Reposted by Gabriella BennettJen Stout @jenstout.bsky.social · 18/09/2025A long-read for Prospect magazine: reporting from SE Ukraine on demining & conversely, on the scramble to leave the Mine Ban Treaty by countries threatened by Russia. Blog & extra pics: www.jenstout.net/post/deminin... Article w/Julia Kochetova (!) pics: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...jenstout.netDemining on the steppe - and the thorny issue of the landmine banBehind the scenes on the long-read for Prospect magazine about demining, landmine ban treaties, and the war in Ukraine 113
Reposted by Gabriella BennettDominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Prior to the event at @waterstones.bsky.social Dundee in October with @palebackwriter.bsky.social I'm going to be dropping by Waterstones in St Andrews to sign books and have a bit more of an informal chat www.waterstones.com/events/drift...waterstones.comDrifting North to St Andrews - Signing with Dominic Hindle | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | WaterstonesEvents at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Drifting North to St Andrews - Signing with Dominic Hindle today. 001
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social · 20/07/2025This is a really good, thoughtful piece by @aasmahmir.bsky.social. The problem is not only the men who make the comments - it is the men who stand by and say nothing. Not just at the BBC but everywhere www.thetimes.com/article/1ceb...thetimes.comAasmah Mir: I saw first-hand how the BBC indulges its sexist menThe presenter and one-time MasterChef contestant can’t understand how no one acted when she complained about Gregg Wallace — or another star’s appalling comment 020
Reposted by Gabriella BennettThe Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 17/06/2025Poring over the correspondence between a British author and a female writer in Afghanistan helped me see that education is the only chance women there have of better life | ✍️ Gabriella Bennettthetimes.comThe Taliban letters show us what learning really is — hope 1103
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The failings of the University of Dundee are the failings of Scotland. Column for @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/c9b5...thetimes.comThe embarrassing failures at Dundee University are the failures of ScotlandThe ripple effect of the university’s financial meltdown risks draining the lifeblood out of the city centre and beyond 021
Reposted by Gabriella BennettDr Andrew Demetrius @demetrius-art.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Walking from Balfarg henge to David Harding’s Henge in Glenrothes, beginning with the new town Neolithic at Balbirnie stone circle #publicart 1102
Reposted by Gabriella BennettAshley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 22/02/2025There’s so much good stuff in there today. I particularly loved @palebackwriter.bsky.social’s column on Ian Hamilton Finlay’s grouchy letters. 101
Reposted by Gabriella BennettRoyal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · 13/02/2025It's a Valentines theme for this week's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social. Our pick is this screenprint - Love by Ian Hamilton Finlay HRSA❤️ 1112
Reposted by Gabriella Bennettlynncorrigan.bsky.social @lynncorrigan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025How we lived. A handbook for new tenants of the Westfield council housing estate in Cumbernauld from 1977. Also love the groovy font. archive.org/details/west...archive.orgWestfield 2 Tenants' Handbook : Cumbernauld Development Corporation : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveHandbook for new tenants of the Westfield council housing estate in Cumbernauld, Scotland, UK. This handbook has pages for house type ST 2067, a three bedroom... 0113
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I wrote about the LA fires and why they prove that home is a process not a product www.thetimes.com/article/9be1...thetimes.comWhen building a home means rebuilding a personThe LA fires have destroyed thousands of homes, but as history shows, starting over can sometimes bring out our creative best. By Gabriella Bennett 020
Reposted by Gabriella BennettTara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 09/01/2025I think it makes sense to think of insurers as an indicator species. It shouldn't shock anyone they aren't in it for altruistic reasons. It is a business, dependent on risk estimation, and they have the resources to look further ahead and more deeply than any local or regional government ever could. 13306107
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Millennial conservationists are coming to building restoration after training to be video game designers. Their digital skills are put to good use as they archive, scan and document chapels, cathedrals and keeps. My piece for @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/9e3b...thetimes.comThe young people keeping Scotland’s historic buildings aliveA new generation of conservationists are using digital tools to protect the country’s heritage 1124
Reposted by Gabriella BennettIrish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Remembering Edna O'Brien born on this day 1930: “We all leave one another. We die, we change - it's mostly change - we outgrow our best friends; but even if I do leave you, I will have passed on to you something of myself; you will be a different person because of knowing me; it's inescapable...” 011926
Reposted by Gabriella BennettChristmas For CAMHS @christmasforcamhs.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Thank you @palebackwriter.bsky.social for the mention in your latest @timesscotland.bsky.social column. Our volunteers are pictured here packing gifts to send to children and young people in mental health wards over Christmas. We hope these gifts create many much-needed moments of joy 101
Reposted by Gabriella BennettBrynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Burning gigantic vermin in effigy on a St Pancras housing estate 1931 (very short youtube, no sound) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnAZ... 3269
Reposted by Gabriella BennettJan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 22/11/2024In my latest Substack, I’ve revisited Scottish artist Alasdair Taylor, whose life & work I became immersed in last year. Despite being championed by Alasdair Gray & James Kelman, his star waned as he aged. Playing the art game saps a creative soul. airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/rediscover... 061
Reposted by Gabriella BennettAngus Robertson @angusrobertson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Best Building in Scotland: Honoured to present the Andrew Doolan Award for the Burrell Collection to John McAslan and Partners at V&A Dundee. Congratulations! #DoolanAward #Architecture 01912
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The Burrell Collection wins the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award for 2024! 152
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Tonight is the night we reveal the winner of this year’s RIAS Doolan Award! A joy to be a judge. Our shortlist of Scotland’s best buildings: 1) Science + Teaching Hub, University of Aberdeen 2) Ardoch 3) North Gate Social Housing 4) The Burrell Collection 5) The Fruitmarket (no space for pic!) 000
Reposted by Gabriella BennettC20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 21/11/2024"Listing showcases what a country feels is important to them...these are the buildings we think are 'us'." Architect Gurmeet Sian on C20's #ComingOfAge campaign celebrating the best buildings turning 30, in another must-listen episode of the Open City podcast. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3FUu... 161
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024The Women in Journalism Scotland mentoring scheme is open. I know lots of women journalists who have had a rough year: we can find you a mentor to help with confidence, career redirection, whatever you need www.wijscotland.com/news/wij-sco...wijscotland.comWiJ Scotland launches 2025 mentoring scheme - find out how to apply — Women in Journalism ScotlandWomen in Journalism Scotland has launched the fifth round of its successful mentoring scheme. Are you an early to mid-career journalist in Scotland looking to develop your practice? Do you have sp... 0104
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I’ve been to 10 countries so far this year. Going away has taught me one thing: there’s no feeling like coming home www.thetimes.com/article/b705...thetimes.comHappiness is a home covered in dog hairI’ve been to ten countries in 12 months and it’s made me realise, there’s no feeling like stepping through my front door 0101