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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 5d

“Things have changed on the ground.”

@longbarrowpress.bsky.social walking in memory of memory.

So much here.

Forget about Netflix. Scroll this route for proper descriptive drama…

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 8d

A walk from Leeds to Goole, via the River Aire, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Knottingley and Goole Canal, the New Junction Canal and the Dutch River, 6.45am to 9.52pm Friday 26 September.

An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/

Shipping containers on the waterside at Stourton, two miles south-east of Leeds city centre.

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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 13d

A ‘Living with SAD’ Wintering Well event with @slipshodspeller.bsky.social

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks David! Very much looking forward to it…

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Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social · Jul 27

An article on 'day of access' in the latest issue of The Great Outdoors– innovative access to wild places for the vulnerable and disabled.

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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · Jul 27

Every strand of this Edinburgh University report could be its own front page.

Yes, some of it will be familiar to historians, but this kind of frank public recognition is all too rare.

Incredible work by many different scholars.

Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds

Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · Jul 7

Someone should write a book about literary scandals.

Oh, hang on...

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/prin...

#thesaltpath

Prince of Tricksters: The Incredible True Story of Netley Lucas, Gentleman Crook a book by Matt Houlbrook.

Meet Netley Lucas, Prince of Tricksters—royal biographer, best-selling crime writer, and gentleman crook. In the years after the Great War, Lucas becomes infamous for climbing the British social ladde...

uk.bookshop.org

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · Mar 21

Congrats to @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social of @edinburghuni.bsky.social , who have won an award for their Wintering Well project with East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust!

Read more here: edgeconference.co.uk/awards/

A photograph of the Wintering Well team during the launch of the project at Kirkintilloch's William Patrick library.

A screenshot of the award citation, which reads:
Wintering Well Boxes is a pioneering and inspirational project developed by East Dunbarton Libraires to improve the health and wellbeing of local people by creating a range of aids for loan to help relieve the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This is a partnership initiative with academics from Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities working with library teams to develop the Wintering Well Boxes. The project has been chosen as a finalist because it has taken libraries from a more passive role in providing health information to a more proactive one with the provision of physical support aids and equipment alongside information as positive treatment for a mental health condition. It is both innovative and inventive and has shown great partnership working with huge support from frontline library staff.

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Feb 28

www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/02/the-...

The Framing of the Earth | Caught by the River | Caught by the River

www.caughtbytheriver.net

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Feb 28

Sign me up for the mobilisation.

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Feb 28

A style bible, bought in monthly instalments for nye on a dozen years. Lovin the glossy-paper nostalgia hit.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · Feb 28

Great to see the 'Living with SAD' project led by @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social of
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social showcased in this @ukri.org blog on research aimed at tackling low winter mood!

Read the full piece here: www.ukri.org/news/ai-supp...

AI supporting our winter wellness

Innovative research can help people tackle barriers to staying well in winter.

www.ukri.org

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Feb 17

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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · Feb 14

Last orders for the ‘Library Encounters’ session CFP for the @rgsibg.bsky.social 2025 conference

Deadline Monday 17th

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Jan 10

The Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society will take place in Birmingham, 26-29th August 2025. If you’re interested in ‘Library Encounters’, whether it be campaigning, collaborating or creating, then do take a look at our session Call for Papers.

@hesterparr.bsky.social

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Laura Anne Collier @lacollier.bsky.social · Feb 6

So proud of the @foscotlibs.bsky.social who went to represent when disability prevented me from being able to get to Holyrood. Here’s hoping that a review of legislation which campaigners have been calling for years for comes to fruition 🤞

Mark Ruskell @markruskell.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hosted a great meeting with library campaigners from across Scotland and MSPs ahead of my Members Debate @scotparl this evening on Save Our Libraries 📚

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Feb 4

It’s time to start a proper national conversation about the way we value our local libraries.
Upcoming…
Holyrood, 05/02/25, 5pm

Friends of Scotland's Libraries @foscotlibs.bsky.social · Feb 4

Today, we sent a press release to journalists ahead of tomorrow's Save Local Libraries Debate in Scottish Parliament.

We hope tomorrow starts an important conversation about how Scotland's libraries can thrive instead of just fighting for survival.

Read full Press Release here: bit.ly/40ZPuyo

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Save Aberdeen Libraries @saveabdnlibs.bsky.social · Feb 3

A couple of us are heading to Edinburgh on Wednesday for this. Please write to your MSPs and ask them to show up.

@slipshodspeller.bsky.social will be representing us at the lunchtime MSP Meet & Greet.

Friends of Scotland's Libraries @foscotlibs.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨 Big news!
Mark Ruskell MSP has secured a Save Local Libraries debate in the Scottish Parliament on Feb 5 at 5 p.m.

Write to your MSPs to urge them to attend the debate and a meet-and-greet from 1-2 p.m. in Committee Room 5: www.writetothem.com

Let’s protect libraries across Scotland! 📚

WriteToThem

WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.

www.writetothem.com

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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · Jan 28

Wee reminder of this CFP on ‘library encounters’ for the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference this year. Have a gleg ⬇️👀

Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Jan 10

The Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society will take place in Birmingham, 26-29th August 2025. If you’re interested in ‘Library Encounters’, whether it be campaigning, collaborating or creating, then do take a look at our session Call for Papers.

@hesterparr.bsky.social

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Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social · Jan 24

i.m. Michael Longley

Waiting for the storm, remembering
the double breaths the wind threw

down the chimney, the uneasy slates
shifting, the lights flickering

on and out, and a candle on a bottle
Mum brings through, just in case.

dailies, 24.I.25

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Sophie Boyd @geographysings.bsky.social · Jan 20

Today is what some people refer to as 'Blue Monday'

January can be a particularly challenging time of year. As part of Wintering Well and #RethinkingSAD, we're encouraging people to get out into the daylight as much as possible - whether that's a lunchtime walk or spending 10 mins at the window.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · Jan 20

A project led by @hesterparr.bsky.social of the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social of @edinburghuni.bsky.social to help East Dunbartonshire library users tackle low winter moods is being hailed as a success.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

(l-r) Professor Hayden Lorimer of the University of Edinburgh, Wintering Well box user Claire Charlwood, and Professor Hester Parr of the University of Glasgow are pictured in Kirkintilloch’s William Patrick library

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Jan 20

Frosty dog walk. Lovely piece of hair ice on show.

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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · Jan 15

My recollection of Nan Shepherd is rather faint but I wrote about the quiet late life (and literary afterlife) of my mother’s friend and teacher, prompted by the new correspondence edited by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social

Fraser MacDonald · Diary: Remembering Nan Shepherd

The novels weren’t the point. The point of Nan Shepherd was herself. My mother described what a thrill it was to be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · Jan 15

And it’s also a wee gem of a read.

Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · Jan 15

It’s also about:

* growing up in Cults
* the quarry wood (pictured)
* Aberdeenshire and North Sea oil
* and the years when Nan Shepherd was published but unread.

Credit to @slipshodspeller.bsky.social whose work was an important source.

A scanned 35mm slide showing a field of Cults Mains Farm, looking out over lower Deeside, pictured around 1963 or 64, before my parents house (along with many others) were built. The quarry wood is visible at the right hand side of the photograph.

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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · Jan 10

The next #RethinkingSAD ‘Wintering Well’ walks are taking place on 14th Jan from Milngavie Library and 17th Jan from William Patrick Library. Sign up!

Milngavie walk: Tuesday 14th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wintering-...
Kirkintilloch walk: Friday 17th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wintering-...

Wintering Well Walk

If you find the dark winter months challenging, why not join our Wintering Well walks? All welcome!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sophie Boyd @geographysings.bsky.social · Jan 10

☀️ As part of a research project on Wintering Well and living with SAD, we are inviting you to get out in the light every day and #ShareYourSunshine ! ☀️

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