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Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler

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richardkadrey.bsky.social
2026 basically
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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February 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
Just arrived in paperback - Alastair Moffat's Edinburgh: a New History, published by Birlinn.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #History #Histoire
Holding up a paperback copy of Edinburgh a New History, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
February 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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openculture.bsky.social
See Albert Camus’ Historic Lecture, “The Human Crisis,” Performed by Actor Viggo Mortensen
See Albert Camus’ Historic Lecture, “The Human Crisis,” Performed by Actor Viggo Mortensen
NYC in 1946. One event in the festival featured actor Viggo Mortensen giving a reading of Camus' lecture,“La Crise de l’homme” ('The Human Crisis') at Columbia University--the very same place where Ca...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
Delighted to have a visit from Annaliese Avery, to sign her Wycherleys novels , published by @simonbooks.bsky.social

#books #livres
Close up of a smiling Annaliese Avery holding up her novels in the Edinburgh Bookshop Longer shot of Annaliese Avery holding up her novels, below the neon "we read past our bedtimes" sign in the Edinburgh Bookshop Author Annaliese Avery signing her novels in the Edinburgh Bookshop
February 18, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
Delighted that #JaneMilligan, daughter of #SpikeMilligan, will be introducing a rare, lost short of #TheGoons, with #RichardUsher of the #GoonSociety, that has been found and restored on the Sunday 22nd March at our Festival event at St Albans! buff.ly/8PTE5Uh
February 18, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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paulcornell.bsky.social
Tomorrow (the 19th) will be the (real) 49th birthday of 2000AD! I can't wait to see what @2000ad.bsky.social create for the 50th next year! downthetubes.net/2000ad-49-ye...
2000AD: 49 Years and Counting!
No, we’re not too early – read on to find out why!
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February 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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sciam.bsky.social
A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen
These jaw-dropping photographs show a new ‘Triassic Park’ of dinosaur prints in the Italian Alps
A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen
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February 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social
Sunlight and shadows, Waverley Station

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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #architecture #photography #photographie
Waiting On The Iron Horse 01
Waiting on the intercity train, on a gorgeous, autumn morning, the old, Victorian glass and steel roof allowing the huge station to be filled with natural light and shadows.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Waiting on the iron horse
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Waverley Station on a bright, sunny morning

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #architecture #photography #photographie
Waiting On The Iron Horse 02
Waiting on the intercity train, on a gorgeous, autumn morning, the old, Victorian glass and steel roof allowing the huge station to be filled with natural light and shadows.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
#WhatWereReading : Joe loved @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social 's debut, Nephthys, following a woman travelling through Egypt, rho may, or may not have a real curse to lift. Now out in paperback from @vintagebooks.bsky.social

#books #livres
Ancient Egyptian style artwork surrounds the silhouette of a woman in Victorian dress
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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RIP Jesse Jackson (Jacob Lawrence's portrait of Jesse Jackson, created in 1970 for cover of Time magazine, now in collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery) npg.si.edu/object/npg_N...
Painted, stylized portrait of Jesse Jackson
February 17, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
A nice way to celebrate Lunar New Year: a visit from Siobhan McDermott to sign her new Paper Dragons book, The Race to the Cloud Sea, just out from @hachettebguk.bsky.social

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
A smiling Siobhan McDermott holding her new children's novel in the Edinburgh Bookshop, close up snap A laughing Siobhan McDermott holding her new children's novel in the Edinburgh Bookshop, close up snap A smiling Siobhan McDermott holding her new children's novel in the Edinburgh Bookshop, standing under the neon "we read past our bedtimes" sign A smiling Siobhan McDermott holding her new children's novel in the Edinburgh Bookshop, close up snap
February 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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benphillips76.bsky.social
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social
#LunchtimeReading : G.K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill, the February pick for the #Edinburgh SF Book Group.

#books #livres #AmReading
A Penguin Classics paperback edition of The Napoleon of Notting Hill, showing a stylised cityscape with whorls and lines like fireworks above the buildings
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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dunedinconsort.bsky.social
Discover the extraordinary musical treasures of the @natlibscot.bsky.social in a programme that includes John Dowland’s Lachrimae, viol music by Marin Marais, ayres by Christopher Simpson, and vibrant dances from Jean-Baptiste Lully.
📆 4 - 6 March, 7.30pm
📍 Edinburgh | Glasgow | Perth
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February 17, 2026 at 10:47 AM
lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social
Golden winter sunlight and shadows in #Bruntsfield this morning.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #architecture
Looking past the purple coloured side of the Edinburgh Bookshop down the street to Bruntsfield Primary School, catching golden sunlight
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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gnofhorror.com
Sweetness review: Music video director Emma Higgins serves Gen-Z Misery with a pop star twist. Kate Hallett is heartbreakingly unhinged. Parasocial horror done right. 🖤 #SweetnessMovie #Horror

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Sweetness: The Annie Wilkes Of Gen-Z Has Arrived - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Emma Higgins' Sweetness blends Misery-style terror with music video slickness. Read our review of the pop star horror starring Kate Hallett.
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February 17, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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inkybat.bsky.social
Sketchbook
February 16, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Taken this day, 2023 - Holy Corner after dark
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#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie
Holy Corner After Dark 02
A handful of improvised night shots around the busy junction of Holy Corner in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh. This spot gets its name from having a large church on all four corner of the junction....
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February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Taken this day, 2020, a coffee and some dog biscuits, please

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Lady and hound enjoying a break on Porty Prom

#Portobello #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #StreetPhotography #Chien #Dog
Coffee and Some Dog Biscuits Please
Yes, thank you, I'll have a skinny latte and a muffin, and a side order of dog biscuits for my companion here....
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February 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Bakehouse after dark

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie
Brightly lit signs for the Mor Bakehouse on a wet, winter night
February 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Iain’s debut novel THE WASP FACTORY was published 42 years ago today…

Available on BBC Sounds – Iain Banks discusses THE WASP FACTORY with James Naughtie & readers at
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🚨CONTAINS SPOILERS🚨 – read the book before listening!
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BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Iain Banks: The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks talks about his first novel The Wasp Factory.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM