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Leslie Hills

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Film producer. Book 10 Scotland Street - an opinionated history of one house over two centuries now out in paperback

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Going to see the Gwen Johns exhibition with @skylinefilm.bsky.social Cats coast along the wainscoting all over Modern 2.
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We're getting emails looking for internships - clearly written with AI. Wooden and entirely off-putting.
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Oops @oopsland.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ça pique... #JamaisSansMonCafé
Monday coffee
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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When was the last time you stopped and really noticed the world outside? 🌿
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Craft is a very female-dominated industry….the tutors are female. The technicians are…almost all female. The student body is almost all female...It's a sector that supports female creatives because…you've got the flexibility around your caring responsibilities or whatever your situation is.”
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Graduates of ECA's Performance Costume course have gone on to become lead costume designers for the stage and screen, including Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones.” …Downton Abbey stars Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery are among the public figures who have spoken out against the closures.”
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anne Carson is only the 19th woman out of 123 Lit Nobel Laureates & there are as many men named Patrick who’ve won (2) as Black women (1), Asian woman (1), and Latinas (0) combined. So go read some Maryse Conde, Jamaica Kincaid, Yoko Ogawa, Ling Ma, Isabel Allende, an embarrassment of riches really
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...
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Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online
Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture
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Alastair Lawless @alastairlawless.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you need more keys for a Yale lock, consider changing the cylinder instead. A new cylinder with 6 keys is about £12, direct from Yale with free UK postage.
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Young Speakers Scotland @youngspeakersscot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congratulations to the top 20 speakers of this year’s Schools’ Mace. Debaters had to speak in one prepared and two unprepared rounds, with only 15 minutes of preparation time and no use of the internet. They needed strong general knowledge as well as the ability to construct persuasive arguments.
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 06/10/2026
A long shot, perhaps, but is anyone due to visit the British Library soon and who could consult an Indian Army officer's service record for me? I am just after one or two specific details. #ww1 #genealogy
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW | A corrective to the obituaries… HERE LIES JEFFREY ARCHER The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...
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Here lies Jeffrey Archer
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A grey morning on the Clyde
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lunch at The Outsider Edinburgh
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Listening to Broadcasting House on R4 to hear Anne Cleeves who managed 1.5 sentences before being rudely interrupted by Jeffrey Archer who wanted to convey yet more information about himself... Now another man is being interviewed... ah at last we are back to Cleeves. For a couple of sentences.
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ottolenghi on George Street Edinburgh. Breakfast after a very frustrating session at the Bank of Scotland which appears to have delegated customer service to its customers.
The opening morning at Ottolenghi George St Edinburgh taken so as not to feature the faces of the many customers.
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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve been asking Neil Forsyth to appear at Wigtown for years and he’s finally here! Tales of Bob Servant and Dundee, and more besides. #HappyProgrammer
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Seismic’ Andy Burnham proposals already quite familiar for Scots. Right to buy abolished here 2016, free personal care 2001, comprehensives never axed, 62% Remain vote, water never privatised, PR standard. So what do Scots make of the PM’s big speech? Listen LesleyRiddoch.com/podcast
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Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Following BBCRadio3 Lighthouse Day on Saturday, here is a compelling episode from the station’s glittering Sunday Feature strand on Robert Louis Stevenson, lighthouses, the sea, & the bonds between engineering & literature in Scotland’s culture www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Keepers of the Light
Robert Louis Stevenson, the lighthouse dynasty he left behind and the sea that shaped him.
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature: Keepers of the Light James Crawford explores how Robert Louis Stevenson rejected his family's lighthouse dynasty for literature, and how the sea and its lights continued to shape his imagination.
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wigtown is packed for the book festival. It is a mite wet. But Reading Lasses is open, unusually for Sunday, and the cake bakers have outdone themselves. @WigtownBookFest
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An ode to the value of #languages www.uni-kiel.de/en/internati... #multilingualism #langsky
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An ode to the value of languages
On the occasion of the European Day of Languages on the 26th September, members of the SEA-EU Team at Kiel University reflect on what languages mean to them and give you seven reasons to learn a new l...
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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Let the madness begin. Wigtown kicks off with our first events at 4:30pm, and finishes with a bang (that Sam Heughan) on Sunday evening, 4th of October. I shall be living on coffee, red wine, and cortisol. If you're in southwest Scotland, do join us!
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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anyone who sees this and cannot join the dots between the end of the BBC and the end of the UK’s world renowned TV industry… frankly, I despair… We need change, yes. We need to get good at making low budget risky TV again, absolutely. But axe it and say goodbye to anything but mid Atlantic dross.
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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thought I’d share this site for mapping memorials for women in Scotland. It’s populated with information and biographies for the memorials they have listed and more can be added. womenofscotland.org.uk
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Putting Scotland's Women on the Map | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A woven doll's pram on a dark New Town Edinburgh pavement
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sir James Ratcliffe has as much right to tell us what's wrong with modern Britain as any other elderly white reactionary billionaire parasite who lives in Monaco.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My longread on the cult of Mussolini and Italy’s far right for anyone with the time and inclination of a Saturday morning. Last punt - it’s the first biggish piece I’ve had published from Italy.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 18/09/2026
A Blether o Books: Scotland through Literature 7–8 November, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway Tickets are on sale for the third annual Blether o Books, held at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/a-blether...
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A Blether o Books: Scotland through Literature by Robert Burns Birthplace Museum | Eventbrite
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is proud to present the third annual Blether o' Books, where we are joined by some of Scotland's finest literary minds. With an exciting and varied programme of authors, we are given a window into modern Scottish society.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Well I think that’s me done with Radio Four’s Today programme. It’s just culture war clickbait now. All I want is intelligent in-depth reporting of the news. Not this constant attempt to provoke division in the country seemingly over every damn matter. The ruination of the BBC is a national tragedy.
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shieldaig's football pitch and north stand.
Empty goal and rock face behind.
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Scottish Housing News @scottishhousingnews.com · 16/09/2026
Two affordable housing developments owned by The City of Edinburgh and East Lothian councils are demonstrating how a collaborative approach, modern methods of construction and repeatable house designs can help accelerate the delivery of much-needed new homes.
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Affordable homes take shape through innovative regional housing model
Two affordable housing developments owned by The City of Edinburgh and East Lothian councils are demonstrating how a collaborative approach, modern methods of construction and repeatable house designs can help accelerate the delivery of much-needed new homes.
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Small boat with one light at dawn on the Clyde
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sun rising behind dark clouds
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 13/09/2026
📣 Important PSA! 📽️ I'll be screening and talking about the wonderful 1951 short film "The Singing Street" on next 2 weekends. 📅 19th & 20th, 10AM, Abbeyhill School with Colony of Artists 📆 26th, 12 Noon, Norton Park Centre with Doors Open Day 🎫 Free, unticketed, arrive early to avoid disappointment
A little poster for the event with some stills from the film and the dates and places. "“A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF EDINBURGH – as true perhaps as has ever been put on the screen” The Scotsman"
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Leith Walk tonight
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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Odd fungus
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Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Recorded my links today for the season I’ve curated of Royal Court plays from the BBC archives. Goes put last week of September on Radio 4 extra www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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BBC Radio 4 to celebrate contemporary playwriting this autumn in collaboration with Royal Court Theatre
New production of Lucy Kirkwood's The Children and season of landmark Royal Court plays from the BBC archive will be broadcast from 26 September
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 30/08/2026
Women of the world, take over because if you don’t the world will come to an end and we haven’t got long… —Listen to Karine Polwart’s version of Ivor Cutler’s song/long overdue idea, from her SCOTTISH SONGBOOK: 50 years of Scottish pop classics www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLf...
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Karine Polwart - Women of the World (Visualiser)
YouTube video by Karine Polwart
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Poor Frank Raw @handle.invalid · 29/08/2026
All paid for by 'socialised medicine' (sorry USA). CT scans, x-rays, physio, pre-ops, surgery, nursing care, a bag of quality pharmaceuticals, followup appt in 2 weeks, physio on demand etc etc. Gotta #LoveTheNHS
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Luath Press @luathpress.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
COMING SOON 📚Crossing the Sound by Peter Irvine 🎶 A gripping novel seeped in the atmosphere of the 80s, set between a remote Scottish island and the music capitals of London and New York. Peter Irvine explores ambition, friendship and the price of fame...
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