Heather Clark
@heatherjc.bsky.social
Concerned and curious citizen of Edinburgh. Teacher of English to Speakers of other languages.
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At a rugby club in small-town Leicestershire. This was on the window ledge in the toilet. Fearing the worst, I scanned the QR & opened it in an incognito window…
It’s a link to Amnesty International’s explainer on asylum & refugees 😍
It’s a link to Amnesty International’s explainer on asylum & refugees 😍
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
At a rugby club in small-town Leicestershire. This was on the window ledge in the toilet. Fearing the worst, I scanned the QR & opened it in an incognito window…
It’s a link to Amnesty International’s explainer on asylum & refugees 😍
It’s a link to Amnesty International’s explainer on asylum & refugees 😍
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If you've ever wondered what it's like being a teacher in 2025 in Scotland, watch these 90 seconds. This is it, 100%.
Thanks @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for saying it.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ_2EIc...
Thanks @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for saying it.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ_2EIc...
BBC Scotland News on Instagram: "As Scotland's teachers prepare to vote on industrial action over their workload and the amount of time they actually spend in front of a class, former teacher James Mc...
2,299 likes, 67 comments - bbcscotnews on November 13, 2025: "As Scotland's teachers prepare to vote on industrial action over their workload and the amount of time they actually spend in front of a c...
www.instagram.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you've ever wondered what it's like being a teacher in 2025 in Scotland, watch these 90 seconds. This is it, 100%.
Thanks @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for saying it.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ_2EIc...
Thanks @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for saying it.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ_2EIc...
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BALACLAVA-CLAD DIRT BIKERS on Hume Walk, Calton Hill on Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 15.40. They were using both electric & petrol motorbikes to do stunts and cut up the turf. One rider sprayed us with mud. One bike had a number plate, but it was not possible to read it from the video.
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
BALACLAVA-CLAD DIRT BIKERS on Hume Walk, Calton Hill on Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 15.40. They were using both electric & petrol motorbikes to do stunts and cut up the turf. One rider sprayed us with mud. One bike had a number plate, but it was not possible to read it from the video.
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Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
If you've ever wondered what it's like being a teacher in 2025 in Scotland, watch these 90 seconds. This is it, 100%.
Thanks @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for saying it.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ_2EIc...
Thanks @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for saying it.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ_2EIc...
BBC Scotland News on Instagram: "As Scotland's teachers prepare to vote on industrial action over their workload and the amount of time they actually spend in front of a class, former teacher James Mc...
2,299 likes, 67 comments - bbcscotnews on November 13, 2025: "As Scotland's teachers prepare to vote on industrial action over their workload and the amount of time they actually spend in front of a c...
www.instagram.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you've ever wondered what it's like being a teacher in 2025 in Scotland, watch these 90 seconds. This is it, 100%.
Thanks @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for saying it.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ_2EIc...
Thanks @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for saying it.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ_2EIc...
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The Open University, Opening Doors to Education.
Did you know The Open University has 16,470 students across Scotland, with 340 studying right here in Bathgate and Linlithgow.
Did you know The Open University has 16,470 students across Scotland, with 340 studying right here in Bathgate and Linlithgow.
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Open University, Opening Doors to Education.
Did you know The Open University has 16,470 students across Scotland, with 340 studying right here in Bathgate and Linlithgow.
Did you know The Open University has 16,470 students across Scotland, with 340 studying right here in Bathgate and Linlithgow.
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They didn't want my blood, but they probably want yours! I went to give blood today, but due to a v minor medical issue they couldn't take it. Yet they told me they do need donors. As I couldn't help by giving, instead, I thought i'd publicise this... www.blood.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They didn't want my blood, but they probably want yours! I went to give blood today, but due to a v minor medical issue they couldn't take it. Yet they told me they do need donors. As I couldn't help by giving, instead, I thought i'd publicise this... www.blood.co.uk
If you're in Edinburgh and haven't left the house yet, don't bother. It's fricking horrible out.
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
If you're in Edinburgh and haven't left the house yet, don't bother. It's fricking horrible out.
Good grief, Ryanair can be so miserable at times and this is one of those times.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
BA to fly Huntingdon hero out for dream football trip after Ryanair refused refund
The airline has given Mr Crean flights, a five-star hotel stay and tickets to a Nottingham Forest game in Porto
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Good grief, Ryanair can be so miserable at times and this is one of those times.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
I nearly broke my ankle just looking at these.
Size 7, British Heart Foundation, on Lothian Road if any of you are braver.
Size 7, British Heart Foundation, on Lothian Road if any of you are braver.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I nearly broke my ankle just looking at these.
Size 7, British Heart Foundation, on Lothian Road if any of you are braver.
Size 7, British Heart Foundation, on Lothian Road if any of you are braver.
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Guillermo del Toro may come and live in Edinburgh he loves it so much... bit.ly/47yxnDg
Guillermo del Toro might make Edinburgh his home
Sounds like the line from a movie - but it is a line from the Frankenstein director himself
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro may come and live in Edinburgh he loves it so much... bit.ly/47yxnDg
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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27 prisoners released by mistake from Scottish prisons over last four years www.holyrood.com/news/view,27...
27 prisoners released by mistake from Scottish prisons over last four years
It comes as a search is underway by police in England for two criminals who were released by accident in the last eight ...
www.holyrood.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
27 prisoners released by mistake from Scottish prisons over last four years www.holyrood.com/news/view,27...
27 prisoners have been mistakenly released in Scotland over the last 3 years.
We don't really hear much about that though.
news.stv.tv/scotland/mor...
We don't really hear much about that though.
news.stv.tv/scotland/mor...
More than two dozen prisoners mistakenly released since 2022
Some 27 inmates have been freed in error over the last three years, the Scottish Prison Service said, including three so far this year.
news.stv.tv
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
27 prisoners have been mistakenly released in Scotland over the last 3 years.
We don't really hear much about that though.
news.stv.tv/scotland/mor...
We don't really hear much about that though.
news.stv.tv/scotland/mor...
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Who can forget those relentless front page headlines - twice a week on average over the last 2 yrs of Tory Govt:
"Another prisoner released in error! Braverman / Cleverly / Sunak must quit!"
Yes, me neither...
"Another prisoner released in error! Braverman / Cleverly / Sunak must quit!"
Yes, me neither...
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Who can forget those relentless front page headlines - twice a week on average over the last 2 yrs of Tory Govt:
"Another prisoner released in error! Braverman / Cleverly / Sunak must quit!"
Yes, me neither...
"Another prisoner released in error! Braverman / Cleverly / Sunak must quit!"
Yes, me neither...
"In the 12 months to March 2024, 87 prisoners were released in error."
In fact several hundred were released during the Tories time in power from 2010- 2024. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention, but I don't recall hearing much about each individual involved.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
In fact several hundred were released during the Tories time in power from 2010- 2024. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention, but I don't recall hearing much about each individual involved.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"In the 12 months to March 2024, 87 prisoners were released in error."
In fact several hundred were released during the Tories time in power from 2010- 2024. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention, but I don't recall hearing much about each individual involved.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
In fact several hundred were released during the Tories time in power from 2010- 2024. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention, but I don't recall hearing much about each individual involved.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
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We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.
If you can ignore all the Christmas setting-up, PSG is a sight to behold at this time of year! #edinburgh
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If you can ignore all the Christmas setting-up, PSG is a sight to behold at this time of year! #edinburgh
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A reminder also that Starmer said "a thin deal is better than no deal", that Johnson wasn't being honest about the "avalanche of checks, bureaucracy and red tape" his deal would cause, and that it had a "gaping hole" when it came to the service sector, saying "the lack of ambition here is striking".
Yet another minister on #GMB saying how badly the “Chaotic Brexit deal” has damaged and continues to damage the economy. Just a reminder that this is the deal Labour voted FOR.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A reminder also that Starmer said "a thin deal is better than no deal", that Johnson wasn't being honest about the "avalanche of checks, bureaucracy and red tape" his deal would cause, and that it had a "gaping hole" when it came to the service sector, saying "the lack of ambition here is striking".