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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 7h

Scotland were meh but my love of John McGinn grows ever stronger.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14h

The actual ticket link for the Leeds event is here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drifting-n...

Drifting North: An Evening with Dominic Hinde

We're thrilled to have Dominic Hinde joining us on the 30th of October to talk about his fascinating book,'Drifting North'!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14h

May be of interest to @leedsunimedia.bsky.social and others.

Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14h

It's all coming thick and fast, but please join us in Leeds in two weeks for the launch of Drifting North at Waterstones in the city centre. It's ticketed but there is a deal to get a discount on the hardback. www.waterstones.com/events/drift...

Drifting North: An Evening with Dominic Hinde | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Drifting North: An Evening with Dominic Hinde today.

www.waterstones.com

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway there’s some pictures of me enjoying bookshops in Fort William, Ullapool and Lochgilphead. If you’re going to buy Drifting North or any book this month then make sure you do so from your local independent.

Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Bookshop Day. Bookshops - especially indies - are important as they not only sell books but often function as hubs for other cultural events as public culture provision is slashed. Supporting a bookshop isn’t just about supporting authors, it’s a direct vote for culture in your community.

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #BookshopDay! I popped down to @bookhaus.bsky.social where I’ll be discussing Britain’s energy past & future with @dominicmhinde.bsky.social on 29 Oct (tix available!) - just 1 of loads of talks they do. My book is out Tuesday @manchesterup.bsky.social - ask your local bookshop to order it ☺️

A woman stands in front of bokkshelves holding a book called Electric Wind

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

Die deutsche Blick auf Grossbritannien ist von jeher durch Mythen, Kitsch und Sentimentalitäten verstellt. Auch deshalb weil die Engländer sich gerne selbst so sehen.
Die Realität sieht ein wenig anders aus.
Ein sehr kluges Stück von Eva Ladipo. @faznet.bsky.social

Großbritanniens Demokratie: Auch in England gewinnen die Extremen an Zulauf

Die britische Demokratie ist uralt. Sie gilt als sagenhaft stabil und immun gegen irrationale Emotionen. Damit ist es nun vorbei.

www.faz.net

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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 3d

This story was inspired by a conversation with a fossil fuel exec in Paris a few days after the big outage in Spain. He blamed too much renewable energy as the cause.

Was that really it? Turns out: No.

@npr.org takes you through a new report on what happened + impacts of renewable misinformation.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

www.npr.org

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 3d

Will see what I can do.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 3d

I’ll make another!

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 3d

Details here www.waterstones.com/events/domin...

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re in Dundee on the 23 of October it’s the first date for our UK tour.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 4d

If I quit my job in the university and went to work on a rig in Australia tomorrow I would double my money overnight. As a general rule, the more questionable the politics of the country the rig is in, the lower the tax for people prepared to fly in and work.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 4d

The thing about writing a book that focuses to a large extent on life in offshore oil rigs is that you start to get ads for jobs on rigs around the world. Some of them are wild, including the boast that you never need see your wife and can play console games and pay next to no tax.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 8d

Delighted that this year I’ll be appearing as part of Faclan: The Hebridean Book Festival alongside Graeme Macrae Burnet and a host of others focusing on the work from and about Harris, Lewis, Uist and Barra. lanntair.com/events/event...

FACLAN 2025 Programme: Innis-Mhuir: Guthan Eilieanach ARCHIPELAGO: ISLAND VOICES - An Lanntair

FACLAN: Fèis Litreachas Innse Gall The Hebridean Book Festival. Faclan this year dwells on the long archipelago of the Outer Hebrides. It’s weather and environment, language and divergent voices, its ...

lanntair.com

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Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana @lexiekk.bsky.social · 4d

Either, the Government will do nothing and the cycle of scandal and cosmetic reform will repeat. Press disinformation, intrusion and other abuses will go on, day to day, destroying peoples’ lives, distorting elections and misleading the public, but making little impact on the national policy agenda

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 4d

I fear we may be past the rice stage sadly

Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone know a good place in Glasgow to rescue a rain damaged Mac? Got hit in the storms and I’ve two papers on there that I don’t fancy writing again.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 5d

Will pass on!

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 5d

Is this open to British students?

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 5d

There’s a great exhibition on now in the ARC at Glasgow Uni with photographs around the theme of climate and mental health assembled by our PhD students in sociology and climate and my esteemed colleague the anthropologist Dr Alicia Davis.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 7d

The Looe valley is good. Secluded but has a little train and accessible from Plymouth without a car. Same goes for Falmouth.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a great place to be out of tourist season. My sister is just over the border on the edge of the moors and I can see why people want to work at Exeter university.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 7d

My grandpa was Cornish so I spent a lot of time down there in my early years. Got a vague memory of being trapped in a creek by the mud and having to walk home with no shoes.

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