas Vernon Begbie, c.1857-1860. City Art Centre. These photographs are an invaluable record of Victorian Edinburgh.

Seeing some politicians competing for just how brutal they can be to vulnerable minorities - I can’t help comparing that to 16th and 17th witch trials. It’s so depressing.

Q: What is the best piece of advice you have received? A: It wasn’t given specifically to me but I was in the audience. It was said by Toni Morrison at the Hay festival: “We will be judged on how well we loved.” That’s it. That’s all that matters. theguardian.com/books/2025/sep…

Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This is very sweet but sadly I won’t be on tomorrow