🌲The Christmas tree has just arrived today in #Tallinn at the Town Hall square and is waiting for spectators!✨

It’s so satisfying when a printing session works, (it often doesn’t 😊), when the background comes out right and the tree plate prints well, without bits of ink in the wrong places, and the ink behaves and doesn’t smother the white marks I’ve carved. richardshimell.co.uk/product/fill-t…

The lifeboat is ready dvdhmltn.bsky.social

Haggis update 🦛 At yesterday’s weigh-in she was 10.4kg... that's a little more than a 24 can pack of IRN-BRU! She has now doubled in size in the past two weeks and is doing so well under the watchful eye of her mum, Gloria 💛

A procession of hundreds of people walked through Paris to return a statue of the Virgin Mary to Notre-Dame Cathedral, five years after a devastating fire. trib.al/lOgLmmk

Something lovely for the weekend! Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age. Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, evidence of long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National Museum of

Enjoy the magical atmosphere of the Chapel by Candlelight this December. Numbers restricted so booking essential- see rosslynchapel.com/christmas/ for details. What's On Edinburgh What's On Scotland #Edinburgh visitmidlothian

My book, ‘Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics (1914-2014)’ is just out as paperback with Edinburgh University Press . £21 instead of the £80 hardback! From unionism to nationalism: the first study of Burns’s political afterlife in 20c Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Link below ⬇️

It's been a big week of beach cleaning for the SCCU crew on Fidra island. We have removed an estimated 150 creels & huge bundles of rope that washed up during winter storms last year. Thanks to RSPB Scotland & Scottish Seabird Centre for their support and to all our amazing volunteers!

We awoke to a wintry Isle of Harris this morning - what a sight!

Snow on the beach #Shetland

#Swedish expression of the day: "Bli varm i kläderna" (lit. "get warm in the clothes") does not refer to putting on more layers for the winter, but to get more accustomed to things. Compare with English expression "begin to find one’s feet". #varmikläderna

Stunning.

🧵 18th of November 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of Alex Salmond's official resignation as First Minister of Scotland. Let's take a look at just some of his many achievements in Government. 1/18

The capital of the #FaroeIslands - Tórshavn - dressed in snow today ❄️🤍

Finland supports community-based COWASH projects in which local communities, schools and health centres are responsible for implementing their water supply and sanitation projects. COWASH IV #WorldToiletDay2024

Heavy snow expected overnight in Tallinn, across Estonia #Estonia news.err.ee/1609526335/hea…

🗳️ It’s polling day in Maryhill. If you live in the area, remember to vote for ALBA Party candidate, Nick Durie, #1 ⏰ Polls close at 10pm. #ALBAforIndependence | Nick Durie, Alba Glasgow North #TheDreamShallNeverDie🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Finland will withdraw from the Barents Euro-Arctic Council after 2025. Finland will continue cooperation in the northern regions through other channels. Press release ⬇️ um.fi/current-affair…

At University of Stirling for a lecture on the impact of fish oils for healthy ageing. The target audience is primarily wrinklies like me...