@snek.bsky.social Are you aware there's a Dunnett community here? Not sure how many have also read Banks (I have but it was 25 years ago) but we'll talk your ears off about Dorothy given half a chance! 😉 See the #Dunnettcontent feed.

Autumn colour

Just uploaded the latest in the Lymond reading notes. The Papingo shoot and fortune tellers tent. www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/lymond-...

Preparing to head to Edinburgh tomorrow from Venice airport - best part of 12 hours travelling. Going to see a dear friend who has a spinal tumour. Brilliant musician, we've known each other since we were 16 and shared countless gigs, and times good and bad. He always had my back. Hang in there man

October Mood - Callanish

@support.bsky.team I've noticed that my muted words, which are all set to Forever, keep expiring. Happened again today after I just reset them a few days ago. Any explanation why this is happening?

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

Any #Dunnett readers thinking of moving to Edinburgh and looking for a modest property in a castle? 😉 (not the whole castle)

Secret Edinburgh@secretedinburgh.bsky.social · last wk.

Three bedroom apartment in a historic A Listed Scots Neo Baronial residence. www.struttandparker.com/properties/b...

Hahaha! Do the flag-shaggers know they’re only licensing the rights to it from Italians?

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · last wk.

What they tell you in Genoa about St George’s Cross.

This is awful. It seems authors will need contracts that explicitly deny permission for "AI" to ever be used in relation to their work. With multi-million penalty clauses.

Danie Ware@danacea.bsky.social · last wk.

Jesus fucking motorboating Christ, NO. Fuck off, right to the edge of fucking off, fuck off over that edge, hit the very fucking bottom of fucking off, and then fucking crawl away to die in a fucking corner.

Yet another INTENDED consequence of the Thatcher regime. Lest we forgot: To end the social care crisis and renationalise social care #SocialCareShouldNotWipeOutAllOnesAssets #UncaringUK

Friends, on the matter of dodgy men in transit vans, allow me to tell you about me, two future members of the House of Lords, and the massive suspect package.

56% Holyrood Indy majority 67% Holyrood on right to vote 68% voter referendum support 52% voter Indy support Sounds like a 'consensus' to me, Andy Burnham. (P.S. Labour's 'mandate' to govern UK was just 32%)

I see from Talk Sport News there's a proposal to ditch the license fee that many Scots have stopped paying due to constant anti-Scotland propaganda, and add it to broadband prices. F#ck that!! We need independence and to close down BBC from broadcasting in Scotland.

Final evening light over Dreznica

An oil-producing nation with no refinery. An exporting nation with no shipping routes. An electricity producer forced to pay to upload to the “national” grid. Welcome to our blessed "union of equals".

“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.

Linda Gillard's third book in the Wyngrave Women trilogy is out on Wed 16th Sept. It traces the life of the woman who left her country mansion to Jane on condition that she solves the 16th century murder of Horatio Fortune, the nicest ghost you've ever met! www.lindagillard.co.uk/times-testim...

#Dunnettcontent Just uploaded the latest of the Lymond Reading Notes www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/lymond-...

New Dorothy Dunnett Society Website now launched at dorothydunnett.org Explore the Library, discover the many forms of Research, see upcoming Events, revisit Dorothy Dunnett and her extraordinary books, or simply drop in for the Quotation of the Day. #DorothyDunnett #DunnettContent

Probably the last real day of summer. 31C today - forecast is storms and 16C tomorrow! Autumn never seems to come gradually.

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#LYMOND IS BACK – AND HE’S THROWING A PARTY! On 1 November 2026 at 7:00 pm GMT there will be a worldwide Zoom party for DDS members. An hour and a half including readings by David Monteath and music from lutenist Jacques Carroll-Leitao. Invitation in WG 171. #DunnettContent #DorothyDunnett

☘️ First Minister of The North of Ireland Michelle O’Neill telling democracy denier Burnham exactly how it is 💪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 John Swinney take note !

Thank you for remembering Dorothy on what would have been her 103rd birthday. As long as people keep reading historical fiction her books will be revered.

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

Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001) was born #OTD, 25 Aug, in Dunfermline. She is best known as a writer of #HistoricalFiction – in particular the six-part LYMOND CHRONICLES that begin with those fateful words: “Lymond is back.” A 🎂 🧵 💙📚 1/7 booksfromscotland.com/2019/06/redi...

WG 171 is in the post to members. 48 pp (8 colour). 2nd essay for Lymond’s 500th birthday; Dunnett’s own thoughts on heroes; a Tartar girl at the Tudor court; Summer Dunnett Day talk on the Lusignans; Nicholas in Iceland; and a recipient of the Dorothy Dunnett Centenary Award on King Hereafter.

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I can't believe this London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!

This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...

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#Dunnettcontent I've just published the latest of the Lymond Reading Notes - for the chapter called Castling. That's right, it's time to meet Don Luis Fernando de Cordoba y Avila!! www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/lymond-...