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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 23h

This morning's sunrise in the Botanic Gardens in the West End of Glasgow. #glasgow #sunrise #kibblepalace #botanicgardens #architecture #architecturephotography #glasshouse #glasgowtoday

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/10/2026

Rich Things with Chitra Ramaswamy 23 Oct, Glasgow. Free Mark #BlackHistoryMonth with an event exploring RICH THINGS, @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s new work for the @agrayarchive.bsky.social, & looking at Alasdair Gray’s anti-colonial thinking, legacy & enduring impact www.eventbrite.com/e/rich-thing...

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Rich Things with Chitra Ramaswamy

Mark Black History Month with an inspiring conversation between Chitra Ramaswamy and Sorcha Dallas.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 1h

"lie close," Laura said, Pricking up her golden head: "We must not look at Goblin men, We must not buy their fruits" Christina Rossetti.

Lots of fly agaric mushrooms growing out of autumn leaves and moss. They are a large mushroom with a white stalk and wide flat top. The top is bright red with white speckles.

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Paul Chamberlain @paulchamberlain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

October Mood - Callanish

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 13h

A student just asked me to be her mums plus one for graduation & it’s the most wholesome feeling ever. Who knew I’d have wholesome feelings?

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’ll be touring in London, Oxford and the made-up sounding Bury St Edmunds this week :) Usual terrors: nobody will turn up, I’ll forget to pack enough pants, I’ve forgotten what my book is actually about.

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This week we’re seeking inspiration from legendary Cantonese dish, PRAWN TOAST! So let us coat your minds in sesame seeds & sizzle them in discussion of literary works by Angela Hui, Rónán Hession & Will Harris!🍤 Link to listen in bio but available wherever you get your podcasts 🦐❤️🍞🍽️✌🏻📚

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 06/10/2026

On the podcast: @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social join @adamshatz.bsky.social to discuss what fascism looks like in the age of AI, and why we have reached a point where tech billionaires declare they are ‘unapologetically on Team Humanity’. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Fascism in a time of AI

Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 6 October · 54min

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Having a coffee before my hair appointment & realised I started my first job in Princes Sq 30 years ago, almost to the day.

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Because why drink your water when you can chew it!

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bought my first ever terrarium at a plant sale. Feels like a landmark moment.

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cross section of the world’s fudgiest brownie, baked at 4am. I can’t eat them - they don’t contain quark. Thinking they’ll make a nice mid seminar snack for my lil CW students? Or anyone I bump into on the mean streets of the west end that looks cake minded.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026

In Alaska's annual battle of the big bears, only one can be the winner. And this year, a brown bear that overcame a life-threatening injury in 2007 was crowned the winner of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s Fat Bear Week. nyti.ms/4rCmk48

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As contenders for the Bertie Bassetts of podcasting we chat All Sorts about the sweeter than sweet LIQUORICE root & its literary connections. Discussing texts by Monique Quintana, Ernest Hemingway & Raymond Antrobus, with mention of Sir John Betjemen Link to listen in bio, available everywhere ❤️✌🏻📚🍽️

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pierce Egan Life in London Coming soon...

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Glasgow Review of Books @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meet the GRB Team: Flora Leask Arizpe @floraleask.bsky.social, Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social, Shane Strachan @shanestrachan.bsky.social, and Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social. glasgowreviewofbooks.com/about/

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mohamed Tonsy at Creative Conversations yesterday. I’m halfway through You Must Believe in Spring, & can’t entirely articulate how it makes me feel other than I cancelled plans tonight to stay home & keep reading. Light projected onto the chapel wall when he started speaking, made me smile.

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is a story about finding treasure among trash, about being open to magic and the joy of the dump-it site. Wild story ! So proud to play a part. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'More will turn up' - Work by Scottish artists unearthed for homecoming exhibition

Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde were among the most celebrated figures in British art.

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Love feels like being taken care of. Goat’s milk chai served in her mothers China. Lemon & saffron butter cookies with a cardamom sugar.

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My love for The Shooglies knows no bounds! This wee film is excellent, about 6 mins in there’s the Francie & Josie Underground Song just after a man has a right good go at the Southside 🧡🚇 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkfc...

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1975: GLASGOW's Victorian UNDERGROUND RAILWAY | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

you hear the word loaded / and a sensory constellation / is lit The Thomas Lux poem I keep coming back to

THE VOICE YOU HEAR WHEN YOU READ SILENTLY

is not silent, it is a speaking-
out-loud voice in your head: it is spoken,
a voice is saying it
as you read. It's the writer's words,
of course, in a literary sense
his or her "voice" but the sound
of that voice is the sound of your voice.
Not the sound your friends know
or the sound of a tape played back
but your voice
caught in the dark cathedral
of your skull, your voice heard.
by an internal ear informed by internal abstracts
and what you know by feeling,
having felt. It is your voice.
saying, for example, the word "barn"
that the writer wrote
but the "barn" you say
is a barn you know or knew. The voice
in your head, speaking as you read,
never says anything neutrally--some people
hated the barn they knew,
some people love the barn they know
so you hear the word loaded
and a sensory constellation
is lit: horse-gnawed stalls,
hayloft, black heat tape wrapping
a water pipe, a slippery
spilled chirrr of oats from a split sack,
the bony, filthy haunches of cows...
And "barn" is only a noun--no verb
or subject has entered into the sentence yet!
The voice you hear when you read to yourself
is the clearest voice: you speak it
speaking to you.

--THOMAS LUX

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Join us at Great St Barts, London’s oldest parish church, on Monday 5 October for a special screening of Roberto Rossellini’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴, introduced by the poet and Anglican rector Alice Goodman. Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...

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Buy tickets – LRB Screen presents ‘The Flowers of St Francis’ at Great St Barts – St Bartholomew the Great

LRB Screen presents ‘The Flowers of St Francis’ at Great St Barts – St Bartholomew the Great, Mon 5 Oct 2026 - The Flowers of St Francis (Italy, 1950). 87 mins. English subtitles.A special screening o...

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ALL THE BUTTER ALL THE TIME! said by the woman who had Quark for breakfast.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This Saturday, all welcome.

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reviving walk cos I made myself sick in the gym. Wasn’t expecting it to be so green in the woods, autumn hasn’t whispered its way in here yet. Maybe the peat bog preserves the seasons.

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This week, King of antioxidant hype, the BLUBERRY! We discuss Amanda Peters, Ellena Savage Caroline Laganas. The inspiration for this episode came from Monica's Bakes in Balsall Common thanks to their Blueberry Flapjack fuelling Colin’s latest run 🫐🍽️📚 Link to listen in bio, available everywhere.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So: you want the right to order for me, but you’re not eating here or chipping in for the bill?

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy weekend! 🦛 ❤️ Two ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 3,800 years ago! Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows two blue-green Egyptian faience hippopotamus figurines displayed on a white museum surface at the Neues Museum in Berlin. The larger hippo on the right sits upright on its haunches with short front legs planted forward, head turned to the left with mouth open, as if smiling. It is 9 cm in length. The smaller hippo on the left lies in a reclining or resting pose, with body close to the ground. It measures 4.8cm in length. Both are decorated with black lotus flower and aquatic river plant motifs. The museum display makes them appear like a mother and her baby hippo! 🥰

Egyptian blue faience is a ceramic material made of ground quartz. The decoration depicts Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers found in their marsh habitat. In ancient Egypt lotus flowers were associated with regeneration as they open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Whilst ancient Egyptians were well aware of the danger and destructive power of hippos, they were also seen as an animal with revitalizing power. An animal from the fertile mud of the Nile, fiercely protective of their young, hippos embodied divine powers guaranteeing rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It's thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A little bear carved from amber some 6,000+ years ago! 🐻❤️ A hole through the torso suggests it was worn or suspended from a cord. National Museum in Szczecin, Poland 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small figurine of a bear carved and polished out of a piece of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange in colour which is emphasised by the display lighting against a dark background which makes the amber glow. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear's torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord. Dimensions:
Length 10.2 cm, Height 4.2cm

I took this photo today at the Landesmuseum Halle in Germany where the bear is currently on loan from Poland for the excellent Shamaness exhibition.

The figurine was discovered in Stupsk during peat mining in 1887. According to the National Museum in Szczecin "Shortly after its discovery, the figure underwent conservation work to restore its original appearance as it was covered with a layer of dull patina from the exposure to the minerals contained in the peat. Already at that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was assumed the restoration had gone too far. The figure was stripped entirely of patina, the anatomical features of the animal were emphasised, the eyes and nostrils were sharply drawn, and the amber was carefully polished".

In 2013, a competition was organised by the Education Department of the National Museum in Szczecin, for children to choose a name for the bear. The winning name was 'Stupcio', an affectionate diminutive meaning 'little guy from Stupsk'.

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Colin looking like a makeshift messiah at the launch of A Home in Space. Selected Concrete & Sound Poetry of Edwin Morgan at the Hunterian this evening. Alongside the amazing talents of Anjeli Caderamanpulle & Jim McGonigal. The work Greg Thomas & Julie Johnstone have put into this is incredible

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

David Kinloch, Colin & Iain Morrison read & chatted at typewronger books tonight & it was such a beautiful gathering! And I bought some books, I Cut My Nails For You was thrust into my hands by Jane Goldman telling me YOU MUST HAVE THIS, & I do what Jane says ✨✨✨

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This week’s LTEB nonsense sees us flexing our knowledge on MUSSELS! We discuss Birgit Vanderbeek's 1990 novella The Mussel Feast & take a trip to the iconic Loch Fyne Shellfish Bar in Glasgow's Barras Market via Belgium & Chile. Link to listen in bio, available wherever you get your podcasts! 🍽️🦪💪🏻❤️

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Cher’s outfit reveals on The Cher Show (1975) designed by BOB MACKIE — who passed away today at the age of 87.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 14/09/2026

‘It’s a novelist’s fate, not so much that their characters are like them but that they become their characters.’ Online now from the next issue: Andrew O’Hagan on Anita Brookner. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Andrew O’Hagan · Omelettes and Whisky: Anita Brookner’s Edge

Over the course of 24 novels and 87 years, Anita Brookner achieved many dislocations of selfhood and may have become...

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Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

guelder rose www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp... #photography

red berries of guelder rose with hills in the background

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Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sea Buckthorn linocut Max Angus www.maxangus.co.uk/artwork-arch... #art #nature

linocut of long-tailed tits in seabuckthorn

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Claire Reynolds @clairereynolds.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We’re welcoming Autumn by cosying up to CELERIAC! Featuring literary references to Gail Honeyman, Simon Barraclough & Olga Dermott-Bond that uncover the darker side of this wonky wee weirdo 🤘🏻🍽️❤️📚 link to listen in bio but available wherever you get your podcasts

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2026

a perfect biscuit

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Tony O @tony-o.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny), Hill of Tara, Meath, Ireland Folklore- brought to Ireland by the mythical race the Tuatha Dé Danann - Inauguration stone for the High Kings of Ireland #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Tara

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✨🌈Mex Nyman🌈✨ @ibolt07.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fuck it I'm gonna say something horribly controversial: pineapple has more presence on pizza than olives.

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

come to the archive where you can look at historic doodles of a guy fighting two swans

An 18th century ledger showing payments and numbers in a column. In the centre of the page is a crude illustration of two large birds(?) with their tails going up in a spiral, one with spots, the other white. A figure smoking a pipe and wearing a hat and boots is grabbing one of them by the neck. There is a mysterious box next to him which looks a lot like a Looney Tunes style TNT detonator, though obviously that would be ahistorical given the perfectly sensible composition of the rest of the doodle.

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Glasgow's Miles Better billboard at Provan Gasworks beside the M8. (1980s)

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 02/09/2026

Queer Scottish Voices: the suspended blue blue air 16 Sep @typewronger.bsky.social Edinburgh Free, ticketed Scottish poets David Kinloch & Colin Herd will read from their latest books & talk about what queer poetics means to them today in Scotland #poetry #LGBTQ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-scot...

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Queer Scottish Voices: the suspended blue blue air

Join Scottish poets David Kinloch and Colin Herd, reading from their latest books and talking about what queer poetics means to them today.

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Sylvia | Comms open! @asisherright.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I didn’t see anything on here about Wendell Berry’s passing today, but this is one of my favorites of his and it feels timely (as it always does)

Screenshot of “the peace of wild things” by wendell berry, which reads:

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

At nearly 90 years old, this grandma still makes ravioli by hand, proving some legends never slow down. Original post

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