Hamish Lean
@carnrigh.bsky.social
Agricultural lawyer based in Aberdeen.
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Pictish cross from a broch alert! From Crosskirk Broch, Caithness
PICTURES: Winter stroll leads to historic find: Thurso mother and daughter uncover ancient cross near St Mary’s Chapel
A casual winter stroll along the Caithness coast led a mother and daughter to discover an archaeological marvel hiding in plain sight.
www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Pictish cross from a broch alert! From Crosskirk Broch, Caithness
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This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
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Me on Trump as a fascist, free to read (as if anyone will)
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0U...
My discussion with Brian on WNYC:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/bl-...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0U...
My discussion with Brian on WNYC:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/bl-...
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Me on Trump as a fascist, free to read (as if anyone will)
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0U...
My discussion with Brian on WNYC:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/bl-...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0U...
My discussion with Brian on WNYC:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/bl-...
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Nov 8: Feast of Gartnait of Kinneddar, Moray, a major ecclesiastical site of northern Pictland. Its box-shrine fragment showing the Old Testament David rending a lion’s jaws, left, has a close parallel in the St Andrews Sarcophagus, right. 📸Historic Environment Scotland #medievalsky
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Nov 8: Feast of Gartnait of Kinneddar, Moray, a major ecclesiastical site of northern Pictland. Its box-shrine fragment showing the Old Testament David rending a lion’s jaws, left, has a close parallel in the St Andrews Sarcophagus, right. 📸Historic Environment Scotland #medievalsky
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Ok, you find it funny or interesting why some centuries are "long" and others are "short" and why do historians use terms like "the Middle Ages" or "the Renaissance" but get cross about it all the time? And keep forbidding things like "the Dark Ages"? Isn't it weird?
Well, no. 1/
Well, no. 1/
a woman in a black dress sits on a couch and says " i forbid it "
ALT: a woman in a black dress sits on a couch and says " i forbid it "
media.tenor.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Ok, you find it funny or interesting why some centuries are "long" and others are "short" and why do historians use terms like "the Middle Ages" or "the Renaissance" but get cross about it all the time? And keep forbidding things like "the Dark Ages"? Isn't it weird?
Well, no. 1/
Well, no. 1/
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The Trump 'peace' plan for #Ukraine is no such thing; it is an instrument of surrender.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Plan to Sell Out Ukraine to Russia
His proposal to end the war isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.
www.theatlantic.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Trump 'peace' plan for #Ukraine is no such thing; it is an instrument of surrender.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Kicking off Friday night
February 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Kicking off Friday night
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The Rotting of the Conservative Mind: the Tory party bends the knee to Donald Trump.
A disgrace and one for which they deserve to be judged. open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...
A disgrace and one for which they deserve to be judged. open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...
The Rotting of the Conservative Mind
Britain's Tories bend the knee to Donald Trump and disgrace themselves
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Rotting of the Conservative Mind: the Tory party bends the knee to Donald Trump.
A disgrace and one for which they deserve to be judged. open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...
A disgrace and one for which they deserve to be judged. open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...
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St Madoes I
A #Pictish cross-slab of the highest quality, my images from Perth Museum.
Note the:
- Gripping dog-like beasts
- Possible pairs of lions
- Interlace & spiral bosses
- Hooded riders
- Pictish symbols:
= crescent & V-rod
= double disc & Z-rod
= Pictish Beast
canmore.org.uk/site/28201
A #Pictish cross-slab of the highest quality, my images from Perth Museum.
Note the:
- Gripping dog-like beasts
- Possible pairs of lions
- Interlace & spiral bosses
- Hooded riders
- Pictish symbols:
= crescent & V-rod
= double disc & Z-rod
= Pictish Beast
canmore.org.uk/site/28201
February 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
St Madoes I
A #Pictish cross-slab of the highest quality, my images from Perth Museum.
Note the:
- Gripping dog-like beasts
- Possible pairs of lions
- Interlace & spiral bosses
- Hooded riders
- Pictish symbols:
= crescent & V-rod
= double disc & Z-rod
= Pictish Beast
canmore.org.uk/site/28201
A #Pictish cross-slab of the highest quality, my images from Perth Museum.
Note the:
- Gripping dog-like beasts
- Possible pairs of lions
- Interlace & spiral bosses
- Hooded riders
- Pictish symbols:
= crescent & V-rod
= double disc & Z-rod
= Pictish Beast
canmore.org.uk/site/28201
On the turntable tonight
February 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On the turntable tonight
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Winter is Here. A low and dishonourable week brings an end to eighty years of western history.
open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...
open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...
Winter Has Come
Eighty years of western history ended this week. What comes next is not likely to be good.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Winter is Here. A low and dishonourable week brings an end to eighty years of western history.
open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...
open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...
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If you’d like to apply for this job at our ‘ultra-progressive institution’ please visit the National Trust Jobs website. NB our member retention has remained higher than average throughout the cost of living crisis and visits & donations have increased. www.gbnews.com/news/nationa...
‘Woke’ National Trust SLAMMED for 'Head of Inclusivity' job - 40k a year for THREE days a week, huge pension, 32 days off and more
The ultra-progressive institution saw membership drop last year as it pursued various woke policies including mandatory vegan food quotas in cafes and slavery reports
www.gbnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If you’d like to apply for this job at our ‘ultra-progressive institution’ please visit the National Trust Jobs website. NB our member retention has remained higher than average throughout the cost of living crisis and visits & donations have increased. www.gbnews.com/news/nationa...
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NEW
Why the Truss "lettuce before action" is worse than you thought - and it has a worrying implication for free speech
A wider look at the libel letter from the former Prime Minister
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/01/why-...
Why the Truss "lettuce before action" is worse than you thought - and it has a worrying implication for free speech
A wider look at the libel letter from the former Prime Minister
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/01/why-...
Why the Truss "lettuce before action" is worse than you thought - and it has a worrying implication for free speech
A considered look at the libel letter from the former Prime Minister
emptycity.substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
NEW
Why the Truss "lettuce before action" is worse than you thought - and it has a worrying implication for free speech
A wider look at the libel letter from the former Prime Minister
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/01/why-...
Why the Truss "lettuce before action" is worse than you thought - and it has a worrying implication for free speech
A wider look at the libel letter from the former Prime Minister
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/01/why-...
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80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz survivors!!!
Never forget!
Also, follow Auschwitz Memorial
Never forget!
Also, follow Auschwitz Memorial
We expect that some 50 Auschwitz Survivors will come to the Memorial for the 80th anniversary of the liberation.
The eyes and ears of the world should rest upon them.
We must safeguard their voices from silence, distortion, or being overshadowed.
(Photo: https://buff.ly/4jd1BiU)
The eyes and ears of the world should rest upon them.
We must safeguard their voices from silence, distortion, or being overshadowed.
(Photo: https://buff.ly/4jd1BiU)
January 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz survivors!!!
Never forget!
Also, follow Auschwitz Memorial
Never forget!
Also, follow Auschwitz Memorial
Tonight’s vinyl selection.
January 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tonight’s vinyl selection.
Winter evening light. Moon almost full. Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune all visible, although not in this picture!
January 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Winter evening light. Moon almost full. Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune all visible, although not in this picture!
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Conservative intellectuals explain the secret brilliance of Trump's threats to invade our hemispheric allies www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Conservative-Intellectual Case for Annexing Greenland
Donald Trump’s defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Conservative intellectuals explain the secret brilliance of Trump's threats to invade our hemispheric allies www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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I'm in Roubaix.
Have a read (this one's not behind a paywall)
nedboulting.substack.com/p/roubaix-fo...
Have a read (this one's not behind a paywall)
nedboulting.substack.com/p/roubaix-fo...
January 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm in Roubaix.
Have a read (this one's not behind a paywall)
nedboulting.substack.com/p/roubaix-fo...
Have a read (this one's not behind a paywall)
nedboulting.substack.com/p/roubaix-fo...
Setting the mood for 2025
January 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Setting the mood for 2025
Not sure what this says about me!
December 31, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Not sure what this says about me!
Aberdeenshire coast
December 31, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Aberdeenshire coast
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Fittingly for the end of the year here is my new piece revisiting the Rhine crossings of 406. Putting the widow Geruchia and Jerome’s vision of history center stage, the article questions the founding myth of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The ends of history? Jerome, Geruchia, and the Rhine crossings
This article revisits Jerome’s treatment of the Rhine crossings of 406 in his letter to the widow Geruchia, and the broader issue of breaching the Roman limes. It argues that his description of the e...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 27, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Fittingly for the end of the year here is my new piece revisiting the Rhine crossings of 406. Putting the widow Geruchia and Jerome’s vision of history center stage, the article questions the founding myth of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....