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It's a Camilla Grudova week

1. Camilla Grudova interview in @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social thelondonmagazine.org/interview-ca...

2. Camilla Grudova short story on BBC Radio 4 today (Friday) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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Save the Date: Gray Day 2026 – Reimagined Glasgow.
Join us 25 Feb at Òran Mór, Glasgow (7–10pm) as we mark 45 years of Lanark with talks, art & celebration with partners @canongate.co.uk
Tickets on sale now (link in bio).
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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reading thread, 2026 edition
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
John Knox approves this message.
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
My whimsical list of 2025 cultural highlights. neilscott.substack.com/p/cultural-h...
Cultural Highlights 2025
The most memorable exhibitions and events I saw in the past year
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December 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Be part of the #PowerShift at Celtic Connections. Come & imagine better stories of a clean energy future for Scots communities. The crew’s gathering… & now with Scotland’s Makar, Peter Mackay. 3pm, Sunday 18th Jan, Green Room, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow spring.site/blog/power-s...
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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2026 is around the corner. I, ever impulsive, started a Medium. medium.com/@polariskoi/... #adhd #planning #productivity
How to Plan for the Year Ahead If You Hate Plans
Yes, even if you’re anxious, avoidant, or ADHD (like me)
medium.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
What's it like to work over Christmas?

The @glasgowbell.bsky.social sent me to find out.

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/workers-glas...
The people keeping Glasgow going over Christmas
A priest and a nurse, a shopkeeper and a broadcaster: talking with holiday workers
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Good post about unexpected things that are legally people:
bengoldhaber.substack.com/p/unexpected...
December 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Want to use the phrase "flipped through my mental rolodex" but realise that no one under forty will have a clue what that means.
December 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Turns out that if your Spotify Wrapped is too embarrassing you can just put together a list of thing you like and post them on your blog: neilscott.substack.com/p/what-i-lis...
What I Listened to in 2025
The year in music and other audio
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December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Amazing how Stanley Kubrick anticipated the Reels/TikTok era.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Glad to see Glaswegians have chosen the @limmy.com version of Nelson Mandela
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
In which I have a Sartrean experience in Ayrshire:

neilscott.substack.com/p/missed-con...
Missed Connections, Shot from the Hip
Or, Huis Clos in Ayrshire
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November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I assume @peteralanross.bsky.social and Anthony Seldon have the same graphic designer, otherwise someone is in trouble.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The artist Sophie Calle shows that in our rush to surveil and be surveilled we have overlooked the fundamental fact that the most important parts of human experience remain invisible.

open.substack.com/pub/tiffanyj...
Sophie Calle and the Limits of Surveillance
The artist who made privacy her medium
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Saw THIS dog in front of a shop with THIS ornament.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Gorbals from the air in the 50s, 70s and 90s from Joshua al-Najar’s presentation at the Studies in Photography conference.
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM