It's a penis cane. OMG. Kind of genius. 🤣 I didn't write it in but in my head I thought that Mr Lennox owned this cane and if you've read the book that will 100% make sense to you. /5

If you were shocked by Catherine the Great's chair, wait till you get a load of her table. I can't even. I'm not sure where she kept this in the palace but WHAT? /6

Here's an item I found in a junk shop and bought for £8. It's a brass cock and balls with a hand doing the business. It's Victorian. My guess is this was a token to get into a secret gay club, but I'm a novelist so I always hope for the best possible story. /7

I've posted this before. A self portrait by artist Sarah Goodridge, she sent it to her lover in 1828. I guess it's the Georgian form of sexting. /9

The novel plays with idea of erotica and how that varies in different eras. Also the female gaze. So here's some genuine Victorian erotica. With seabirds. Paging Dr Freud. 🤣/10

I cd go on, but honestly there's only so much I can take in one sitting. 🤣 Here's a Vermeer that feels tame after that lot. 🤣 The idea that our ancestors were buttoned up is for the birds & writing about the shame round that, the female gaze, the secret currency was fun! /11

Tx for making it to the end of my filthiest thread. I hope you have a great weekend. If you're intrigued, my book is out in hback & on kindle & is coming soon in pback. You can order here 👇amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Blyths… Or at your local bookshop if you're lucky enough to have one. ❤️

The removal (finally) of the last remaining children from Polmont at the weekend - and the guarantee that no child in Scotland will ever be jailed again - is William Lindsay's legacy, and something to be celebrated. My piece in @theheraldscotland. heraldscotland.com/politics/24555…

Shout to me ! I’m the owner of Tartan Otters, a quirky, fun T-shirt company, but I’m also the owner of CAD Unlimited. Are there any fire and security companies in need of CAD services ? I do zone charts and as fitted drawings. Just message me. Thanks Lucy.

Only in Scotland would this question even be asked. Imagine Norway saying, "Let's give all our energy revenues to Sweden and wait to see what they give us back. I'm sure they'll play fair." energylivenews.com/2024/09/05/sho…

The 16th Portobello Book Festival programme has officially been launched! Full programme available online, from Porty Library = Feeling less Summery! 🌞🥰 and local businesses from tomorrow. Tickets available from the library from Monday.

No one alive today, unless they are 102 years old at youngest, fought in the Second World War for Great Britain. It remains the greatest boomer fantasy that any of them did this given the number of them that actually did is verifiably zero.

Because the paperback will be out in a few weeks, they've dropped the price of the hardback of my Secrets of Blythswood Square. Just in case you fancy treating yourself to a first edition. 👇 amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Blyths…

So excited to ba taking Chatterbox to Dundee fringe 14th and 15th September. Ginger cake if you queue early. dundeefringe.com/chatterbox

Getting ready to send a message loud and clear from Glasgow's George Square today: #StopRacism #StopFarRight #NoRacismNoFascism #RefugeesWelcome #No2Islamophobia #No2antisemitism Join us, 12 noon - send a message to #StopTheHate #UnityNotDivision Anti racists set to gather in

Two. Weeks. Today. 🚀 As #RememberTheRowan Ringwood Publishing takes root in the world, please join me (for free!) in conversation with the spectacular Sara Sheridan to discover why Dr Kathleen Raine might just be Scotland’s greatest, most underrated poet ❤️‍🔥 glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/rememb…