Friday Margaritas

The Moray coast is pretty close to Elgin. You'd have thought the Greeks would keep away.

Association for Scottish Literature@asls.org.uk · 2w ago

“Unfurling due east of Inverness in a series of vast sand dunes, shingle bars, pine-edged marshes and sandstone skerries, this coastline is both cinematic and unusually varied” —Why Scotland’s cinematic Moray coast made it a perfect location to shoot The Odyssey www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

I love Yeats, but honestly 'No Second Troy' is the ultimate 'she's just not that into you' poem.

Preferable to the Oxford Classics graduate who became Prime Minister

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 4w ago

An Oxford classics graduate has won cross-party endorsements in the upcoming Clacton by-election. Count Binface, who studied at Corpus Christi, was described as “maybe the people[’s candidate]” by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, while defence secretary Dan Jarvis said “good luck to him”.

I have reached the pinnacle of my academic career. I am now officially a "boffin".

A Beer, A Bap, and A Boffin | Pitlochry Festival Theatre

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The walls of Magnus Martyr

everyone with an English degree rn: WELL, WELL, WELL,

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · last mo.

"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...

Northern sun

Writing in the lovely Stromness library under the watchful eye of George Mackay Brown

Taking refuge from the heat in the beautiful north

CFP: Hogg’s World Now (Conference) navsa.org/News/13637856 Image Source: Portrait by John Watson Gordon, 1830

After giving the audience at @natlibscot.bsky.social an exclusive preview, we are delighted to share the first taste of our editions of Thomas Pennant's Scottish Tours! (Click on "Show Pennant's Tours" after following the link below) editions.curioustravellers.ac.uk/tours

St Kilda. Abandoned in 1930, when population decline and lack of medical facilities made the people evacuate after centuries of life there

Glorious day on Harris

Such a sad story

Neolithic architecture at Callanish

A professor and 3 doctors walk into a bar. 'Hi Johannes' says the bartender. 'What'll it be?' (h/t Phil whose photo it is and whose Bsky handle I've forgotten).

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This was a great event, showing the great value not only of manuscripts but also on the importance of keeping them in a community that can learn from them and communicate their importance.

SWINC@swinc-edi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Wonderful afternoon celebrating the arrival of Scott's Lighthouse MS at Abbotsford, starting with a showing of "Walter Scott: his Journey to Orkney and Shetland" (unaccountably passed over for awards).

Margaritas in thé hope of summer

Two excellent things about Venice: great coffee in your B&B, and churches

Great papers and pretty good views at the Stevenson conference

Very pleased to have an article in this special issue of “Studies in Hogg and his World”. SHW does everything a journal of its kind should—articles, biographical and bibliographical notes, and reviews. Do consider submitting an essay.

I carefully read all the flyers for today's elections, and the one that had the clearest, most reasonable, and appropriately detailed set of proposals was ...

NEW from me: many of our universities are now in a dying fall. A new global-national-regional-local split is opening up, which could choke off progress on almost all the Government's plans. Do they have a plan? Nope, nothing, not a clue. 👇 isrf.org/blog/whats-t...

What’s the future for our universities?

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Small town seaside Piers. Beautiful elegance for the people.

May Day moonlight

Come along for Lighthouses and more. We're delighted to be celebrating the aquisition of Scott's manuscript by Abbotsford House.

SWINC@swinc-edi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re delighted to announce our next seminar, ‘“To the Lighthouses!”: A Celebration of Scott’s journey around Scotland and his manuscript’s journey to Abbotsford’! 21st May 2026, 2-5pm 50 George Square, Room G01 All welcome; please RSVP via email to Prof @penfielding.bsky.social or Dr Bob Irvine.

It’s that time again

It's already destroyed a lot of fossil fuel supply, but the Iran War is shaping up to deliver the biggest destruction of fossil fuel demand in history. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528540...

'A clear step change': European EV sales jump by over 50 per cent in March

Over 224,000 battery EVs registered last month, as businesses and consumers respond to soaring oil prices

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