Billy Kay
@billykayscot.bsky.social
Scriever/Braidcaster in Scots, English, an a wheen ither leids forbye.
Writer/Broadcaster in English, Scots and a few other languages as well. Passionate about Scottish independence, my wife, my weans and grandweans. Oh, and Scotland & Dundee United.
Writer/Broadcaster in English, Scots and a few other languages as well. Passionate about Scottish independence, my wife, my weans and grandweans. Oh, and Scotland & Dundee United.
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“A Scottish poet maun assume
the burden o his peoples doom
And dee tae brak
Their livin tomb”
MacDiarmid
the burden o his peoples doom
And dee tae brak
Their livin tomb”
MacDiarmid
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“A Scottish poet maun assume
the burden o his peoples doom
And dee tae brak
Their livin tomb”
MacDiarmid
the burden o his peoples doom
And dee tae brak
Their livin tomb”
MacDiarmid
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November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I’ve got my stories and readings chosen and my books packed. See ye there neebs.
Delighted to contribute to this great evening in St Andrews organised by my friend Marion Mason. All the profits will go to local charities. 177 tickets sold but there's room for some more of you. I'll be talking about my books & my travels in the Scottish World. Signed copies will be available.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’ve got my stories and readings chosen and my books packed. See ye there neebs.
I’ve got my stories and readings chosen and my books packed. See ye there neebs.
Delighted to contribute to this great evening in St Andrews organised by my friend Marion Mason. All the profits will go to local charities. 177 tickets sold but there's room for some more of you. I'll be talking about my books & my travels in the Scottish World. Signed copies will be available.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’ve got my stories and readings chosen and my books packed. See ye there neebs.
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Just finished one of the few RL Stevenson novels I hadn’t read The Master of Ballantrae. Part of it is set in America and recalled for me our trip to Calistoga in 2018, when @joaokay.bsky.social and I visited the monument to him at Silverado. What a wonderful storyteller, what a great Scot.
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just finished one of the few RL Stevenson novels I hadn’t read The Master of Ballantrae. Part of it is set in America and recalled for me our trip to Calistoga in 2018, when @joaokay.bsky.social and I visited the monument to him at Silverado. What a wonderful storyteller, what a great Scot.
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Delighted to contribute to this great evening in St Andrews organised by my friend Marion Mason. All the profits will go to local charities. 177 tickets sold but there's room for some more of you. I'll be talking about my books & my travels in the Scottish World. Signed copies will be available.
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Delighted to contribute to this great evening in St Andrews organised by my friend Marion Mason. All the profits will go to local charities. 177 tickets sold but there's room for some more of you. I'll be talking about my books & my travels in the Scottish World. Signed copies will be available.
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A week the nicht I'll be in Saltcoats wi @natlibscot.bsky.social scriever Taylor Dyson. Ma book Born in Kyle is a love letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. See ye there @ardrossanherald.bsky.social
@irvinetimes.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
@irvinetimes.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Book Week Scotland: Scriever and Freens Tour
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A week the nicht I'll be in Saltcoats wi @natlibscot.bsky.social scriever Taylor Dyson. Ma book Born in Kyle is a love letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. See ye there @ardrossanherald.bsky.social
@irvinetimes.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
@irvinetimes.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Just finished one of the few RL Stevenson novels I hadn’t read The Master of Ballantrae. Part of it is set in America and recalled for me our trip to Calistoga in 2018, when @joaokay.bsky.social and I visited the monument to him at Silverado. What a wonderful storyteller, what a great Scot.
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just finished one of the few RL Stevenson novels I hadn’t read The Master of Ballantrae. Part of it is set in America and recalled for me our trip to Calistoga in 2018, when @joaokay.bsky.social and I visited the monument to him at Silverado. What a wonderful storyteller, what a great Scot.
A week the nicht I'll be in Saltcoats wi @natlibscot.bsky.social scriever Taylor Dyson. Ma book Born in Kyle is a love letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. See ye there @ardrossanherald.bsky.social
@irvinetimes.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
@irvinetimes.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Book Week Scotland: Scriever and Freens Tour
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A week the nicht I'll be in Saltcoats wi @natlibscot.bsky.social scriever Taylor Dyson. Ma book Born in Kyle is a love letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. See ye there @ardrossanherald.bsky.social
@irvinetimes.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
@irvinetimes.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Delighted to contribute to this great evening in St Andrews organised by my friend Marion Mason. All the profits will go to local charities. 177 tickets sold but there's room for some more of you. I'll be talking about my books & my travels in the Scottish World. Signed copies will be available.
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Delighted to contribute to this great evening in St Andrews organised by my friend Marion Mason. All the profits will go to local charities. 177 tickets sold but there's room for some more of you. I'll be talking about my books & my travels in the Scottish World. Signed copies will be available.
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Just back from Lisbon where it was a pleasure to stay in the Palácio Ramalhete, the setting of one of the greatest Portuguese novels of the 19th Century, Os Maias.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just back from Lisbon where it was a pleasure to stay in the Palácio Ramalhete, the setting of one of the greatest Portuguese novels of the 19th Century, Os Maias.
Just back from Lisbon where it was a pleasure to stay in the Palácio Ramalhete, the setting of one of the greatest Portuguese novels of the 19th Century, Os Maias.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just back from Lisbon where it was a pleasure to stay in the Palácio Ramalhete, the setting of one of the greatest Portuguese novels of the 19th Century, Os Maias.
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Ma intro tae the chapter Hame in Born in Kyle - A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. Folk fae the Irvine Valley will ken the sang Derval Dam that I quote fae, but theres local versions o it in a wheen airts in lowland Scotland & Ulster. Ye can lug intae me narratin the haill book on Audible.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ma intro tae the chapter Hame in Born in Kyle - A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. Folk fae the Irvine Valley will ken the sang Derval Dam that I quote fae, but theres local versions o it in a wheen airts in lowland Scotland & Ulster. Ye can lug intae me narratin the haill book on Audible.
Ma intro tae the chapter Hame in Born in Kyle - A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. Folk fae the Irvine Valley will ken the sang Derval Dam that I quote fae, but theres local versions o it in a wheen airts in lowland Scotland & Ulster. Ye can lug intae me narratin the haill book on Audible.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ma intro tae the chapter Hame in Born in Kyle - A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. Folk fae the Irvine Valley will ken the sang Derval Dam that I quote fae, but theres local versions o it in a wheen airts in lowland Scotland & Ulster. Ye can lug intae me narratin the haill book on Audible.
Supporting Families And Residentsu In Palestine 🇵🇸 chuffed.org/project/1452...
Supporting Families And Residentsu In Palestine 🇵🇸
chuffed.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Supporting Families And Residentsu In Palestine 🇵🇸 chuffed.org/project/1452...
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Friday night Charity food collection!!
25 big baking potatoes and lots of big cauliflowers as well as veggies and bread
Good hearty food that will keep bellies filled this weekend.
Getting ready to pack bags and welcome some families in to collect every scrap!
Do what you can my friends x
25 big baking potatoes and lots of big cauliflowers as well as veggies and bread
Good hearty food that will keep bellies filled this weekend.
Getting ready to pack bags and welcome some families in to collect every scrap!
Do what you can my friends x
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Friday night Charity food collection!!
25 big baking potatoes and lots of big cauliflowers as well as veggies and bread
Good hearty food that will keep bellies filled this weekend.
Getting ready to pack bags and welcome some families in to collect every scrap!
Do what you can my friends x
25 big baking potatoes and lots of big cauliflowers as well as veggies and bread
Good hearty food that will keep bellies filled this weekend.
Getting ready to pack bags and welcome some families in to collect every scrap!
Do what you can my friends x
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Martin Fritz
"Göteborg is known for the donations here, many of the rich people donated money to the parks, to museum, to schools, to poor people and so on and you speak about of a special Göteborg mentality you see, and that is perhaps influenced by these immigrating Scotsmen."
"Göteborg is known for the donations here, many of the rich people donated money to the parks, to museum, to schools, to poor people and so on and you speak about of a special Göteborg mentality you see, and that is perhaps influenced by these immigrating Scotsmen."
September 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Martin Fritz
"Göteborg is known for the donations here, many of the rich people donated money to the parks, to museum, to schools, to poor people and so on and you speak about of a special Göteborg mentality you see, and that is perhaps influenced by these immigrating Scotsmen."
"Göteborg is known for the donations here, many of the rich people donated money to the parks, to museum, to schools, to poor people and so on and you speak about of a special Göteborg mentality you see, and that is perhaps influenced by these immigrating Scotsmen."
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A passage from Scots the Mither Tongue on how the language is tied into the environment we live in, and how we need it to describe that environment accurately. You can listen to the whole book on Audible.
September 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A passage from Scots The Mither Tongue on Scots abroad - this one recalls the speech of Mary Slessor in Calabar, Nigeria.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A passage from Scots The Mither Tongue on Scots abroad - this one recalls the speech of Mary Slessor in Calabar, Nigeria.
A passage from Scots The Mither Tongue on Scots abroad - this one recalls the speech of Mary Slessor in Calabar, Nigeria.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A passage from Scots The Mither Tongue on Scots abroad - this one recalls the speech of Mary Slessor in Calabar, Nigeria.
“A Scottish poet maun assume
the burden o his peoples doom
And dee tae brak
Their livin tomb”
MacDiarmid
the burden o his peoples doom
And dee tae brak
Their livin tomb”
MacDiarmid
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“A Scottish poet maun assume
the burden o his peoples doom
And dee tae brak
Their livin tomb”
MacDiarmid
the burden o his peoples doom
And dee tae brak
Their livin tomb”
MacDiarmid
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Twa weeks the nicht, I’ll be celebratin the guid Scots tongue in Saltcoats in Ayrshire alang wi the unco talented actress an scriever Taylor Dyson. @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Tickets are free but please register here. www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Book Week Scotland: Scriever and Freens Tour
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Twa weeks the nicht, I’ll be celebratin the guid Scots tongue in Saltcoats in Ayrshire alang wi the unco talented actress an scriever Taylor Dyson. @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Tickets are free but please register here. www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
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My article on another young New York Mayor is up! www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Meet the grandson of an Irish nationalist who became mayor of NY
Zohran Mamdani will be New York's youngest mayor in more than a century - the youngest before him was the grandson of an Irish nationalist and largely forgotten
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My article on another young New York Mayor is up! www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Twa weeks the nicht, I’ll be celebratin the guid Scots tongue in Saltcoats in Ayrshire alang wi the unco talented actress an scriever Taylor Dyson. @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Tickets are free but please register here. www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Book Week Scotland: Scriever and Freens Tour
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Twa weeks the nicht, I’ll be celebratin the guid Scots tongue in Saltcoats in Ayrshire alang wi the unco talented actress an scriever Taylor Dyson. @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Tickets are free but please register here. www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
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Amang guid companie. See ye in Saltcoats.
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Amang guid companie. See ye in Saltcoats.