Caroline Johnstone
@carolinejohnstone.bsky.social
Poet (Hedgehog Press) & author (Dare to be Happier, Welbeck) General magpie 🧐Scotland and NI. I don’t check DM’s.
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If you want to start journaling see My Introduction to Journaling Book. It includes guided questions
If you want to live your best life, the this one’s for you ❤️🖊️✏️❤️ #journaling #journalling #liveyourbestlife
If you want to live your best life, the this one’s for you ❤️🖊️✏️❤️ #journaling #journalling #liveyourbestlife
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How "Christian" all this hate is, to be sure. Reminds me of the Spanish Inquisition...
Charlie Kirk memorial: Trump says he ‘hates’ his opponents at event attended by tens of thousands
President delivers mix of eulogy and campaign speech while JD Vance calls Kirk ‘martyr for the Christian faith’
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September 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
How "Christian" all this hate is, to be sure. Reminds me of the Spanish Inquisition...
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Really chuffed to be shortlisted for the Wigtown Book Festival's Anne Brown prize again. I love non-fiction essays, reading them & writing them, & the award provides a rare opportunity to have a go. Good luck to everyone.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Really chuffed to be shortlisted for the Wigtown Book Festival's Anne Brown prize again. I love non-fiction essays, reading them & writing them, & the award provides a rare opportunity to have a go. Good luck to everyone.
'I thought I'd never see my kids grow up - a stranger's kindness led to a miracle'
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www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
'Miracle' achievement of Bristol mum after stranger saved her life
She received a devastating diagnosis in 2020 but now feels "healthy, strong and alive"
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September 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
'I thought I'd never see my kids grow up - a stranger's kindness led to a miracle'
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
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Detail: Railings of The Glasgow School of Art. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. c.1907.
September 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Detail: Railings of The Glasgow School of Art. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. c.1907.
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Marie Maynard Daly: First Black Woman PhD Chemist Who Unlocked Cholesterol's Deadly Secrets
voxmeditantis.com/2025/09/13/m...
#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Biochemistry #Cardiology #Cholesterol
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Biochemistry #Cardiology #Cholesterol
Marie Maynard Daly: First Black Woman PhD Chemist Who Unlocked Cholesterol’s Deadly Secrets
Dr Marie Maynard Daly, the first Black woman to earn a chemistry PhD in America, discusses her groundbreaking research linking cholesterol to heart disease and her pioneering work on DNA structure.…
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September 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Marie Maynard Daly: First Black Woman PhD Chemist Who Unlocked Cholesterol's Deadly Secrets
voxmeditantis.com/2025/09/13/m...
#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Biochemistry #Cardiology #Cholesterol
voxmeditantis.com/2025/09/13/m...
#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Biochemistry #Cardiology #Cholesterol
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"Such pictures increase in power as the years go by. The people who took us pass away, and we ourselves grow up and change, but the stones stay the same." Peter Ross tries to solve the mystery of a fuzzy childhood photograph.
To mark publication of Upon A White Horse, a story for The Guardian about a quest to find an ancient stone where I was photographed as a boy. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
‘A tantalising mystery’: could I find the standing stone on a Scottish island from a childhood photo?
My mum gave me an old picture of me sitting on the cairn on Islay when I was 11. Forty years later, I set out to find it
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September 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Such pictures increase in power as the years go by. The people who took us pass away, and we ourselves grow up and change, but the stones stay the same." Peter Ross tries to solve the mystery of a fuzzy childhood photograph.
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If we’re serious about lifting indie lit, we need systems that work.
That’s what #PIL is.
Submit today.
#PromoteIndieLit 🔗
That’s what #PIL is.
Submit today.
#PromoteIndieLit 🔗
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September 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If we’re serious about lifting indie lit, we need systems that work.
That’s what #PIL is.
Submit today.
#PromoteIndieLit 🔗
That’s what #PIL is.
Submit today.
#PromoteIndieLit 🔗
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nice project by young Scottish artists, covers of Joy Division songs in aid of the CALM charity - please have a listen! 👍
#CALM #charity #JoyDivision #ScottishArtists #music #health
soboringband.bandcamp.com/track/24-hours
#CALM #charity #JoyDivision #ScottishArtists #music #health
soboringband.bandcamp.com/track/24-hours
24 Hours, by Lolabored
from the album Joy Division Covers by Scottish Artists
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September 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
nice project by young Scottish artists, covers of Joy Division songs in aid of the CALM charity - please have a listen! 👍
#CALM #charity #JoyDivision #ScottishArtists #music #health
soboringband.bandcamp.com/track/24-hours
#CALM #charity #JoyDivision #ScottishArtists #music #health
soboringband.bandcamp.com/track/24-hours
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Cafe Writers is tomorrow night - Monday 8th - and features tow excellent poets: Amanda Dalton and Kathy Pimlott - seriously not to be missed. Still time to book a free ticket! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cafe-write...
Cafe Writers September 2025
Cafe Writers featuring Amanda Dalton and Kathy Pimlott
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September 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Cafe Writers is tomorrow night - Monday 8th - and features tow excellent poets: Amanda Dalton and Kathy Pimlott - seriously not to be missed. Still time to book a free ticket! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cafe-write...
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Remembering the dark period of witchcraft accusations in Ayrshire secretscotland.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/r...
Remembering the dark period of witchcraft accusations in Ayrshire
Rightly or wrongly, I’ve largely come to regard references to witchcraft as nonsense that produces films for Hammer House of Horror or, as in this case, an embarrassing and sad aspect of our …
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September 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Remembering the dark period of witchcraft accusations in Ayrshire secretscotland.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/r...
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know it's not Glasgow, but I love this knitted postbox topper I came across in the village of Failford in Ayrshire yesterday.
#postboxtopper #ayrshire #streetart #yarnbombing #tractor #fieldmouse #postbox #failford
#postboxtopper #ayrshire #streetart #yarnbombing #tractor #fieldmouse #postbox #failford
August 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
know it's not Glasgow, but I love this knitted postbox topper I came across in the village of Failford in Ayrshire yesterday.
#postboxtopper #ayrshire #streetart #yarnbombing #tractor #fieldmouse #postbox #failford
#postboxtopper #ayrshire #streetart #yarnbombing #tractor #fieldmouse #postbox #failford
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By chance, I met this ancient oak near Mauchline, Ayrshire. My hiking pole on the right gives an idea of girth.
Trees this age and size are so rare in Ireland that this would be celebrated. But in Scotland, they seem no big deal.
Irish nature is a mere shell of what it once was. Time to rewild!! 🌏
Trees this age and size are so rare in Ireland that this would be celebrated. But in Scotland, they seem no big deal.
Irish nature is a mere shell of what it once was. Time to rewild!! 🌏
September 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
By chance, I met this ancient oak near Mauchline, Ayrshire. My hiking pole on the right gives an idea of girth.
Trees this age and size are so rare in Ireland that this would be celebrated. But in Scotland, they seem no big deal.
Irish nature is a mere shell of what it once was. Time to rewild!! 🌏
Trees this age and size are so rare in Ireland that this would be celebrated. But in Scotland, they seem no big deal.
Irish nature is a mere shell of what it once was. Time to rewild!! 🌏
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Still life with blue tit, Georg Flegel, 1629.
September 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Still life with blue tit, Georg Flegel, 1629.
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Today is #NationalReadABookDay which we firmly believe should be celebrated every day!
Whether you've borrowed from the #library, treated yourself to something new at a #bookshop, or have curled up on the sofa with a dog-eared favourite, happy reading!
Whether you've borrowed from the #library, treated yourself to something new at a #bookshop, or have curled up on the sofa with a dog-eared favourite, happy reading!
September 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Today is #NationalReadABookDay which we firmly believe should be celebrated every day!
Whether you've borrowed from the #library, treated yourself to something new at a #bookshop, or have curled up on the sofa with a dog-eared favourite, happy reading!
Whether you've borrowed from the #library, treated yourself to something new at a #bookshop, or have curled up on the sofa with a dog-eared favourite, happy reading!
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In Hope Bowdler churchyard lies Francis Phillips (1657); his gravestone is one of the oldest in Shropshire. On the stone, it wishes for "an untroubled mold" which expresses his desire to lie in the grave undisturbed. It is an incredible piece of history and reminds us how special churchyards can be.
August 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In Hope Bowdler churchyard lies Francis Phillips (1657); his gravestone is one of the oldest in Shropshire. On the stone, it wishes for "an untroubled mold" which expresses his desire to lie in the grave undisturbed. It is an incredible piece of history and reminds us how special churchyards can be.
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Our in-person 'Writing Time & Place in Fiction' in Glasgow today has sold out. However, our online version tomorrow (Sun 7 Sept, 1.30-5.30pm BST) still has a couple of place. Book here: www.thi-wurd.com/product/writ...
Writing Time & Place in Fiction (online day school place) - thi wurd
Ticket for a place at the online ‘Writing time and place in fiction’ (Day school), Sun 7th Sep, 1.30pm–5.30pm. Please see our classes page for details of this day school. No refunds on this product a...
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September 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Our in-person 'Writing Time & Place in Fiction' in Glasgow today has sold out. However, our online version tomorrow (Sun 7 Sept, 1.30-5.30pm BST) still has a couple of place. Book here: www.thi-wurd.com/product/writ...
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Winner of the @hedgehogpress.co.uk first pamphlet competition 2023, 'Close-Up' is a 'carefully structured' collection that is built on 'built on close observation of the world, of nature and human experience, and how we relate to and respond to it.'
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#Reviews
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#Reviews
September 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Winner of the @hedgehogpress.co.uk first pamphlet competition 2023, 'Close-Up' is a 'carefully structured' collection that is built on 'built on close observation of the world, of nature and human experience, and how we relate to and respond to it.'
inksweatandtears.co.uk/chris-hardy-...
#Reviews
inksweatandtears.co.uk/chris-hardy-...
#Reviews
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“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
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Due to planned transport strikes, on Monday 8 September – Thursday 11 September our St Pancras site will open 09:30 – 18:00.
Reading Rooms and Reader Registration will open at 10.00 and close at 17.00.
Plan your visit: bit.ly/BLPlanVisit
Reading Rooms and Reader Registration will open at 10.00 and close at 17.00.
Plan your visit: bit.ly/BLPlanVisit
September 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Due to planned transport strikes, on Monday 8 September – Thursday 11 September our St Pancras site will open 09:30 – 18:00.
Reading Rooms and Reader Registration will open at 10.00 and close at 17.00.
Plan your visit: bit.ly/BLPlanVisit
Reading Rooms and Reader Registration will open at 10.00 and close at 17.00.
Plan your visit: bit.ly/BLPlanVisit
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September 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I am absolutely thrilled to have five pieces published & beautifully presented on the splendid @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social site, edited by that great member of the #poetrycommunity @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social #poetsonbluesky #poetry #writingcommunity #booksky
September 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I am absolutely thrilled to have five pieces published & beautifully presented on the splendid @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social site, edited by that great member of the #poetrycommunity @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social #poetsonbluesky #poetry #writingcommunity #booksky
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The emotional significance of objects sends ripples through our lives, which is why this is often my final poem when I give a reading.
It's taken from my second full collection, Whatever You Don't, Just Don't. If you fancy a signed copy, drop me a DM and I'll sort one out for you...
It's taken from my second full collection, Whatever You Don't, Just Don't. If you fancy a signed copy, drop me a DM and I'll sort one out for you...
July 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The emotional significance of objects sends ripples through our lives, which is why this is often my final poem when I give a reading.
It's taken from my second full collection, Whatever You Don't, Just Don't. If you fancy a signed copy, drop me a DM and I'll sort one out for you...
It's taken from my second full collection, Whatever You Don't, Just Don't. If you fancy a signed copy, drop me a DM and I'll sort one out for you...
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You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
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Attending a writing retreat can be a great way to start or advance a project. Have you ever been on a retreat? I love looking at these listings and daydreaming a little. So many inspiring possibilities! #writingcommunity writingretreatdirectory.com/find-a-retre...
Find a Retreat
Writing retreats are a great way to take time for yourself and let your creative juices flow. Find your perfect writing retreat here!
writingretreatdirectory.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Attending a writing retreat can be a great way to start or advance a project. Have you ever been on a retreat? I love looking at these listings and daydreaming a little. So many inspiring possibilities! #writingcommunity writingretreatdirectory.com/find-a-retre...