Iain Mackenzie
@iainmmackenzie.bsky.social
Electronics Design Engineer Crofter Gael/Hebridean/Scot/European Science, literature, sea/air/land travel, nordic links arcticcircle.org/ france24.com/en/ aljazeera.com/live #climate #IndependenceIsNormal #GBEnergyGrab On Terra Firma, mostly.
Worth a neb - Iain F Macleod on the poetry of Domhnall MacAmhlaigh of Bernera, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
The Poetry of Dòmhnall MacAmhlaigh
An Exploration of Donald MacAulay's Collection of Poetry: Seòbhrach as a’ Chlaich (Primrose from a Stone)
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Incredible news! 📢📚 Scottish Book Trust is delighted to announce the distribution of 30,000 Gruffalo books to children and families across Scotland, made possible by a donation from Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Macmillan Children's Books to mark the publication of Gruffalo Granny! 🥳
From this coming Monday, we are extending the £2 bus fare cap to: 📍 Glasgow 📍 Ayrshire 📍 Inverclyde 📍 Lanarkshire 📍 Renfrewshire 📍 Dunbartonshire It's already in place in the Highlands and Islands and we will roll it out nationwide. That's what you get with the SNP. 🏴
The BBC's assault on Glasgow should concern everyone in 🏴 Scotland. The city is collateral damage just as everything in Scotland is when it comes to Westminster politics. The constant caricaturing of Scotland as inferior, a mess, and in permanent crisis needs to be called out. (MSM Monitor)
"Something better than nostalgia ..." I went to see The Waterboys in Glasgow and wrote about it for The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
The Waterboys review – Steve Earle joins a gloriously unruly return to Fisherman’s Blues
The Nashville singer-songwriter is among the guests joining Mike Scott for a sprawling, exuberant revue that finds new life in the Waterboys’ rootsy past
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FACLAN 2026 : The Hebridean Book Festival will take place 29-31 Oct at An Lanntair. Look out for the Faclan Brochure. #OuterHebrides #Scotland #Books
A delivery lorry loaded with crates of lemonade, American cream soda, ginger ale and other fizzy drinks outside the Bon Accord Table Waters factory in Anderson Street, Inverness, mid-1950s [photo: Jimmy Nairn; source: Highland Photographic Archive]
With the start of the World Cup less than a week away, here's something a little different for Football Memories - a stamp designed for Royal Mail which was set to go into production when Scotland came home with the trophy in 1978 [artist: Barry Wilkinson; source: National Library of Scotland]
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Military families and service members are now describing horrific conditions across MULTIPLE ships: human waste flooding bathrooms, virtually no food, water or soap, months without port calls, exhausted crews, and no end in sight. This crisis is far bigger than just the Lincoln.
Not Just the Lincoln: Families Describe Human Waste, No Food, No End in Sight Across Multiple Ships
Since MeidasTouch began reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, messages have poured in to MeidasTouch from military families and service
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Recce earlier today for Islands Book Trust trip to historic deserted village of Suardal near mouth of Loch Erisort, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Publishing Scotland Presents: Graeme Macrae Burnet 21 Aug, Waterstones, Oban. £3/£5/£12 with book Hosted by Breege Smyth, Graeme Macrae Burnet will be reading from his new novella BENBECULA, & discussing it in the context of his other work. Followed by a Q&A www.waterstones.com/events/publi...
Publishing Scotland Presents: Graeme MacRae Burnet | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Publishing Scotland Presents: Graeme MacRae Burnet today.
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As part of the #PowerShift project, we publish articles from across Scotland on how fair the transition to net zero really is. Shetland’s experiences are not unique as this account from North Lewis demonstrates @fiosnews.bsky.social @scottishbeacon.bsky.social @ampaipear.bsky.social
The Hebridean wind rush – A growth opportunity for global corporations but not community owned energy?
As part of the Power Shift project, we publish articles from across Scotland on how fair the transition to net zero really is Shetland’s experiences are not...
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BBC’s decision NOT to broadcast the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow was political attack on Scotland. It was an insult to all of us who were proud to support the Games & welcome people. And it went well on a limited budget. An attack on Scotland, Glasgow & the Scottish Govt to undermine our nation.
NO SHOW TORCUIL: The delusion of branch office reps. Below @torcuil.bsky.social - who wrote fiction for the Record - talks himself up. Fiction - 'Reversed decision on stopping coastguard remuneration.' Fact - NO SHOW for WM Hall coastguard debate. Good job the cove isn't a CG Volunteer.
Tickets for The Gaelic Literature Awards 2026 are now live! Join us in Glasgow on Tuesday 15th September for The Gaelic Literature Awards 2026. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/na-duaisea...
📰 SNP BRANCH WELCOMES RETURN OF ‘LIFELINE AIRLINK’ 🗞️ SNP Na h-Eileanan an Iar branch has welcomed the announcement that the Scottish Government will step in to save the morning Stornoway-to-Inverness service. #WesternIsles #LoganAir #SNP #ActiveSNP
“Islanders have lived alongside nature for centuries. The comments from someone who doesn't even live here to label people in our community as inbred or thugs are not only insulting but downright dangerous to individuals in our community." www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/ar...
SNP slams guga activists' "insulting" campaign
NatureScot is expected to refuse this year’s guga hunt licence for Sula Sgeir, with officials recommending the Men of Ness application be declined amid concerns over gannet numbers, bird‑flu impacts a...
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📣 Exciting news! 📣 You’re invited to join special Q&A sessions with Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney, who will be visiting Barra and Harris in August. **Doors open at 6:30pm, with the Q&A beginning at 7pm.** All are warmly welcome! #SNP #FirstMinister #Harris #Barra #WesternIsles
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Fully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’
The future international credibility of Glasgow and Scotland in the fields of architecture, education and culture will depend on the delivery of an accurate, faithful and honest restoration of Mackint...
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EMERGENCY CG TUG OPEN DAY AT STORNOWAY, SCOTLAND: Quick, before UK Gov cancels this one too. The 2nd Northern CG Tug - also put in place after Braer disaster - was chopped by previous Tory/Libdem coalition, with @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social on watch. Careless. www.hebrides-news.com/emergency-co...
The @snphebs.bsky.social lie detector has gone off big time. facebook.com/share/r/1S8n...
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It's not a terrible message. This is who they are. Labour have always been like this. They always will be like this. They will always treat Scotland with contempt. They always have.
Another example of Burnham's self-belief being shown to be nothing other than arrogance (or stupidity - time will tell). He will end "rough sleeping", he says. In the same way as he did in Manchester? A 600% increase! If he thinks Manchester is in the north then maybe he thinks an increase is good?
Can Andy Burnham 'end rough sleeping'? Here's what his record tells us
ANDY Burnham has pledged to end rough sleeping in his “first instruction” to officials on becoming Prime Minister.
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#Gaelic has survived persecution, depopulation and generations of managed decline. It deserves better than to become a convenient target in Reform’s ignorant culture war. Na h-Eileanan an Iar will not stand for it. #ScottishLanguages #WesternIsles #SNP #ActiveSNP
Tomorrow's front page 📰 Climate change is no longer a distant threat
John Swinney has told the new Prime Minister in their first phone calls that with a pro-independence majority in Holyrood, the future of Scotland must be 'decided by the people of Scotland'
John Swinney sets out independence mandate to Andy Burnham in first call with new PM
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