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'The man o' independent mind,
He looks an' laughs at a' that.'
He looks an' laughs at a' that.'
Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord,
Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that,
Tho’ hundreds worship at his word,
He’s but a coof for a’ that.
A Man's A Man For A That : #RobertBurns theorkneynews.scot/2025/01/25/a...
Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that,
Tho’ hundreds worship at his word,
He’s but a coof for a’ that.
A Man's A Man For A That : #RobertBurns theorkneynews.scot/2025/01/25/a...
A Man’s A Man For A That : #RobertBurns
Is there for honest PovertyThat hings his head, an’ a’ that;The coward-slave, we pass him by,We dare be poor for a’ that!For a’ that, an’ a’ that.Our toils obscure an’ a’ that,The rank is but the g…
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January 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
'The man o' independent mind,
He looks an' laughs at a' that.'
He looks an' laughs at a' that.'
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WH Smith considers possible sale of its high street business
WH Smith considers possible sale of its high street business
British retailer says it plans to explore strategic options for the future of its stores
WH Smith is exploring potential options for its high street business, including a sale, the British retailer said.
More details soon … Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
WH Smith considers possible sale of its high street business
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‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out
‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out
University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity
Botanic gardens around the world are failing to conserve the rarest and most threatened species growing in their living collections because they are…
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out
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Burns got it richt, as usual:
The wind blew as ’twad blawn its last
The rattlin showers rose on the blast
The speedy gleams the darkness swallow’d
Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow’d:
That night, a child might understand
The Deil had business on his hand
Haud on tae yer tails, fowk
The wind blew as ’twad blawn its last
The rattlin showers rose on the blast
The speedy gleams the darkness swallow’d
Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow’d:
That night, a child might understand
The Deil had business on his hand
Haud on tae yer tails, fowk
January 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Burns got it richt, as usual:
The wind blew as ’twad blawn its last
The rattlin showers rose on the blast
The speedy gleams the darkness swallow’d
Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow’d:
That night, a child might understand
The Deil had business on his hand
Haud on tae yer tails, fowk
The wind blew as ’twad blawn its last
The rattlin showers rose on the blast
The speedy gleams the darkness swallow’d
Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow’d:
That night, a child might understand
The Deil had business on his hand
Haud on tae yer tails, fowk
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The Darnley Sycamore. One of the most important trees in Scotland, linked directly to Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley.
As the city celebrates its 850th anniversary, hopefully @glasgowcc.bsky.social can act quickly to save and care for this local historic totem. 🌳
#StormÉowyn
As the city celebrates its 850th anniversary, hopefully @glasgowcc.bsky.social can act quickly to save and care for this local historic totem. 🌳
#StormÉowyn
January 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Darnley Sycamore. One of the most important trees in Scotland, linked directly to Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley.
As the city celebrates its 850th anniversary, hopefully @glasgowcc.bsky.social can act quickly to save and care for this local historic totem. 🌳
#StormÉowyn
As the city celebrates its 850th anniversary, hopefully @glasgowcc.bsky.social can act quickly to save and care for this local historic totem. 🌳
#StormÉowyn
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'Bright Coast, Long Shadows', Bryan Angus, linocut.
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bryanangusart.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
'Bright Coast, Long Shadows', Bryan Angus, linocut.
bryanangusart.com
bryanangusart.com
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📚 Robert Burns was born #OnThisDay 1759. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1787 Edinburgh First Edition of "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect" by him. He visited Dunblane same year. This edition has additional 17 poems & 5 new songs, as well as most poems in 1786 Kilmarnock Edition…/👇
January 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
📚 Robert Burns was born #OnThisDay 1759. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1787 Edinburgh First Edition of "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect" by him. He visited Dunblane same year. This edition has additional 17 poems & 5 new songs, as well as most poems in 1786 Kilmarnock Edition…/👇
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Good news. The Co-operative Heritage Trust will be able to catalogue and open up the Co-operative College Archival Collection with this money. (And there’s a vacancy for a project archivist: www.co-operativeheritage.coop/jobs-and-vol...)
www.co-operativeheritage.coop/Pages/Catego...
www.co-operativeheritage.coop/Pages/Catego...
Co-operative Heritage Trust receives support for Seeds of Change Project thanks to National Lottery Players
Co-operative Heritage Trust receives support from National Lottery Players Seeds of Change: Documenting the history of the Co-operative College The Co-operative Heritage Trust is pleased ...
www.co-operativeheritage.coop
January 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Good news. The Co-operative Heritage Trust will be able to catalogue and open up the Co-operative College Archival Collection with this money. (And there’s a vacancy for a project archivist: www.co-operativeheritage.coop/jobs-and-vol...)
www.co-operativeheritage.coop/Pages/Catego...
www.co-operativeheritage.coop/Pages/Catego...
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People ask me what my hobbies are.
One of them is definitely Books.
Not just reading books and getting lost in them but the smell of books, going to (used)bookstores and libraries.
Who’s with me?
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookThrifting
One of them is definitely Books.
Not just reading books and getting lost in them but the smell of books, going to (used)bookstores and libraries.
Who’s with me?
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookThrifting
December 27, 2024 at 8:26 PM
People ask me what my hobbies are.
One of them is definitely Books.
Not just reading books and getting lost in them but the smell of books, going to (used)bookstores and libraries.
Who’s with me?
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookThrifting
One of them is definitely Books.
Not just reading books and getting lost in them but the smell of books, going to (used)bookstores and libraries.
Who’s with me?
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookThrifting
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Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded
December 27, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded
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December 28, 2024 at 12:46 AM
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From Antiquity to the Middle Ages: The White Stork’s Journey Across Europe https://www.medievalists.net/2024/10/from-antiquity-to-the-middle-ages-the-white-storks-journey-across-europe/ #MedievalWorld
From Antiquity to the Middle Ages: The White Stork's Journey Across Europe - Medievalists.net
How ancient is this bond between humans and storks? Where did it first form, and how has it evolved over time?
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December 6, 2024 at 2:05 PM
From Antiquity to the Middle Ages: The White Stork’s Journey Across Europe https://www.medievalists.net/2024/10/from-antiquity-to-the-middle-ages-the-white-storks-journey-across-europe/ #MedievalWorld
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We are celebrating a huge milestone with our forthcoming October issue: 600 issues since our first publication in 1886! To mark the occasion, we invited a number of friends of the journal to reflect on individual articles of their choice. Read their assessments here:
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Celebrating the 600th English Historical Review
The English Historical Review has just published its 600th number. To celebrate this landmark, the editors asked some of the journal’s long-standing friend
academic.oup.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:28 AM
We are celebrating a huge milestone with our forthcoming October issue: 600 issues since our first publication in 1886! To mark the occasion, we invited a number of friends of the journal to reflect on individual articles of their choice. Read their assessments here:
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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The Mound's "electric blanket" was completed in December 1959 at a cost of £4716. In its first year it cost £1018 to heat, double expectations. It was abandoned in 1975 to avoid digging up the road surface - which still had 20 years life in it - to repair the blanket wires @edinreporter.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 11:09 AM
The Mound's "electric blanket" was completed in December 1959 at a cost of £4716. In its first year it cost £1018 to heat, double expectations. It was abandoned in 1975 to avoid digging up the road surface - which still had 20 years life in it - to repair the blanket wires @edinreporter.bsky.social
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Viking Sword Fragment Discovered in The Netherlands https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/viking-sword-fragment-discovered-in-the-netherlands/ #archaeologysky #vikings #Netherlands
Viking Sword Fragment Discovered in The Netherlands - Medievalists.net
A fragment of a 10th-century Viking sword, the first of its kind discovered in the Netherlands, has been unearthed near the Frisian town of Witmarsum. This remarkable find, a pommel cap that once…
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November 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Viking Sword Fragment Discovered in The Netherlands https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/viking-sword-fragment-discovered-in-the-netherlands/ #archaeologysky #vikings #Netherlands