Jo Scott Heritage
@joscottheritage.bsky.social
By day, heritage consultant based in the North of England. By night, writer of novels & short stories, seeking representation. Shortlisted Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. www.joscott-heritage.co.uk joscottwrites.uk She/her
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Blyth was originally Snoc de Bliemue , 1298 , and le Blithsnoke 1386....Blythmouth Snook - a projection of land at the mouth of the river. Then, Blythemouth.
Blyth itself means "the gentle one", referring to the river. Recorded as Blida 1130 and Blythe from 1267. Old English.
Blyth itself means "the gentle one", referring to the river. Recorded as Blida 1130 and Blythe from 1267. Old English.
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Blyth was originally Snoc de Bliemue , 1298 , and le Blithsnoke 1386....Blythmouth Snook - a projection of land at the mouth of the river. Then, Blythemouth.
Blyth itself means "the gentle one", referring to the river. Recorded as Blida 1130 and Blythe from 1267. Old English.
Blyth itself means "the gentle one", referring to the river. Recorded as Blida 1130 and Blythe from 1267. Old English.
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Looking for a really original gift for the bookworm in your life?
A ticket to #baytales26 could be just what you’re looking for! We’ll even throw in a free book with every ticket purchased between 1 & 14 Dec.
Visit our website to grab your tickets now!
#amreading #whitleybay #giftideas #shoplocal
A ticket to #baytales26 could be just what you’re looking for! We’ll even throw in a free book with every ticket purchased between 1 & 14 Dec.
Visit our website to grab your tickets now!
#amreading #whitleybay #giftideas #shoplocal
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Looking for a really original gift for the bookworm in your life?
A ticket to #baytales26 could be just what you’re looking for! We’ll even throw in a free book with every ticket purchased between 1 & 14 Dec.
Visit our website to grab your tickets now!
#amreading #whitleybay #giftideas #shoplocal
A ticket to #baytales26 could be just what you’re looking for! We’ll even throw in a free book with every ticket purchased between 1 & 14 Dec.
Visit our website to grab your tickets now!
#amreading #whitleybay #giftideas #shoplocal
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Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
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Female welder working on the deck of a new ship in Tyneside, 1943, photo by Cecil Beaton (Imperial War Museum).
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Female welder working on the deck of a new ship in Tyneside, 1943, photo by Cecil Beaton (Imperial War Museum).
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Sitting Hare, Wood engraving, Tunnicliffe.
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Sitting Hare, Wood engraving, Tunnicliffe.
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Scriptwriters! As part of our #Creatives4Sudan auction, BBC scriptwriter Amna Saleem is offering a script edit to the highest bidder. Currently only 25 quid! Incredible! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #ScriptSky
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November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Scriptwriters! As part of our #Creatives4Sudan auction, BBC scriptwriter Amna Saleem is offering a script edit to the highest bidder. Currently only 25 quid! Incredible! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #ScriptSky
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Recycling doesn't come much more creative than this.
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Recycling doesn't come much more creative than this.
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2 sell out shows this past week: Gregson Centre #Lancaster & The Vault #Hexham Last Shore Lines tour gig is at The Pheasant Inn Cumwhitton #Cumberland Thurs 4 Dec (8pm) Short stories from @joscottheritage.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social & Tony Glover
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
2 sell out shows this past week: Gregson Centre #Lancaster & The Vault #Hexham Last Shore Lines tour gig is at The Pheasant Inn Cumwhitton #Cumberland Thurs 4 Dec (8pm) Short stories from @joscottheritage.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social & Tony Glover
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Very interesting article I've found here. I find it frustrating that the design has barely changed since its problematic invention. "...the speculum has remained essentially unchanged for 180 years": www.personalcareinsights.com/news/lilium-...
Revolutionizing women’s health: New speculum designed to eliminate pain and anxiety
Researchers from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands, have designed a new speculum to benefit patients, health professionals, and the environment. Health care providers use...
www.personalcareinsights.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Very interesting article I've found here. I find it frustrating that the design has barely changed since its problematic invention. "...the speculum has remained essentially unchanged for 180 years": www.personalcareinsights.com/news/lilium-...
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Today is St Clement's Day, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers.
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today is St Clement's Day, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers.
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
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Want to learn fiction writing but can’t afford pricey courses?
OpenLearn offers a FREE ‘Start Writing Fiction’ course that covers characters, settings, story craft and more.
Begin your #writing journey ✍️👇
www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...
#WritingFiction #FreeCourses #writers Please share 👍
OpenLearn offers a FREE ‘Start Writing Fiction’ course that covers characters, settings, story craft and more.
Begin your #writing journey ✍️👇
www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...
#WritingFiction #FreeCourses #writers Please share 👍
Start writing fiction
Have you always wanted to write, but never quite had the courage to start? This free course, Start writing fiction, will give you an insight into how authors create their characters and settings. ...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Very excited to be here in #Hexham #QueensHall to hear Ann Cleeves and Steph McGovern talking talk dark tales!
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Very excited to be here in #Hexham #QueensHall to hear Ann Cleeves and Steph McGovern talking talk dark tales!
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US printmaker Mildred Bryant Brooks, Moods, 1935, drypoint and aquatint on paper #WomensArt
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
US printmaker Mildred Bryant Brooks, Moods, 1935, drypoint and aquatint on paper #WomensArt
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Beautiful pastel colours in a snowy sunset in #Northumberland @nlandnp.bsky.social. It's chilly out there!
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Beautiful pastel colours in a snowy sunset in #Northumberland @nlandnp.bsky.social. It's chilly out there!
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To mark the 10th anniversary of His Bloody Project first being published and to celebrate Graeme Macrae Burnet taking part in Book Week Scotland 2025, Saraband is giving away two signed copies of the book.
To be in with a chance of winning, share this post and follow @heraldscotland.bsky.social
To be in with a chance of winning, share this post and follow @heraldscotland.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
To mark the 10th anniversary of His Bloody Project first being published and to celebrate Graeme Macrae Burnet taking part in Book Week Scotland 2025, Saraband is giving away two signed copies of the book.
To be in with a chance of winning, share this post and follow @heraldscotland.bsky.social
To be in with a chance of winning, share this post and follow @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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The Duke of Wellington’s cone has been replaced by a pigeon wearing a tiny cone reading a newspaper.
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Duke of Wellington’s cone has been replaced by a pigeon wearing a tiny cone reading a newspaper.
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
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George Holliday, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire, 1970s, photo by Graham Smith.
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
George Holliday, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire, 1970s, photo by Graham Smith.
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Be yourself.
Be helpful if you can.
Be insufferable if you have to.
Be as dark as you wish.
Be the reason a forest is considered haunted.
But most of all, be kind and stay weird.
Be helpful if you can.
Be insufferable if you have to.
Be as dark as you wish.
Be the reason a forest is considered haunted.
But most of all, be kind and stay weird.
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Be yourself.
Be helpful if you can.
Be insufferable if you have to.
Be as dark as you wish.
Be the reason a forest is considered haunted.
But most of all, be kind and stay weird.
Be helpful if you can.
Be insufferable if you have to.
Be as dark as you wish.
Be the reason a forest is considered haunted.
But most of all, be kind and stay weird.
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I have a reading age of 65. That means I've forgotten how a book started by the time I reach the end.
This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔
This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I have a reading age of 65. That means I've forgotten how a book started by the time I reach the end.
This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔
This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔
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A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight
A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight
Popularity of Britain’s top mouser – ‘the guy to meet in No 10’ – to feature in documentary series
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight
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Staff at Lincoln Cathedral find a dinner party invite by author Lewis Carroll from 1875. 👇
BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Invite found in Lincoln shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
Staff at Lincoln Cathedral discover a dinner party invitation and menu sent by the author in 1875.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Staff at Lincoln Cathedral find a dinner party invite by author Lewis Carroll from 1875. 👇
BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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NEWCASTLE NOIR 2025
5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025
5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEWCASTLE NOIR 2025
5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025
5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025