The Brochs // Duns // Hillforts of Scotland. Thought we would splice together the maps made by our very own Dr. Kirsty Lilley and Oxford University to show you how rich and varied the archaeological landscape of #Scotland is. #brochs

Wild up here in a Murrayfield penthouse and a lucky escape for our neighbours to the east ... Eucalyptus trees don't have deep roots.

This usage of bield (shelter) not attributed to Burns in DSL, which cites his 'Winter of life' (1796). OED's earliest evidence for bield is from 1792, again in Burns (Country Lassie).

#Scotland road trip, anyone? 👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚠️ Watch out for wide loads and slow moo-ving traffic this #Coosday! 😉 📍 Isle of Mull 🎥 IG/ascotseyeview

Opportunists are not true leaders because they 'lie reflexively, blame others for failures, and are unapologetic cowards'. Sebastian Junger, Freedom (2021), 106. Remind you of anyone?

Lovely image of a Pink-Footed Goose in the pond at Gosford House, Aberlady: one of a handful there who wintered in Britain and have yet to leave for their breeding grounds in Spitsbergen, Iceland and Greenland. Seemed untroubled by our presence.

Replacing the cane on the bentwood chair I used for school homework as a child was bewildering, stressful, and time consuming for Veena and I, but we got there in the end and the effort was well worthwhile. I wonder if we'll ever sit on it ...

Just received my advance copies of the Chinese translation of my @OUPHistory book 'Scotland: a very short introduction'. 我很高兴 #China #Scotland

Sheepdog demonstration in Highland Scotland with craggy master shepherd Neil Ross. You can engage directly with farming, sheep shearing, landscape (and puppies) on a Smithsonian Journeys vacation called 'Scotland's Treasures' here in bonny Scotland.

Important sites like #GlasgowCathedral can get busy. Round the southside and down the hill a few feet, this is the uninterrupted view east with John Knox's statue on the hill topping the historic Necropolis (cemetery) on a glorious sunny day. Smithsonian Journeys #Scotland #Glasgow

Robert the Bruce won the battle of Bannockburn 1314 and laid the path for Scottish independence from England. Facial reconstruction from the wonderful Dunfermline Abbey near Edinburgh. Pic from a guest on free time from Smithsonian Journeys tour 'Scotland's Treasures'.

Mobbed by #gulls at bus stop today, remains of Italian convenience meal their target. Moved 3 steps out of reach and the mess someone (human) left was entirely cleaned up within 20 seconds. I conclude gulls perform a social service and should be thanked.

Interested in 18th century medicine? This invaluable new free resource contains a wealth of evidence about conditions and their treatment. 'Hypochondria' is one, a mainstream diagnosis of a serious psycho-somatic ailment rather than our imaginary disease. rcpe.ac.uk/peoplesdispens…

I spent a few seconds pondering what this will do to the average standard of capability of SNP MSPs ... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Delighted another repulsive abuser, one of many at EA in the 1960s and 1970s, is 'out'. The boys called him 'Jake Spray' because he used to stand at the entrance to the shower staring at their bodies after PE. Scandalous delay of justice. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

" #IDCards are a social democratic cause, because they help define security not only as border controls for who comes in, but as the right for everyone here to share in our mutual social security." Polly Toynbee, The Guardian (9/6/25)

This man is wholly disconnected from reality. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This brief radio program is shows the dangers of raising income tax rates for purely political reasons, regardless of how much income is raised. The presenter is a member of the Scottish Government's tax advisory group. But that's a story in itself ... bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

On Saturday I talked about the history of #tourism to the Edinburgh branch of SALTIRE SOCIETY. On the left my wife and on the right a Trustee. A lively and welcoming audience, members of a thoroughly worthwhile body promoting Scottish culture, past and present.

This is a brilliantly produced piece about an important archaeological finding. With all sorts of graphics and images as well as text. Informative and fun, it deserves to go viral. bbc.co.uk/news/resources…