Jo Scott Heritage
@joscottheritage.bsky.social
By day, heritage consultant based in the North of England. By night, writer of novels & short stories, seeking representation. Shortlisted Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. www.joscott-heritage.co.uk joscottwrites.uk She/her
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Be yourself.
Be helpful if you can.
Be insufferable if you have to.
Be as dark as you wish.
Be the reason a forest is considered haunted.
But most of all, be kind and stay weird.
Be helpful if you can.
Be insufferable if you have to.
Be as dark as you wish.
Be the reason a forest is considered haunted.
But most of all, be kind and stay weird.
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Be yourself.
Be helpful if you can.
Be insufferable if you have to.
Be as dark as you wish.
Be the reason a forest is considered haunted.
But most of all, be kind and stay weird.
Be helpful if you can.
Be insufferable if you have to.
Be as dark as you wish.
Be the reason a forest is considered haunted.
But most of all, be kind and stay weird.
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I have a reading age of 65. That means I've forgotten how a book started by the time I reach the end.
This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔
This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I have a reading age of 65. That means I've forgotten how a book started by the time I reach the end.
This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔
This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔
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A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight
A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight
Popularity of Britain’s top mouser – ‘the guy to meet in No 10’ – to feature in documentary series
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight
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Staff at Lincoln Cathedral find a dinner party invite by author Lewis Carroll from 1875. 👇
BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Invite found in Lincoln shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
Staff at Lincoln Cathedral discover a dinner party invitation and menu sent by the author in 1875.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Staff at Lincoln Cathedral find a dinner party invite by author Lewis Carroll from 1875. 👇
BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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NEWCASTLE NOIR 2025
5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025
5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEWCASTLE NOIR 2025
5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025
5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025
Got to love a strange encounter along a Holloway! 😍✍️🤖
I've TWO of these beautiful 'Witch & Hare' original linocuts by my mum, Jo, to give away to my Bluesky followers. The print is from my recently republished book, Help The Witch.
All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Got to love a strange encounter along a Holloway! 😍✍️🤖
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You are all cordially invited to the launch of:
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
You are all cordially invited to the launch of:
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
BBC News - North East heritage sites taken off 'at risk' register - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such great news for these sites, and I'm particularly thrilled for the lovely church communities that I have worked with in the past 👍😍⛪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such great news for these sites, and I'm particularly thrilled for the lovely church communities that I have worked with in the past 👍😍⛪
North East heritage sites taken off 'at risk' register
Eleven sites have been saved and brought back into public use including part of Hadrian's Wall.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
BBC News - North East heritage sites taken off 'at risk' register - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such great news for these sites, and I'm particularly thrilled for the lovely church communities that I have worked with in the past 👍😍⛪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such great news for these sites, and I'm particularly thrilled for the lovely church communities that I have worked with in the past 👍😍⛪
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St Michael's Mount nr Penzance
Diodorus Siculus (60-30BC); ‘The inhabitants of Britain who live on the promontory called Belerion [Cornwall] are friendly to strangers.. they work the tin… and convey it to an island.. called Ictis… (where) the merchants buy the tin from the natives
📷 Yesterday
Diodorus Siculus (60-30BC); ‘The inhabitants of Britain who live on the promontory called Belerion [Cornwall] are friendly to strangers.. they work the tin… and convey it to an island.. called Ictis… (where) the merchants buy the tin from the natives
📷 Yesterday
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
St Michael's Mount nr Penzance
Diodorus Siculus (60-30BC); ‘The inhabitants of Britain who live on the promontory called Belerion [Cornwall] are friendly to strangers.. they work the tin… and convey it to an island.. called Ictis… (where) the merchants buy the tin from the natives
📷 Yesterday
Diodorus Siculus (60-30BC); ‘The inhabitants of Britain who live on the promontory called Belerion [Cornwall] are friendly to strangers.. they work the tin… and convey it to an island.. called Ictis… (where) the merchants buy the tin from the natives
📷 Yesterday
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*We have news*
We're joining forces with Admiral in a new three year partnership that brings together nature conservation and community protection.
We'll will work to restore vital landscapes and raise awareness of how nature-based solutions can help tackle the growing threat of flooding.
We're joining forces with Admiral in a new three year partnership that brings together nature conservation and community protection.
We'll will work to restore vital landscapes and raise awareness of how nature-based solutions can help tackle the growing threat of flooding.
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
*We have news*
We're joining forces with Admiral in a new three year partnership that brings together nature conservation and community protection.
We'll will work to restore vital landscapes and raise awareness of how nature-based solutions can help tackle the growing threat of flooding.
We're joining forces with Admiral in a new three year partnership that brings together nature conservation and community protection.
We'll will work to restore vital landscapes and raise awareness of how nature-based solutions can help tackle the growing threat of flooding.
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Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs!
It will be our second Supermoon of the year.
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs!
It will be our second Supermoon of the year.
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs!
It will be our second Supermoon of the year.
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs!
It will be our second Supermoon of the year.
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I needed this story. Hope 💕
For the planet lovers, something to cheer about
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
One year after a historic dam removal, teens inspire river restoration worldwide: ‘It turns out you can win’
The Klamath River began rebounding almost immediately. Now, Indigenous youth are leading the next chapter of the recovery, inspiring tribes from Brazil to China
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I needed this story. Hope 💕
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Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.
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#writerthoughts #amwritingromance #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...
Five Great Quotations about Manuscript Rejection
“The first thing you have to learn when you go into the arts is to learn to cope with rejection. If you can’t, you’re dead.” – Warren Adler“Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully…
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November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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‘An aftertaste that haunted me’: the best (and worst) meat-free sausages, tasted and rated
‘An aftertaste that haunted me’: the best (and worst) meat-free sausages, tasted and rated
Will our survey of supermarket meatless sausages reveal hearty but healthy veggie bangers or rubbery tubes mechanically stuffed with joyless compost?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
‘An aftertaste that haunted me’: the best (and worst) meat-free sausages, tasted and rated
BBC News - Your pictures of Scotland: 24 - 31 October
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Your pictures of Scotland: Photographs from around the country
A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
BBC News - Your pictures of Scotland: 24 - 31 October
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Northumberland Reiver Trails a 'new way to explore' countryside - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northumberland Reiver Trails a 'new way to explore' countryside
The Reiver Trails are a series of routes linking Hadrian's Wall with other areas in Northumberland.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
BBC News - Northumberland Reiver Trails a 'new way to explore' countryside - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Highly recommend this ambient soundtrack if your dog is upset by fireworks. It’s like Brian Eno for canines and really helped our previous hound who had a week-long panic attack each year around Bonfire Night.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...
Firework Music for Dogs! Calm Music for Dogs Scared of Fireworks For Bonfire Night and Thanksgiving!
YouTube video by Relax My Dog - Relaxing Music for Dogs
m.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Highly recommend this ambient soundtrack if your dog is upset by fireworks. It’s like Brian Eno for canines and really helped our previous hound who had a week-long panic attack each year around Bonfire Night.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...
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I love this quote because I don’t really understand it, but at the same time, it makes complete sense.
Anyway, we’re open. Pop in.
Anyway, we’re open. Pop in.
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I love this quote because I don’t really understand it, but at the same time, it makes complete sense.
Anyway, we’re open. Pop in.
Anyway, we’re open. Pop in.
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Crummock Water, Lake District, 1929.
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Crummock Water, Lake District, 1929.
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Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt
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BBC News - Sir David Attenborough inspires Rothbury Estate donations - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sir David Attenborough inspires Rothbury Estate donations
Sir David Attenborough inspires a surge in backing for a £30m campaign to create a nature haven.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
BBC News - Sir David Attenborough inspires Rothbury Estate donations - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...