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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 6h

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

The Scottish History Society

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 8h

An awesome book delivery from Sherlock & Pages bookshop in Frome, Somerset. Huge thanks! Love their curated collection of books, and found me some gems I didn’t know about. #Booksky

4 books perched on a red sofa. At the top, standing up, are “A Venetian Bestiary” by Jan Morris, and “A Little Book of Somerset” by Maurice Fells. Below them, lying flat, are the graphic novel version of “Watership Down” by Richard Adam, and “Church Curiosities: Strange Objects and Bizarre Legends” by David Castleton.

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 8h

Today's unplanned activity was deciding to finally get graphical adventure game Starship Titanic by Douglas Adams running on my Mac. I went with the low cost GOG version, and with a little jiggery pokery got it running nicely in my existing installation of ScummVM. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starshi...

Starship Titanic - Wikipedia

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Mikey @blockforest.co.uk · Jul 26

Fear ye mortals! You may think you have vanquished Nospurratu but the undead are not easily destroyed! They have returned to rip your furnishings and leave their victims scattered across the kitchen floor!
Here's a revamped linocut of my sold out vampire kitty! www.blockforest.co.uk/products/nos...

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Mikey @blockforest.co.uk · 1d

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 7: Ghoul
This ghoulish little bear is definitely not after porridge.

www.blockforest.co.uk/products/zom...

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 1d

SCA are delighted to present the latest edition of the Archives Review, celebrating the work and projects being undertaken in collections across the country.

We are grateful to all our contributors!

View it here: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/scott...

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 1d

This is my ink drawing of Wayland's Smithy, a Neolithic long barrow close to the Ridgeway in Oxfordshire. It is said that if you leave your horse there with a coin then Wayland will magically reshoe it.
The original artwork is now available on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#TombTuesday

A black and white ink drawing of the neolithic tomb known as Wayland's Smithy

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

Scottish pine martens relocated to Exmoor www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pine martens released on Exmoor in 'positive sign for nature'

They are

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

Newly framed art print, waiting to go on the wall. A4 art print from @blockforest.co.uk. There are just a handful left of this limited edition design. Frame from Frames.co.uk in Manchester. The frame has a really nice wood grain effect cushion moulding. Delighted with it all! Thanks :)

A framed black and white linocut print showing three cats full of character and wearing lots of spooky/occult symbols, gathered around a fire in a forest. Behind an owl sits high in a tree and a large moon peeks out between the trees. The frame is black and the portrait orientation A4 print is standing up on a red cushioned seat.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

British Birds and their Nests ‘Goldfinch’ (1953)
Artist: Allen Seaby

A soft focus illustration of a pair of goldfinch eating the seeds of thistles. The main attraction of the illustration is the depiction of the different textures in soft hues

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 2d

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘October’
(From a 1958 calendar by the always fabulous Ronald Lampitt)

A scene on a busy, beautifully tended allotment. The star of the scene is the wonderfully delicate, slightly hazy October light.

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

Watching my last Edinburgh Book Festival event of the year (on streaming catch up) with historian Hallie Rubenhold interviewed by Val McDermid. www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival... #Booksky #Skystorians

Watch online: Hallie Rubenhold: Not Just Victims

From Mon 11 Aug - Medical fraudsters, fevered manhunts, sudden disappearances - the infamous true story of an Edwardian crime comes to life in Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen...

www.edbookfest.co.uk

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

Releasing stranded baby puffins on a remote Icelandic island www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Releasing stranded baby puffins on a remote Icelandic island

Join the puffin patrol as they rescue lost pufflings on Vestmannaeyjar, off the southern coast of Iceland.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

It moved a month earlier a year ago when I last entered. Change of timing to try to reduce the clashes with ECTOCOMP, the Halloween-themed annual comp.

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Martin Dunstan @martin-dunstan.bsky.social · 3d

Silhouette of a common buzzard being chased by an out-of-frame magpie. They had just been vocally mobbed by five oystercatchers followed by about ten magies. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A black and white image with a silhouette of a common buzzard with a long tail and wings spread flying towards the left with out-of-focus willow leaves and branches in the foreground and bright grey/white sky background.

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Martin Dunstan @martin-dunstan.bsky.social · 3d

A buzzard giving me side-eye while being chased by one of about ten magpies after having been vocally mobbed by five oystercatchers. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A wide shot of a buzzard at the left of frame and a magpie with wings spread wide at right of frame. The buzzard is brown with a hooked beak with brown and white wings. The magpie has a black head and tail with white body; the inner part of their wings is black with fanned out white flight feathers.

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 3d

Some photos from my husband's Saturday walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

One of the arches of an old railway viaduct peeking out in the middle surrounded by green trees to the left, right and in front.

A dipper bird perched on a branch about a metre above a river. Behind it are loads of green leaves. It’s unusual to see a dipper so high.

A very fluffy black, orange and white bumblebee perched on spiky green spherical ivy flowers, wings spread wide.

A dipper flying from right to left above a frothy white flecked river. It has been photographed mid flight, its wings below.

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 3d

Some photos from my husband's Saturday walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 4d

This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw

#Skystorians

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 4d

And we’ve just got to my husband’s first (and possibly only) “Which one’s the professional?” of the night. Which was very predictable in this case. 😜 #Strictly

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 4d

Catching up with Strictly at speed. And I just said “I don’t think we’ve had anyone pretend to play an accordion before!”

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 5d

Rare medieval remains uncovered in Glasgow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rare medieval remains uncovered in Glasgow

An archaeology team uncovers pottery and well-preserved wooden posts and fencing at a site in the Gallowgate area.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 6d

Other work by the Ladybird artists.
‘Ludlow Castle’ (Readers Digest magazine)
Artist: SR Badmin

Finally detailed mixed media illustration of a view looking down into the Severn Valley and up towards Ludlow Castle, surrounded by autumn trees

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 5d

Ladybird books in the spotlight:
British Birds and their Nests (1953 - 1956)
Artist: Allen Seaby

Front covers of the three books which were the first real non-fiction books for older children that Ladybird produced and were the start of the phenomenal increase in sales

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 6d

Oh it’s my umpteenth reread. I’ve lost count now of how many times I’ve read it :)

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