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Ann Walker

@annwalker.bsky.social
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Enthusiast for lifelong learning, books, trivia and the Isle of Lewis (Niseach).

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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A person can stand inside the lime tree trunk on the left. A natural sentry box. #ThickTrunkTuesday #Stockholm
Two lime trees flanking a mustard coloured pavilion with a lake in the background. The tree on the left has a vertical hollow in its trunk.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've just remembered to check www.tripfiction.com after being away. It's a database of books based on their geographical setting. Might read a collection of short stories set in Riga. #BookSky 💙📚
tripfiction.com
Home Page - TripFiction
Books set in location offer great holiday reading. They help us get under the skin of a place in a way that is impossible to do with a travel guide.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The National Library of Latvia in Riga is stunning. People formed a 2km human chain to tranfer books over the Stone Bridge from the former Library when it opened in 2014. It was full of #Erasmus student activity when we visited. #Culture #Riga
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
View from the door of a Cotswold cottage. #treetuesday #treetrunktuesday.
View of a green leafy tree on a lawn seen through a diamond-shaped window.
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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes - the cuts to further and adult education have been a massive disservice to wellbeing, self actualisation, community cohesion, political engagement & media literacy - well as skills development & the economy 👍🥹
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New parcel/letter box on Briggate, Leeds. #PostboxSaturday
Postbox with a pull-down cover on an opening for parcels above a letter box slot. CR cypher.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Apparently this beautiful Cotswold church in #Blockley, Gloucestershire, is a well-known location on a tv series.
Honey coloured houses lining a road leading to a church with a four-cornered bell tower.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Lovely idea. Well cared for memorial benches with built in flower holders. #HartlepoolHeadland.
Memorial benches along a seaside promenade with filled metal flower holders at the end of each one.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Call for Papers #Adulteducation #Socialism socialhistoryportal.org/news/article...
socialhistoryportal.org
CfP: Socialism & Adult Education Historical perspectives for a revived lifelong learning (Socialist History. Journal of the Socialist History society) | Social History Portal
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
38d.gs/2bjo
38d.gs
Save Our Freeview TV
Unbelievable. The Government is threatening to switch off Freeview TV, forcing millions to pay for expensive broadband just to keep their telly. We have just days to force them to back down. Sign the...
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Good to see Agnes Owens getting some attention.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Chance for community-minded people with lived experience of west coast island life to join the #Ferries Community Board (FCB). The FCB is an independent group working closely with #Calmac to shape network-wide ferry improvements. calm.ac/4bLwOHN
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Board Member Vacancies - Clyde and Hebrides Ferries Community Board … - David McBrayne Ltd, West Coast
David McBrayne Ltd - We are looking for several community-minded individuals with lived experience of west coast island life to join the Ferries Community Board (FCB).
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Very last chance to object to the #SpioradnaMara project planned for the #IsleofLewis if you feel so inclined. tinyurl.com/47k39ry4
hebrideanbreakers.substack.com
The N4 planning story
A deep dive into the N4 Spiorad na Mara planning process, with one day left for objections, and a look back at the Comhairle's positions and repositions on the controversial project.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Lovely job for someone.
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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.
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Susannah Crockford @suscrockford.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I keep seeing versions of this argument. Yet I am still waiting for it to be taken seriously by those institutions responsible for maintaining the humanities.
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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“Every town to-day needs an educational centre. The form in which such a centre can be established must vary in different places.” cambridgetownowl.com/2026/07/03/t...
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Dry stone wall in the car park at #Sporsnis, #Ness, #IsleofLewis. Village of #Eoropie in the background. #WallsonWednesday
Section of dry stone wall with a border of flowers and white stones. Blue skies and village houses in the background.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Yes. So much excellent research and practice is definitely relevant and needed now. #Adulteducation #Adultedu #LifelongLearning
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Distinctive stonework at Crail harbour in the East Neuk of Fife. Often see a wider view of the harbour on the opening credits of An Là, the Gaelic evening news programme. #WallsonWednesday
Harbour at low tide with creels and small boats. Harbour walls with stones set vertically and horizontally.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Wall mounted VR postbox in East Linton, East Lothian. #PostboxSaturday
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Good to see. #Gaelic tinyurl.com/5ez3p4fx
tinyurl.com
New Gaelic Learning Festival set to launch in Fife
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Good to read about adult education that contributes to an informed democracy. There's such a rich history of political education. It needs a future too. #Lifelonglearning #Politicaleducation
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
GR postbox at Edzell, Angus, Scotland. A tidy wee town where they love their dogs. #PostboxSaturday
Postbox set into the wall of an old post office and pop up shop. Sign for a 'dog station' next to it.
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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“If the road to the education of all adults is to be a long one, then it is important to make haste. It is also important to keep the ideal in mind for it is our only chance of securing the just society and the better life for all which democracy demands." cambridgetownowl.com/2026/06/16/t...
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
As govt is going to ban social media for kids, then they should also: - invest in youth clubs and social spaces where young people are welcome - put some actual money into libraries - mandate that secondary schools supply offline learning resources - implement effective regulation
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Symptomatic of a long, slow slide into cultural decline over decades since university extramural courses began to be run down. #LifelongLearning
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#Birds and #bees in Leeds today. Well #birdsong anyway.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A day late for #WorldBeeDay.
Bee hovering on a bright yellow California Poppy.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Interesting comparison with the 18 letters of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet that also relate to tree names owlscotland.org/resources/a-...
owlscotland.org
Aibidil na Ghàidhlig le Craobhan: the Gaelic alphabet through trees
Each of the 18 letters of the Gaelic alphabet relates to a tree name. This bilingual poster lists the letters and the tree names in Gaelic and English.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#WallsonWednesday at #Strathaven Castle. A bonny wee town near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
Stone outer castle wall covered in orange lichen. Featuring an old doorway blocked up with stone.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Postbox in Knockaird, Ness, Isle of Lewis, last summer. #PostboxSaturday
Postbox with storm flap, mounted on a post and surrounded by wild flowers.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Seen in Stornoway.
Sign saying, "Our door is always open", above another sign saying, "Please use other door".
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Post Office House, Meikleour, Perthshire. #postboxsaturday
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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
NEW BLOGPOST: "The adult-education-shaped gap in the Government’s social cohesion policy" cambridgetownowl.com/2026/03/12/t...
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The adult-education-shaped gap in the Government’s social cohesion policy
The Housing and Communities Secretary published his policy paper here You can: watch his statement on Social Cohesion to Parliament (and the Qs from MPs) here browse through the transcript in Hansa…
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Dry stone wall on the track to the Dell River mouth in Ness, #IsleofLewis. Dell Rock is visible in the sea. #WallsonWednesday.
Old dry stone wall topped with wire fencing. Wild flowers and sea in the background.
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George Hotchkiss @hotchkiss13.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Old idea I’ll recycle. Anyone promoting war has to volunteer or put forward a family member.
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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
When words come home: Gaelic, memory and the meaning of #care. #SeachdainnaGàidhlig, #dementia, #Gaelic #socialcare, #GaelicWeek, #belonging scottishcare.org/when-words-c...
scottishcare.org
When words come home: Gaelic, memory and the meaning of care
There are moments when language stops being a tool and becomes a refuge. For me, Gaelic has always been like that. Not simply a language I inherited, but a way of being in the world,
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
James Campbell began writing this book in a Creative Writing class at #SwarthmoreEducationCentre in Leeds. A success story for #AdultLearning #BookSky. tinyurl.com/3zppsw3e
Bookcover showing a white dove with blood-red blotches and the book's title and author - Blackshroud by J.M. Campbell
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Postbox with a solar panel and cheery companion bollards in Chapel Allerton, Leeds. #PostboxSaturday
Postbox with a solar panel and a row of bollards painted to look like miniature postboxes
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Today is #NationalPuzzleDay and DID YOU KNOW that along with an extensive collection of loanable jigsaws we ALSO HAVE FREE ONLINE JIGSAWS you can solve at: jigsawplanet.com/OrkneyLibrary We started publishing them online during lockdown and we now have over 80 puzzles to solve! 🧩
An online jigsaw featuring an image of Orkney Library & Archive
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Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
If you’re looking for an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible, libro.fm might be worth checking out. It shares revenue with your nominated local bookshop, and the audiobooks you buy are DRM-free. Meaning you can keep them forever. Unlike Audible! ✊🏻
libro.fm
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Satisfied but sad to have almost finished @nicolaupson.bsky.social's Josephine Tey novels mixing real historical facts with the author's imagined life. Beautifully researched and written prompting a lot of thinking about the characters, events and ethics behind the stories.
Images of book covers for 3 of Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey novels - An Expert In Murder, Angel With Two faces and Two For Sorrow.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The kitchen range in Robert Burns' House in Dumfries. #burnsnight #robertburns #scotland #burnsnight2026
Kitchen range stove with small, low round table to the right and wooden chair to the left with a blanket draped over it.
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association @pssatweets.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Do YOU know about our UNIQUE DATABASE: 💥STATUES of WOMEN💥 We produce the only ongoing database of statues of non-royal named UK Women FIND out HERE pssauk.org/women/
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
St Moluag's Church, Eoropaidh, Ness, #IsleofLewis. At least 800 years old. Stained glass window shown from the inside and with its plain glass protection from severe weather on the outside. #StainedGlassSunday
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Really got into this series this afternoon, as Ian Hamilton visits various towns around Scotland, though the #Stornoway episode has gone and made me homesick. 😒 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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My Kind of Town - Series 2: 4. Stornoway
Ian and Major head to Stornoway, capital of the Western Isles. With plans for a big new harbour to attract cruise ships and more business investment, Stornoway is looking to the future.
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Ann Walker @annwalker.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Postbox at Skigersta, Ness, #IsleofLewis #PostboxSaturday
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Charlotte Nichols MP @charlotte2153.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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