Severin Carrell
@severincarrell.bsky.social
Scotland editor for the Guardian. A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss)
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
Big shout out to Reach and the Daily Record for illustrating a story about Scottish postal delays over Christmas with a photograph of Portman Square in London @dailyrecord.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Big shout out to Reach and the Daily Record for illustrating a story about Scottish postal delays over Christmas with a photograph of Portman Square in London @dailyrecord.co.uk
Without the slightest hint of irony, this, from @washingtonpost.com
So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸
So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Without the slightest hint of irony, this, from @washingtonpost.com
So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸
So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
In a bold update to “champagne socialism”, the @newstatesman.com - erstwhile home to Bernard Shaw, Keynes and Hitchens - is partnering with the Luxury Restaurant Guide (c)(tm), featuring Alex Dilling’s £215 tasting menu
September 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
In a bold update to “champagne socialism”, the @newstatesman.com - erstwhile home to Bernard Shaw, Keynes and Hitchens - is partnering with the Luxury Restaurant Guide (c)(tm), featuring Alex Dilling’s £215 tasting menu
The Salford Bard has a side hustle!
Who knew?
Who knew?
August 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Salford Bard has a side hustle!
Who knew?
Who knew?
Dinner time! 🐝🌻
August 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Dinner time! 🐝🌻
A profusion of #ladybirds today - more than a dozen seen within a couple of m2. Seven-spotted and Harlequin ladybirds 🐞 (no yellow ones yet)
July 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A profusion of #ladybirds today - more than a dozen seen within a couple of m2. Seven-spotted and Harlequin ladybirds 🐞 (no yellow ones yet)
and another 14-spot yellow investigating a sunflower
June 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
and another 14-spot yellow investigating a sunflower
It’s ladybird season in sunny #Edinburgh - a 14-spot yellow (I think…) and a 7-spot on our raspberry canes #ladybird #itsabugslife 🐞
June 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s ladybird season in sunny #Edinburgh - a 14-spot yellow (I think…) and a 7-spot on our raspberry canes #ladybird #itsabugslife 🐞
Welcome to #Aberdeen, Scotland’s energy capital, where electric chargers a) have cobwebs on them; b) provide 7kw when they promise 22; c) don’t actually work at all - assuming you can find one
June 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Welcome to #Aberdeen, Scotland’s energy capital, where electric chargers a) have cobwebs on them; b) provide 7kw when they promise 22; c) don’t actually work at all - assuming you can find one
A small group of protesters, and a small dog, have arrived to picket Nigel Farage and Reform in Aberdeen
#ReformUK #Hamiltonbyelection
#ReformUK #Hamiltonbyelection
June 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A small group of protesters, and a small dog, have arrived to picket Nigel Farage and Reform in Aberdeen
#ReformUK #Hamiltonbyelection
#ReformUK #Hamiltonbyelection
May 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Then the Republicans nominated Lindbergh and everything changed”
May 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Then the Republicans nominated Lindbergh and everything changed”
a contrast in real time - two Hungary’s
May 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
a contrast in real time - two Hungary’s
And in my mother's family, Terrence Garraghan volunteered for a voyage to Russia as a cabin boy, and another in his family joined the Royal Artillery to die in Burma; he is buried in Darjeeling, India.
Terrence won a Distinguished Service Medal for courage at sea on that voyage, aged 16
#VEDay80
Terrence won a Distinguished Service Medal for courage at sea on that voyage, aged 16
#VEDay80
May 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
And in my mother's family, Terrence Garraghan volunteered for a voyage to Russia as a cabin boy, and another in his family joined the Royal Artillery to die in Burma; he is buried in Darjeeling, India.
Terrence won a Distinguished Service Medal for courage at sea on that voyage, aged 16
#VEDay80
Terrence won a Distinguished Service Medal for courage at sea on that voyage, aged 16
#VEDay80