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RobMcInroy
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Scottish writer
Bob and Annie Kelty Scottish historical crime series - Cuddies Strip, Barossa Street, Moot.
Barvick Falls forthcoming autumn 2025
Fiction with a social conscience
www.robmcinroy.co.uk
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Everyone knows something about Lorna Carrington

But no one knows everything

If they did they'd be very, very frightened

robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls

#WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction
Fascinating to find a proofreader's correction in the author's own hand in the glossary for William Soutar's Seeds in the Wind. His handwriting is quite distinctive.

#WilliamSoutar #poetrycommunity #Scotland #scottishpoetry #Perth
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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OTD 1936

The King is Dead. Love live the Ross & Cromarty by-election.

Ronnie Corbett gets his first job, as town crier in Dingwall

tinyurl.com/rossc36

#BookRecommendations #Scottishhistory #scottishpolitics #rossandcromarty #byelections
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM
OTD 1936

The King is Dead. Love live the Ross & Cromarty by-election.

Ronnie Corbett gets his first job, as town crier in Dingwall

tinyurl.com/rossc36

#BookRecommendations #Scottishhistory #scottishpolitics #rossandcromarty #byelections
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Everyone knows something about Lorna Carrington

But no one knows everything

If they did they'd be very, very frightened

robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls

#WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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On this day in 1936

Malcolm MacDonald hospitalised. Skulduggery aplenty. Randolph Churchill's glamour & fury. Liberals fiasco.

Oh, and the King is dying.

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#WritingCommunity #Scotland #Scottishpolitics
#Dingwall #Cromarty #BookRecommendations #OTD
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 AM
On this day in 1936

Malcolm MacDonald hospitalised. Skulduggery aplenty. Randolph Churchill's glamour & fury. Liberals fiasco.

Oh, and the King is dying.

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#WritingCommunity #Scotland #Scottishpolitics
#Dingwall #Cromarty #BookRecommendations #OTD
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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OTD 1936

A blizzard descends on Ross & Cromarty. A stag attacks. Candidates crash & get stranded. Winston Churchill hiding. Female supporters from Brazil

And disquieting news

All in a day's campaigning

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#BookRecommendation #Scotland #politics #Dingwall
January 17, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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It's the centenary of the wonderful Agnes Owens' birth this year. Her books are being reissued & a satellite archive has officially opened within the Alasdair Gray archive. I spoke to her son, John, & wrote about this "most unfairly neglected of Scottish authors" in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social.
Finally, recognition for 'unfairly neglected' Scottish author Agnes Owens
Writer Agnes Owens was once seen as “part of a golden age of Scottish literature,” and influenced younger writers, including Janice Galloway,…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:24 AM
OTD 1936

A blizzard descends on Ross & Cromarty. A stag attacks. Candidates crash & get stranded. Winston Churchill hiding. Female supporters from Brazil

And disquieting news

All in a day's campaigning

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#BookRecommendation #Scotland #politics #Dingwall
January 17, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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OTD 1936

Candidates curling, power cuts, heavy snow, lots and lots of vitriol

Methods of the gangster

The "Odious Campaign" continues apace

Randolph Churchill would have liked Robert Jenrick

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#BookRecommendations #Scotland #politics #ScottishHistory
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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My latest area of research, including a copy of Seeds In The Wind apparently signed by both WIlliam Soutar (1933) and his father (1955).

Bob Kelty Book 5

#Research #WilliamSoutar #amwriting #writingcommunity
January 15, 2026 at 11:41 AM
OTD 1936

Candidates curling, power cuts, heavy snow, lots and lots of vitriol

Methods of the gangster

The "Odious Campaign" continues apace

Randolph Churchill would have liked Robert Jenrick

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#BookRecommendations #Scotland #politics #ScottishHistory
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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OTD 1936

We don't get political journalism like this any more...

An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election of 1936

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#Scotland #Scottishpolitics #politics #RossandCromarty #Dingwall
January 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
My latest area of research, including a copy of Seeds In The Wind apparently signed by both WIlliam Soutar (1933) and his father (1955).

Bob Kelty Book 5

#Research #WilliamSoutar #amwriting #writingcommunity
January 15, 2026 at 11:41 AM
OTD 1936

We don't get political journalism like this any more...

An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election of 1936

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#Scotland #Scottishpolitics #politics #RossandCromarty #Dingwall
January 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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OTD 1936

Crofter Mrs Mackenzie foretells the horror of the NC500. "No new roads," she says.

The Politics of the Dunghill in Dingwall

An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-election 1936

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#Scotland #Scottishpolitics #ScottishHistory #byelections
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 AM
OTD 1936

Crofter Mrs Mackenzie foretells the horror of the NC500. "No new roads," she says.

The Politics of the Dunghill in Dingwall

An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-election 1936

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#Scotland #Scottishpolitics #ScottishHistory #byelections
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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OTD 1936

Ross & Cromarty by-election. A time when we had a National Government.

Given the lamentable standard of modern politicians, across the political divide, a new National Government might not be a bad idea.

www.tinyurl.com1936RossC

#Scottishpolitics #ScottishHistory
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
OTD 1936

Ross & Cromarty by-election. A time when we had a National Government.

Given the lamentable standard of modern politicians, across the political divide, a new National Government might not be a bad idea.

www.tinyurl.com1936RossC

#Scottishpolitics #ScottishHistory
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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What's the longest a book's been on your #tbrpile before you got round to it?

This is Highland River, which I've had since about 1976.
It was published in 1942, using wartime economy measures

So 50 years and I've finally got round to reading it...

#NeilGunn #amreading
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
What's the longest a book's been on your #tbrpile before you got round to it?

This is Highland River, which I've had since about 1976.
It was published in 1942, using wartime economy measures

So 50 years and I've finally got round to reading it...

#NeilGunn #amreading
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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On This Day 1936

Snow blankets Ross-shire - who could have guessed? Electioneering becomes difficult but nothing stops these guys...

An Odious Campaign: Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#WritingCommunity #politics #Scotland #Scottishhistory #Labour #Dingwall
January 11, 2026 at 9:33 AM
On This Day 1936

Snow blankets Ross-shire - who could have guessed? Electioneering becomes difficult but nothing stops these guys...

An Odious Campaign: Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#WritingCommunity #politics #Scotland #Scottishhistory #Labour #Dingwall
January 11, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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OTD 1936

Randolph Churchill is adopted as candidate and chaired through Dingwall; the price of oats rises; snow falls; another wild day in a wild campaign

An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#WritingCommunity #Scotland #politics
January 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM
OTD 1936

Randolph Churchill is adopted as candidate and chaired through Dingwall; the price of oats rises; snow falls; another wild day in a wild campaign

An Odious Campaign: the Ross and Cromarty By-Election 1936

tinyurl.com/1936RossC

#WritingCommunity #Scotland #politics
January 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM