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Eleanor Harris

@eleanormharris.bsky.social
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Live illustrator, manuscript illuminator, scuba diver, novel writer, church singer, nature expert. Explore Linktree and/or drop me a message. linktr.ee/eleanormharris

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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From my first scuba dive I was reminded of illuminated manuscripts. Now I've launched a project to celebrate the fantastic diversity of life in Scottish waters. Here is the first design in A Fairlie Bestiary: because who wouldn't want to drink tea with a pipefish? 🦑 www.etsy.com/shop/eleanor...
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Geeking on gothic, at @jillharrison1.bsky.social 's wonderful Trinity Stones exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh. I'm doing some research for a Trinity Chapel related project of my own.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Happy Pride Month from under Fairlie pier 🏳️‍🌈🦑
A scuba diver unfurling a pride flag underwaterA scuba diver swimming with a pride flag underwater
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Big Scottish Scuba Illuminated Manuscript Reveal coming very soon! I've enjoyed making this So Much! 🦑
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The world comes to my bathroom. Singing, scuba, Coniston, the V&A, Brazil...
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Hello Bluesky. I've been away ... diving, and painting. I'm back! Let's stay in touch. 🦑
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George Harris @historylecturer.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I've watched the film. This excellent project needs and deserves a sponsor.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We made a film! This is such a brilliant, complex, simple, nature restoration project. Can you help us find a sponsor to turn it from experiment into practice? 🌲🐂 www.galbraithgroup.com/our-services...
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Thank you to the kind folks who took time to review my book Herryea Forest recently - it's much appreciated and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! If you haven't read it yet why not give it a try? you don't need to be/have a child to enjoy an adventure and learn something about forests! amzn.eu/d/48CyrYM
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
How was the construction of the beautiful St John's church funded? What can that story tell us about Edinburgh's role in the Scottish and global economy? Murky dealings and colourful characters in my 2013 paper, available online for the first time. open.substack.com/pub/eleanorm...
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Following the money
What the origins of St John’s Edinburgh tells us about development of a global commercial capital
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I'm confused
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I've been hunting for a few years: have I found Edinburgh's greatest chimera cherry? (Hutchinson Crossway) 🍒🩷🤍
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
What is the origin of the Easter Bunny, the word 'Easter', and Easter eggs? If you are curious about the scholarly answers, which were to me surprising, I highly recommend episode 5 of the excellent "Data over dogma" - on this link, or on your podcast platform. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2s8...
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We're singing some great music over Easter weekend, do come and listen.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Messing about in boats on Sunday in the Clyde. Summer has arrived in Scotland! Thanks to the wonderful C&C Divers team for all the help, training and photos. And we saw dolphins 😃🐬 The white rose shaped thing is sea lemon eggs 🦑
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We at Galbraith are excited this week to be launching three initial pioneering opportunities for corporate sponsors to restore nature in Scotland. Read more here and please do get in touch if you'd like to know more. www.galbraithgroup.com/insights-new...
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Galbraith develops pioneering biodiversity opportunities
Galbraith is working with landowners and nature experts to provide opportunities for corporate sponsors to restore nature in Scotland.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
An old blog from 9 March 2011, when I looked up at a building and began a journey that led me to write my favourite history paper. eleanormharris.substack.com/p/oddly-goth...
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Oddly Gothick
From my archives: discovering a link in the chain of Edinburgh's gothic cultural heritage
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A treat on my walk to work; haven't seen a flock of redwings for ages ☺️
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Some lovely music this Sunday - Purcell is my favourite!
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Brilliant catching up with @woollymaggot.bsky.social today and his amazing cows in trees. It felt more like a safari than a visit to a forest/farm.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I'm delighted to see the UK Government Timber in Construction Roadmap: but there's one missing bit of the puzzle. Builders, like farmers, could demonstrate net zero without needing to buy offsets. They could even sell offsets to hard-to-abate sectors. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/eleanorm...
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The City's Carbon Sink
I'm delighted to see the publication of the UK Government's Timber in Construction Roadmap which is full of good sense and represents a lot of work by many stakeholders.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Dear climate change document writing people, The M in MtCO2e is variously used to stand for 'metric' (1), 'mega' (1000), or 'million' (1,000,000). Please clarify in your document which you are using, or our tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent could be anything. kind regards, The reader
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Worth walking through St John's garden to see the snowdrops if you're passing the West End (you can go in one end and out the other if you're on your way somewhere).
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Fab 20thC music at St John's this weekend.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Lower oil and gas prices dented BP's profits, so it's reducing investment in renewables 🤷 I know they're just following a global trend - but whether I was an investor looking to my pension, or a charity in receipt of sponsorship, I'd be questioning their lifechoices. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BP profits drop as it says it will reset strategy
The oil giant is widely expected to say it will scale back on renewables later this month.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The radio just told me UK government want to build 1.5m homes. Why not make them low-carbon to build and a carbon store for the future?
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Yesterday I saw the brilliant "Three Words for Forest", a verbatim-play-film using foresters' real words. It distilled perfectly my own experience of coming into forestry and discovering the wealth of knowledge and passion in our industry. Congratulations Rachel Clive and @deeheddon.bsky.social!
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Well there you go It's not as blue ticky though- it doesn't stop things having accounts with slightly different domains posing as people.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Why is @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social the only bit of BBC on here?
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Love a short and circular supply chain. 🌲🪵🛌 I've finally found a joiner to build my fitted bedroom, and he is bringing me timber which very recently would have stood in a forest ... www.glennonbrothers.ie
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I've just heard the woodpecker in London Road Gardens 😊
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Bye Twitter! Now that @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @lothianbuses.bsky.social and @natlibscot.bsky.social are all here there didn't seem much reason to hang around any longer
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Another great Edinburgh institution on bluesky 😊
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
For me Candlemas gets more important each year: the end of Wintering, and the beginning of Springing. I like that we have a carol service to mark it.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Just occasionally I'm quite proud to be an episcopalian tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Some great music this Sunday
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Happy Red Squirrel Appreciation Day! Here's my favourite bit of red squirrel research showing that not only does forestry provide great habitat for them, but they are adept at moving house and cope fine timber operations every few decades. www.hw.ac.uk/news-archive... www.hw.ac.uk/news-archive...
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New research suggests squirrel aid re-think required
New research and a five-year study of red squirrel behaviour indicates that conservation efforts targeting one of Scotland's most-loved species needs a rethink.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Celtic Connections is underway 😍🤠🎻 I loved the creative Finnish fiddles Frigg, and always such a thrill to have a night out in Glasgow!
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
The problem with Bluesky so far has been not enough corporate accounts joining - twitter used to be such a good source of info. Good to see @forestryjournal.bsky.social getting on the case.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Hello Luke! Hopefully this will reunite you with a few old friends. 🌲🌳🌲
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Drysuit course with my pal Simon. Day 1 all (except the view of snow-capped Arran) wrong: regulator, fins, BCD hose, suit leaked, freezing 😨🥶 Day 2 normal diving service resumed, found the right kit, had lots of fun and got to stand by the squid!🧜‍♀️🦑
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Still the best global temperature graphic
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Doing my drysuit course homework, which will make me look as cool as this guy 🤣🦑
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I'm pleased to see this initiative 🦑 I hope it will include business input, as a practical metric needs to be intuitive for non-specialists, cost significantly less than restoration itself, and work in both offset/ conservation, and inset/ production use-cases. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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The marine rewilding effect: Building a cost-effective framework for measuring Marine Net Gain at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The marine rewilding effect: Building a cost-effective framework for measuring Marine Net Gain at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Resolution for the Planet no. 4. Own fewer things 📽️ 🔬 🛶 🚗 Some hows and whys in the link: eleanormharris.substack.com/p/ten-resolu...
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Ten resolutions for the planet
I do like a good New Year’s Resolution.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Resolution 2. Halve your consumption of little luxuries: tea, coffee, sugar, alcohol, tobacco. You have halved the amount of land and resources dedicated to providing you these things, and in a few weeks, what you do have will give you twice as much pleasure. open.substack.com/pub/eleanorm...
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Ten resolutions for the planet
I do like a good New Year’s Resolution.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This week included a spectacularly atmospheric pilgrimage around ancient sites of The Machars in Galloway - Flopsy as tour guide for the photojournalist. First stop Torhouse stone circle, about 4000 BCE
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Resolution 1. Think about your land occupancy, not just carbon emissions. The world has a finite surface area, and some of it is purely dedicated to you. This includes both land you own and manage, and land you require to produce your resources. eleanormharris.substack.com/p/ten-resolu...
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Ten resolutions for the planet
I do like a good New Year’s Resolution.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I do like a good New Year's Resolution. Here are ten ideas and some reflections on something I've been working on for 40 years: resolutions for the planet. open.substack.com/pub/eleanorm...
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Ten resolutions for the planet
I do like a good New Year’s Resolution.
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Eleanor Harris @eleanormharris.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
If you are disappointed the Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations are cancelled, begin an adventure in Edinburgh in summer. Herryea Forest is available in paperback and kindle, and you can read a sample straight away: amzn.eu/d/gnPS2fo
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Herryea Forest
Herryea Forest : Harris, Eleanor M: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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