Neil Scott
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Martin Amis is very good on why Nabokov's Ada is so bad.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Martin Amis is very good on why Nabokov's Ada is so bad.
Inside beautiful, brutalist church, The Pyramid, to see some extraordinarily, self-consciously ugly posters.
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Inside beautiful, brutalist church, The Pyramid, to see some extraordinarily, self-consciously ugly posters.
The Map and the Territory
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The Map and the Territory
Reposted by Neil Scott
Why are we still waiting for Better Buses? 🚌
In Sept, SPT finally approved plans to 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 👏
But the Scottish Government are now holding things up! 😠
Watch & share our new animation and 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗦𝗣𝘀 to demand action👇
📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
In Sept, SPT finally approved plans to 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 👏
But the Scottish Government are now holding things up! 😠
Watch & share our new animation and 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗦𝗣𝘀 to demand action👇
📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
Why are we still waiting for Better Buses?
YouTube video by Get Glasgow Moving
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Why are we still waiting for Better Buses? 🚌
In Sept, SPT finally approved plans to 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 👏
But the Scottish Government are now holding things up! 😠
Watch & share our new animation and 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗦𝗣𝘀 to demand action👇
📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
In Sept, SPT finally approved plans to 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 👏
But the Scottish Government are now holding things up! 😠
Watch & share our new animation and 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗦𝗣𝘀 to demand action👇
📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
I like Matter, the offline reader that allows you to save web pages without the clutter, but it is funny to me that they are now encouraging you to get all your newsletters sent there directly via a custom email address.
RSS readers are back, just in a really circuitous way.
RSS readers are back, just in a really circuitous way.
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I like Matter, the offline reader that allows you to save web pages without the clutter, but it is funny to me that they are now encouraging you to get all your newsletters sent there directly via a custom email address.
RSS readers are back, just in a really circuitous way.
RSS readers are back, just in a really circuitous way.
Reposted by Neil Scott
A story in three parts
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A story in three parts
Take these photos into the barbers and asking for a Nobel cut.
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Take these photos into the barbers and asking for a Nobel cut.
Led astray by r/VintageLadyBoners in believing this was a photo of Ezra Pound when it's actually Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Led astray by r/VintageLadyBoners in believing this was a photo of Ezra Pound when it's actually Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.
Reposted by Neil Scott
My photo essay - published this morning…
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire
Scotland’s national flag has become a flashpoint in a growing cultural battle linked to anti-immigration sentiment. In the racially diverse Springburn area of Glasgow, people fear a storm is gathering...
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
My photo essay - published this morning…
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Checking in on the Guardian's next generation of football talent page mainly to see what names (and haircuts) are fashionable: Reggie, Kallum, and Elvis are all heading to a pitch near you.
October 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Checking in on the Guardian's next generation of football talent page mainly to see what names (and haircuts) are fashionable: Reggie, Kallum, and Elvis are all heading to a pitch near you.
My Spanish wife tells me that I have vicarious lived experience of being Spanish.
Someone on the news talking about “vicarious lived experience”. Which presumably is another way of saying “unlived experience”.
October 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My Spanish wife tells me that I have vicarious lived experience of being Spanish.
Hopefully László Krasznahorkai will now be able to afford to buy a keyboard with an operational full stop key.
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Hopefully László Krasznahorkai will now be able to afford to buy a keyboard with an operational full stop key.
One of the few good things to come out of covid is the regular Drink with the Idler, featuring @askwilliamblake.bsky.social's thought for the week.
Last night was @irvinewelsh.bsky.social but I am particularly looking forward to hearing from Tim Richardson.
www.idler.co.uk/events/
Last night was @irvinewelsh.bsky.social but I am particularly looking forward to hearing from Tim Richardson.
www.idler.co.uk/events/
October 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
One of the few good things to come out of covid is the regular Drink with the Idler, featuring @askwilliamblake.bsky.social's thought for the week.
Last night was @irvinewelsh.bsky.social but I am particularly looking forward to hearing from Tim Richardson.
www.idler.co.uk/events/
Last night was @irvinewelsh.bsky.social but I am particularly looking forward to hearing from Tim Richardson.
www.idler.co.uk/events/
I was going to post something about Jim from the Office for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature but stopped myself for fear of the Bluesky police. But nowadays my feed is full of people mocking sanctimony so I don't know what to think.
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I was going to post something about Jim from the Office for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature but stopped myself for fear of the Bluesky police. But nowadays my feed is full of people mocking sanctimony so I don't know what to think.
This tour is pretty well organised but I don't envy the three days going between the Isle of Man, Middlesbrough, and Buxton.
October 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This tour is pretty well organised but I don't envy the three days going between the Isle of Man, Middlesbrough, and Buxton.
If you want something to watch in a storm, Powell and Pressburger's I Know Where I'm Going is perfect.
October 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you want something to watch in a storm, Powell and Pressburger's I Know Where I'm Going is perfect.
Reposted by Neil Scott
#Glasgow by Raymond Depardon - PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN photos from 1980, by the #Magnum #photographer who brought out widely discussed book of Glasgow photos in 2016. www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...
A World in Color: Across the United Kingdom | Magnum Photos Magnum Photos
www.magnumphotos.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#Glasgow by Raymond Depardon - PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN photos from 1980, by the #Magnum #photographer who brought out widely discussed book of Glasgow photos in 2016. www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
How it started / How it's going
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
How it started / How it's going