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Tracey @htraceyk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#sidebyside #photography Punk wood & Kowloon

Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I am taking photos of other things on my holidays, but I am also taking photos of this nifty recycling system. #cartglychu #gwynedd

Images shows a stack of three recycling boxes on a trolly used on the Llŷn Peninsula in north wales, known as the Cartgylchu.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Leith’s Gordon St is a modest yet perfect encapsulation of “affordable homes in medium density community plus trees”. Particularly lovely in Spring.

View to Easter Road from Gordon St Leith with housing and cherry trees in blossom.

Courtyard in Gordon St with large chestnut tree

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It was frankly weird to be hanging out on the south side of Dublin, but its loveliness cannot be denied.

View of canal with sun shining above in Dublin

2 storey Georgian housing in Portobello Dublin

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

“Benches aren’t just disappearing from large railroad stations, but also from subways, parks, plazas, sidewalks, and esplanades…in the past decade, across the U.S., hundreds of places to sit in public have quietly disappeared.” The Disappearance of the Public Bench. By @placesjournal.bsky.social

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The Disappearance of the Public Bench

Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Had a Director’s health and safety walk along our Shawfair district heat network and admired some beautiful pipes! Seeing the T connection that will supply our new high school with low carbon heat was particularly cool.

Pipework laid for Shawfair district heat network with image showing T connection for new high school

Pipe work laid in trenches for the main spine of the Shawfair district heat network

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The most stunningly located social housing development in Scotland / UK / the World? #Dumbiedkyes #ArthursSeat

View of social housing development at Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh with Arthur’s Seat rising in background

View of social housing at foot of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Looking at big ships while eating chips is a good Friday evening occupation.

View of Newhaven harbour at sunset with lighthouse.

View from Newhaven with people fishing from foreshore with blue horizon and ship to right.

Image of heavy crane vessel in Leith Harbour with yellow base of wind turbine dwarfing it.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

First known instance of attempted arrest under Town & Country Planning Act?!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

'Snow in the Suburbs' by UK printmaker Gail Brodholt #WomensArt

Print featuring a train moving on tracks covered in snow to the right along side houses with windows lit up in gold the dim winter light

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Getting the glam on while checking the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 score under the table at Learning Spaces Scotland awards. Wins on both accounts!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay

Illustration in black and white of a hippo like creature, walking upright through stormy weather with eyes shut

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HEATED RIBALDRY @kneelbeforeclom.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Great to celebrate the work we are doing with Vattenfall Heat UK through our JV bringing low carbon heat to homes in Midlothian 🍾 heat.vattenfall.co.uk/news-and-ins...

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BE-ST Awards win for MEL

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Architecture @architecture.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Edinburgh’s Architecture

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The Old Tollbooth on Royal Mile last night. A higher quality waiting for taxi environment than most cities can offer.

Night time view of Old Tollbooth on Royal Mile Edinburgh. Steps up in foreground with clock face floating in dark sky looking like the moon.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Cycling through Edinburgh with afternoon sun catching on the cupolas and I want to reread @kathleenjamie.bsky.social essay Skylines in Findings as she captures this whole business in words much better than my photo can.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 24/10/2025

The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Tragic step count requires a drum and base / kitchen dancing solution.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Civic/sports buildings are an underrated attraction in France. They are plain, well built, abundant and do a lot. We ate charcuterie while a rock band played at a local centre with a thermal pool and physio classes. Next door were the judo and basketball halls. Nearby, very exciting hairdryers. 🇫🇷

Signage at community centre for various services available

Selection of charcuterie and cheese served in community centre for evening event

Very exciting hairdryers you pull down to head height and are sensor activated (hand driers for heads)

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Love the intermingling of home and barn in Alsace. Courtyards accommodating multiple generations of families, workers’ flats and equipment and buildings that can shape-shift over centuries.

View of barn in foreground in with home attached behind it from Alsace town

View of home with barn attached with steep slate and timber roof

View through courtyard with home and farm equipment visible

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Ben Cooper @btcooper.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Incredible thermal inversion over Edinburgh from the pentlands this morning. Taken from Carnethy hill looking north-east, you can see Turnhouse, Castlelaw, Allermuir and Caerketton hills. What you can't see is any of the city of Edinburgh! @threadinburgh.scot @secretedinburgh.bsky.social

Looking out over the city of Edinburgh, hidden in fog. Four hills are visible, which look like islands in a sea of clouds.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Malevolent and mysterious vibes from the Scott Monument this evening.

Scott Monument in Edinburgh shrouded in mist at nighttime and looking well gothic.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 10/10/2025

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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The City of Edinburgh Council @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The southwest façade of North Bridge is on show again! We can now see the expert hand finished details in all their glory. Work is continuing to ensure that this unique piece of Edinburgh's history is preserved for future generations.

The southwest façade of North Bridge with the Balmoral and Waverley station in the background.

Close up of the southwest façade of North Bridge.

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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Manchán Magan 1970 - 2025 💔 Craoltóir, scríbhneoir agus Gael. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann. Thar na blianta, chruthaigh sé & chuir sé i láthair an t-uafás cláracha do TnaG & TG4. Tá oidhreacht shaibhir fágtha aige dúinn a thabharfaidh inspioráid don chéad ghlúin eile 🕯️ 🔗 www.tg4.ie

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

The V&A East Storehouse is full of stunning surprises like this complete office that Frank Lloyd Wright created for Pittsburgh retail magnate Edgar J Kaufmann in 1935-1937 (THREAD)

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Fascinating to get summary of research from the hugely influential @jennyjroe.bsky.social on benefits of green space on mental health, setting scene for day of discussion at @rtpiplanners.bsky.social Scotland conference on making healthy places for happy people.

Holding slide from RTPI Scotland 2925 conference stating conference title of “shaping our future: healthy places and happy people”.

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Kate Macintosh designed Dawson’s Heights for Southwark Council in 1964 aged just 28. (She's alive and well and still fighting for high quality social housing.) English Heritage described it as ‘an example of the almost-lost art of romantic townscape’ municipaldreams.substack.com/p/dawsons-he...

View of ziggurat block and central open space

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 22/09/2025

William Playfair was the brother of architect James and minister and mathematician John. His nephew William Henry Playfair is renowned as the architect of Edinburgh's 3rd New Town and more than a few neoclassical landmarks in the city.

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 21/09/2025

They aren’t just flower beds!!! Fascinating peak beneath the surface of one of London’s new Cycleways - you can see the complex drainage system that ensures bike lanes help protect the capital from heavy rain & the effects of climate change. And don’t they look great when they’re finished? 💚🚲👍

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Always enjoy this mansard-forward development in Musselburgh. It has some lovely touches. Today it looked like it was enjoying the sunshine.

Social housing on a corner in Musselburgh with deep mansard roof with grey tiles above yellow brick. Mansard roof is tilting back into afternoon sunshine.

Social housing in Musselburgh on corner site. Variation of mansard roof and building height (three to four storey) give design nice symmetry and variation.

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spurtle.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

HAMMERMEN'S ENTRY:—To earn an honest bob. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news

Window cleaner with brush on a very long pole in new part of the Old Town. Arthur's Seat and vivid blue building in the background.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Speaking as Midlothian Energy Director this morning at really great event by Clean Heat Edinburgh Forum that focused on what Not for Profit could mean in delivery of heat networks. Considering where and how we ensure communities are embedded in delivery was great way to reflect on DHN benefits.

Images shows Ken Brady of Clean Heat Edinburgh Forum setting the scene for event with slide behind him containing 4 objectives including mitigating fuel poverty, retaining wealth locally, build heat networks at scale and source competitive finance.

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Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

⭐Doors Open Day 2025 at Edinburgh Futures Institute⭐ 🗓️ Saturday, 27 September | 10:00 to 16:00 Join us on Doors Open Day 2025! Meet our staff, students and partners and discover how they are shaping better futures for all. 👉 Free entry! See the full programme efi.ed.ac.uk/event/doors-...

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Doors Open Day 2025 at Edinburgh Futures Institute - Edinburgh Futures Institute

This September, explore the fascinating history and exciting future of this special Edinburgh landmark.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 07/09/2025

“The transport revolution isn’t coming from engineers in Detroit or techies in Silicon Valley, but women taking action. Discover the personal, political, inspiring stories of streetfighters transforming neighbourhoods through sheer determination.” -J. Sadik-Khan www.modacitylife.com/women-changi...

A promotional graphic for a book entitled "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation" from RIBA Publishing.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The Joy of Kerbs may be the title of my memoir. Really nice succinct and accessible guides on public realm (neglected) basics.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I am in awe of this product design! Whoever came up with a zero mess honey dispenser for those required to eat in transit deserves all the awards.

Paper Rowse honey packet with snap and squeeze mechanism that allows honey to be dispensed on porridge, in background, with no mess or stickiness.

Opened Rowse honey packet demonstrating no mess after squeezing out honey.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Bemused Scottish folk flying DUB to EDI observing queues of families and babies wanting to be photographed with the Sam Maguire cup today. Was nice to have a celebrity in our midst!

Toddler sits in giant trophy (Sam Maguire) cup as older brother looks on in Dublin Airport.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Glorious colours on the allotment today. Intimidated by sheer volume of plums harvested.

Close up of dusty pink plum hanging from tree

Me holding lots of freshly cut sweet peas in front of my face

Bad photo of sweet peas, fennel, box of soft fruit harvested at allotment

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Some beautiful work on display at the Out of the Blueprint Print Expo 2025, celebrating 10 years of supporting young / emerging artists in Edinburgh. Zines and teeshirts on sale to support their excellent work.

Poster from artist in resident Jack Stamp called Plasticine Cowboy with cowboy rendered in bright pinks and yellows in plasticine using riso print

Print from Bloke in a Dress exhibition with “bloke in a dress” and high heels striding confidently across the page in pink and black using riso print technique

Flyer for the Winston Smith library of Bictory and Truth - an artwork containing 1,984 copies of 1984 by George Orwell with typewriter in background.

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

“Institutional memory is important..” Know where the plugs are.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

🧵 Scottish art is a subject I’ve always been interested in & includes many fine artists, some of whom are of national & some international importance. Let’s take a look at some Caledonian magic! [1]

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HEATED RIBALDRY @kneelbeforeclom.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Huge fire on Arthur's Seat visible from miles out the A68, hope everyone's ok

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wetcat @wetcat.uk · 10/08/2025

Fire at Arthur's Seat #photography #edinburgh #wildfire

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Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Truly brilliant show about our relationship with land and customs and culture around it. Dialogue free with jaw-droppingly creative set pieces. So easy to bounce out of a bah-humbug festival mindset when you actually go see some shows. Art, eh?!

Image is of a programme from Works and Days, a play by FC Bergman/Toneelhuis which is on at the Lyceum in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.

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