John MacDonald
@1johnmacdonald.bsky.social
Abrach. Ex-everything. Watch this space.
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This is my new book (26/026). It's the 1st time in years that I'll be published as 'Shona' rather than 'S.G.'and I am very happy to be reclaiming my name. It's about a reading society formed in a northern Scottish town in the 1830s. Drama ensues. (My mother-in-law crocheted the shawl 🧶)
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is my new book (26/026). It's the 1st time in years that I'll be published as 'Shona' rather than 'S.G.'and I am very happy to be reclaiming my name. It's about a reading society formed in a northern Scottish town in the 1830s. Drama ensues. (My mother-in-law crocheted the shawl 🧶)
Powerless, rudderless Europe continues its genuflection to Trump. What a truly unedifying spectacle.
June 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Powerless, rudderless Europe continues its genuflection to Trump. What a truly unedifying spectacle.
It's not 'complicated'. It's crystal clear.
May 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's not 'complicated'. It's crystal clear.
The gradual extinction of the Teuchter Wagon sticker. One of the great Highland tragedies.
May 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The gradual extinction of the Teuchter Wagon sticker. One of the great Highland tragedies.
Congratulations to Bologna and their Scottish captain, Lewis Ferguson. 🏴
¡El Bologna es campeón de la Coppa Italia!
Más de medio siglo después los de Vincenzo Italiano obtienen el trofeo ante el Milan, con gol de Dan N'Doye.
Más de medio siglo después los de Vincenzo Italiano obtienen el trofeo ante el Milan, con gol de Dan N'Doye.
May 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Congratulations to Bologna and their Scottish captain, Lewis Ferguson. 🏴
'Mixed clans'. Culloden.
April 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
'Mixed clans'. Culloden.
Màiri Mhòr nan Òran -
March 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Màiri Mhòr nan Òran -
Long day on the road today. C'mon the Hoops.
March 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Long day on the road today. C'mon the Hoops.
Hindyref. Bu Chòir. x.com/DavidsonMagn...
Magnus Davidson on X: "The Highlands and Islands comprise 9% of Scotland’s population but produces 47% of its renewable electricity. We pay a higher rate than the south of Scotland per kWh used. The Highlands and Islands need independence now." / X
The Highlands and Islands comprise 9% of Scotland’s population but produces 47% of its renewable electricity. We pay a higher rate than the south of Scotland per kWh used. The Highlands and Islands need independence now.
x.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hindyref. Bu Chòir. x.com/DavidsonMagn...
Spot the union dividend.
January 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Spot the union dividend.
New shinty season fast approaching. Here's the Balliemore Cup draw -
January 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New shinty season fast approaching. Here's the Balliemore Cup draw -
Pure common sense, here. I don't think Trump reads CSIS articles.
www.csis.org/analysis/sei...
www.csis.org/analysis/sei...
Seizing Greenland Is Worse Than a Bad Deal
Taking Greenland through force or coercion would not just be a bad deal for the United States—it could become a legacy-defining unforced error for the Trump administration.
www.csis.org
January 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pure common sense, here. I don't think Trump reads CSIS articles.
www.csis.org/analysis/sei...
www.csis.org/analysis/sei...
Drill, baby, drill. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Drill, baby, drill. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Decent piece. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
An American tragedy: how Biden paved the way for Trump’s White House return
To admirers, Biden will remain one of the most consequential one-term presidents in US history – to detractors, he was undone by a fatal flaw
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Decent piece. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president after years of political vacuum - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanese-army-chief-joseph-aoun-elected-president-years-political-vacuum
Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president after years of political vacuum
Aoun will oversee the country through numerous challenges amid fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
www.middleeasteye.net
January 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president after years of political vacuum - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanese-army-chief-joseph-aoun-elected-president-years-political-vacuum
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I loved working with the Conan Doyle Estate on Sir Arthur's perilous early life as a surgeon aboard a Peterhead whaling vessel. As you'll discover, he was very lucky to survive to create the Sherlock Holmes stories which have become internationally famous!
conandoyleestate.com/news/insight...
conandoyleestate.com/news/insight...
The Conan Doyle Estate, Arthur Conan Doyle's adventures as featured in The Press and Journal
We were contacted recently by a feature writer - Neil Drysdale of the Press and Journal, who was keen to write a piece about the 140th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?s journey on the whaling sh...
conandoyleestate.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I loved working with the Conan Doyle Estate on Sir Arthur's perilous early life as a surgeon aboard a Peterhead whaling vessel. As you'll discover, he was very lucky to survive to create the Sherlock Holmes stories which have become internationally famous!
conandoyleestate.com/news/insight...
conandoyleestate.com/news/insight...
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Congratulations to Stuart Dunmore on his brilliant new book! @edinburghup.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Congratulations to Stuart Dunmore on his brilliant new book! @edinburghup.bsky.social
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Aiste 7 (2024), deasaichte le Sìm Innes & Sheila M. Kidd, ri fhaighinn air loidhne a-nis aig 👉 clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...
December 29, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Aiste 7 (2024), deasaichte le Sìm Innes & Sheila M. Kidd, ri fhaighinn air loidhne a-nis aig 👉 clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...
Invergarry castle on the shore of Loch Oich. Seat of the MacDonells of Glengarry, it was destroyed by Cumberland in 1746.
December 28, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Invergarry castle on the shore of Loch Oich. Seat of the MacDonells of Glengarry, it was destroyed by Cumberland in 1746.