Jackie
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Jackie
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Community Psychiatric Nurse in NHS Scotland.Psychology graduate.Recently completed IGA Foundation Cert in Group Analysis. Interested in psychoanalysis, clinical research, psychology,mental health. Love cats/rugby.Former Senior Mental Health Research Nurse.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The legend that is Luka Bloom playing at MacKintosh Church at Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow tonight. He was superb.
January 26, 2026 at 11:52 PM
At the beautiful Rennie MacKintosh designed church near where I live in Glasgow. To see mandolinist Jacob Jolliff at fabulous Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow.
January 23, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Just caught up on tonight’s episode of uk traitors. Cannot wait to hear the questions Harriet will ask the traitors. Fiona -what a rocket 🚀 made me laugh so much & absolutely brilliant on Traitors Uncloaked, I think Ed Gamble just loves her. He should take her on one of his comedy tours. #traitors
January 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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I thought it might be nice to give away my last 2 signed hardbacks of my novel 1983, with two lovely linocut hares by my mum.

All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply).

The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”.
Extract in the replies.
January 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Dexter my 15 1/2 year old cat is fair enjoying the fact that his servant is off on annual leave. He is milking it since he had to go to the vet yesterday to get his claw clipped as claw went into his paw pad. On antibiotics and pain relief, he a wee champ and the vet nurses ♥️ him. #catsofbluesky
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Maybe the fact that I’ve had a few glasses of red wine before this, is accurately describing how I’m feeling right now. 😂
January 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
#thetraitors cannot believe it finished there 😂 I bet we will need to wait till next week. My bets are on Fiona, Harriet or Ellie for secret traitor. Definitely do not think it’s a male .
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Just watched this video today on Instagram, I found it incredibly moving. This gentleman is a beautiful soul and his attitude to life touched me today.
Christopher Ward on Instagram: "STRANGER PORTRAITS . . . MODEL: Thomas LOCATION: Belfast: Northern Ireland PHOTOGRAPHER + INTERVIEWER: Christopher Ward . . . #modelstrangers #streetinterview #sonya...
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January 2, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Swans & ducks along the canal in Glasgow today.
January 1, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Saw this beautiful heron on my walk along the canal today in Glasgow.
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
#thetraitors I think Amanda is too obvious to be the secret traitor.
January 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
#thetraitors great twist to series 4 of the traitors. I don’t have a clue who the secret traitor is. Claudia Winkelman is brilliant. Her witticisms are top notch.
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Happy New Year to all when it comes. Especially thinking of those whom are no longer with us, we will remember the good times & keep them alive in our hearts and minds.
I’m now off to bed after binge watching Netflix drama Beast in Me which was superb, accompanied by some red wine. Sleep beckons 😴
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December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Whilst this is a rip-roaring read, the author is clearly bonkers. Every one of these apparently self-evidently incomprehensible sentences is perfectly reasonable...
December 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy Christmas to all and special mention for those where Christmas may be a difficult time of year.
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Thank god I just have tomorrow morning to work and then off for 4 days. December has been a hard long month.
December 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Some students came to sing carols from the local Filipino church choir, at the nursing home my mum is a resident in, today. It was lovely seeing many of the residents singing. For a wee while we could just forget about dementia and appreciate the joy of music and being in each other’s company.
December 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A fair few gigs booked for Celtic Connections Festival in January 2026 in my long adopted city of Glasgow.
Luka Bloom, Alasdair White with Tempest, Oscar McLennan to name a few. Ranging from trad Scot music, Irish, americana and world fusion. Cannot wait.
December 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Tommy Robinson got pushed over by Ty Mitchell, a muslim beating him in a muslim country where Robinson was begging for money.

Then they deported Robinson because the locals were enraged by his presence.

What a shame 🤣
December 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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It appears Dubai has now deported Tommy Robinson.

We are are jealous.
December 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Cannot believe that it is 37 years ago that the Lockerbie disaster happened. Seeing the news of the remembrance events on the news last few days reminded of the time I visited the Lockerbie memorial and spoke to families whom had lost family there.
December 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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There's a lot of talk of acceptance working with people with chronic conditions. Let's remember- this is easy to say for the person without the condition!

A big component of acceptance is grieving- a painful process, & with bumps in the road.

Let's not push acceptance like people can 'just do it'.
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
New term/condition came across recently. Polymorphic psychosis-never heard of it in 30 years as a mental health nurse. Time to get reading.
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Lidl Stem Ginger Cookies are just dynamite. Definitely not helping my weight loss journey 😂
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM