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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 2d

Always loved her books.

Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · 2d

RIP lovely Jilly Cooper, the only subject of a @backlisted.bsky.social episode to write us all thank you letters afterwards. ❤️

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 2d

This is brilliant. You had to be there.

Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 2d

At some point in 2017 I made this. The world just wasn’t ready…

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 4d

Today's artist w/out a known birthday: Luis Egidio Meléndez, brilliant still-life painter from Madrid. Also quite able in other areas, as displayed in his self-portrait w/ an academic drawing, 1747. Plus Historical Hottie du jour!

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 4d

John Rattray, here on #LeithLinks, helped draw up the first rules of #golf and was the winner of the first Open in 1744. Also a doctor and a #Jacobite, he very likely escaped execution after the #JacobiteRising of 1745-6 due to the intervention of his golfing buddy, Duncan Forbes of #Culloden.

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 11d

I remember this well, it was very inspiring.

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 11d

Waverley is Edinburgh’s main railway station, & it’s named after Walter Scott’s bestselling 1814 novel WAVERLEY; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. In 2014 the @edincityoflit.bsky.social celebrated the novel’s 200th anniversary in Waverley station
#BookWormSat #C19th 💙📚 🚂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOBE...

Great Scott! Responses to Sir Walter Scott's quotes in Edinburgh's Waverley station

YouTube video by Edinburgh CityofLiterature

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 11d

A dish of coffee sounds OK. Think some politicians don't know how to retire gracefully. I remember a furious argument way back when with a friend as to why Tony Blair didn't need to know if I was going to the beach. Argument was put that those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear...

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John M 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @john0109.bsky.social · 13d

@shonamaclean.bsky.social Mrs M has (again!) deserted me for some dude named Damien Seeker. Apparently he's a tall, good-looking, intelligent Yorkshireman. The fact that I don't measure up to someone who's been dead for over 300 years is hurtful. 😭 Shame on you Shona!

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 11d

I see Tony Blair has a hand in this, having tried and failed before to get us to carry ID cards. On a separate subject, oh great coffee and coffee house guru, do you think my mid 1700s hero in Edinburgh would be longing for a cup or a bowl of coffee?

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 13d

Thrilled to see these!

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 13d

Manuscript notes and character sketches written by Maria Edgeworth in planning her novels; some pages are extended by sewn-on scraps of paper. Amazing to see these, and the original case she stored them in!

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 13d

Woman’s kimono worn as a veil (kazuki), River and Japanese maple leaves motif, Japan, linen fabric, partially stencil-dyed tsutsugaki, 134.6 x 134.1 cm, 19th century, Japan. Private Collection.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 24d

Wearing a long-sleeved furisode in Japan

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 24d

This rinzu (damask) chirimen (crepe) silk kimono presents large-scale stenciled leaves in rich purple and vibrant green against a warm golden-beige ground. Taisho period (1912-1926) Japan

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 25d

Do we know what the dog was called? This is a lovely painting. My late brother had it on his bedroom wall when he was a student so it always reminds me of him.

Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 25d

Portrait of the Five Eldest Children of Charles, by Sir Anthony Van Dyck - from left to right, Princess Mary, James, Duke of York, Prince Charles, Princess Elizabeth, and Princess Anne #StuartSaturday

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 25d

Portrait of the Five Eldest Children of Charles, by Sir Anthony Van Dyck - from left to right, Princess Mary, James, Duke of York, Prince Charles, Princess Elizabeth, and Princess Anne #StuartSaturday

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 25d

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 27d

I shall communicate your approval to him.

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 27d

It's such a beautiful bridge!

Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 27d

Engineering as a beautiful work of art. This is the Kylesku Bridge on the west coast of Sutherland, seen in summer and in winter. The bridge replaced the Kylesku Ferry - or a 100-mile detour via Lairg - when it opened in 1984. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Sutherland

The Kylesku Bridge. Both images show the Kylesku Bridge from a viewpoint above its northern end. It sweeps in from the bottom and then curves around to the right on tall narrow legs obove an inlet from the sea. In the background is a rough shoreline. One of the images shows the bridge on a day with clear blue skies and green vegetation, while the other shows it after snow, with the landscape largely covered and snow lining both sides of the roadway. The sky in the snowy picture is grey.

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clare @clarelynot.bsky.social · 27d

wow my degree from university of wales is also looking sus today then

Shona MacLean @shonamaclean.bsky.social · 28d

Have just read on the BBC that "the UK's first 'super-university', stretching across an entire region" is to be creaed by merging the universities of Kent and Greenwich, and I'm thinking it's a shame they've never heard of the University of the Highlands and Islands.

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 27d

I've still got my old Adler Gabrielle - midi-sized - that I bought in Selfridge's in Regent Street in the 1970s. I was contemplating seeing if any old machines collectors might give it a kind home until my better half said I might need it when the electricity goes off. For good, he means.

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 27d

Surgeons' Hall Museums @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 27d

These class medals are from extra-mural schools in Edinburgh that offered woman a way into medicine prior to the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889. These were awarded to Dr Alexandra Chalmers Watson, who later became the first woman to receive a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1898

A silver medal inscribed with the Medical College For Women, Edinburgh.

Bronze medallion with "Practical Pathology Session 1894-95. Awarded to M.A.C Geddes. Alexander Bruce Lecturer."

Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · 27d

Remember loving Raclette when we lived for a couple of years in Switzerland.

Lizet Kruyff @lizetkruyff.bsky.social · 27d

Raclette season has started #foodhistory #cheese #tradition www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/when-...

When the Cows Come Home in the Alps, the Swiss Eat Raclette

Every September, dairy farmers herd cattle from high-alpine pastures back to the villages where they reside for the winter and celebrate the occasion by roasting cheese over a fire

www.smithsonianmag.com

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 27d

Old post card from Japan on Flickr.

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 28d

10th September 2025 06.34

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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 28d

Stobo Kirk, south-west of Peebles in the Scottish Borders. It is one of the oldest standing churches in Scotland, largely dating back to around 1120, and was built near the place where St Mungo is said to have baptised Merlin. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #ScottishBorders

Stobo Kirk. The image shows a view from a slightly higher level of the church, which is finished in grey harling and is in bright sunlight. The tower is at the right-hand end and the rest of the church extends to the left and away from us. There are buildings in the valley beyond the church and fields and woods climb in the background.

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · Sep 8

I bought a grocery trolley so I don’t keep screwing up my shoulders carrying heavy bags back from the store. It has dogs. I love it so.

Yay for normalizing mobility aids at any age/level of ability!

Me presenting a little grocery trolley with multicolored dogs on it. I look very pleased with myself.

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