Gwen
@ofmiceandgwen.bsky.social
Texpat Edinburgher
Mostly pictures from around Edinburgh & Scotland; my dad's cat; books
Cover photo taken in Edinburgh in November 2024 — from Calton Hill looking north across the Firth of Forth
Mostly pictures from around Edinburgh & Scotland; my dad's cat; books
Cover photo taken in Edinburgh in November 2024 — from Calton Hill looking north across the Firth of Forth
July 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
July 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#Raspberries growing in a small garden in #edinburghmeadows right where everyone can get some
July 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#Raspberries growing in a small garden in #edinburghmeadows right where everyone can get some
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Remembering this great tweet on the Summer Solstice
June 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Remembering this great tweet on the Summer Solstice
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Hearing and seeing the Columbus Symphony perform at Ash Cave yesterday was the most incredible and magical concert I’ve ever experienced.
June 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Hearing and seeing the Columbus Symphony perform at Ash Cave yesterday was the most incredible and magical concert I’ve ever experienced.
June 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
June 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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“Whether buried in the blackhouses of Lewis or the shuttered shipyards of Glasgow, Scotland’s mysteries speak to specific legacies which have shaped the land- & cityscapes that house its crimes”
THE BOTTLE IMP goes on the trail of Scottish crime writing…
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www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/help...
THE BOTTLE IMP goes on the trail of Scottish crime writing…
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www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/help...
Help! Murder! Polis! - The Bottle Imp
Detective works were once seen as London’s domain – imperial in tone and centrally composed, unfolding in gentleman’s clubs and smoky drawing rooms. Yet long before fictional fact-finders patrolled Ba...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Whether buried in the blackhouses of Lewis or the shuttered shipyards of Glasgow, Scotland’s mysteries speak to specific legacies which have shaped the land- & cityscapes that house its crimes”
THE BOTTLE IMP goes on the trail of Scottish crime writing…
1/8
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/help...
THE BOTTLE IMP goes on the trail of Scottish crime writing…
1/8
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/help...
A massive, absolutely stunning clematis flower, with a white rose looking over its shoulder, for your Thursday
♥️ from Edinburgh
#edinburgh
#springflowers
#clematis
#whiterose
♥️ from Edinburgh
#edinburgh
#springflowers
#clematis
#whiterose
June 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A massive, absolutely stunning clematis flower, with a white rose looking over its shoulder, for your Thursday
♥️ from Edinburgh
#edinburgh
#springflowers
#clematis
#whiterose
♥️ from Edinburgh
#edinburgh
#springflowers
#clematis
#whiterose
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Give this man a TV show and a book contract. Lovely reveal gag at the end as well.
(ht @helenebismarck.bsky.social)
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(ht @helenebismarck.bsky.social)
bsky.app/profile/buck...
June 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Give this man a TV show and a book contract. Lovely reveal gag at the end as well.
(ht @helenebismarck.bsky.social)
bsky.app/profile/buck...
(ht @helenebismarck.bsky.social)
bsky.app/profile/buck...
June 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Free to download for the next two weeks: Rick Sowerby's excellent new book Natural and Supernatural in Early #Medieval England!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England
www.cambridge.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Free to download for the next two weeks: Rick Sowerby's excellent new book Natural and Supernatural in Early #Medieval England!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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Tonight (and for the next 2-3 weeks) hundreds of millions of birds are going to be streaming overhead in the eastern half of North America. They evolved to rely on star/moon light, our overnight lights can disorient them and lead to their deaths.
Get your overnight lights out, eastern US!
Get your overnight lights out, eastern US!
April 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Tonight (and for the next 2-3 weeks) hundreds of millions of birds are going to be streaming overhead in the eastern half of North America. They evolved to rely on star/moon light, our overnight lights can disorient them and lead to their deaths.
Get your overnight lights out, eastern US!
Get your overnight lights out, eastern US!
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Special Issue: Burns and North America out now! As guest eds Arun Sood and Corey Andrew’s point out, Burns inspired numerous US writers and ‘came to embody the independent democratic ideals of the young Republic’. Worth reflecting on at this particular point in time.
euppublishing.com/loi/burns
euppublishing.com/loi/burns
Burns Chronicle :
euppublishing.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Special Issue: Burns and North America out now! As guest eds Arun Sood and Corey Andrew’s point out, Burns inspired numerous US writers and ‘came to embody the independent democratic ideals of the young Republic’. Worth reflecting on at this particular point in time.
euppublishing.com/loi/burns
euppublishing.com/loi/burns
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I’ve written a piece for the NTS looking at forgeries in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum made by the prolific Edinburgh forger ‘Antique Smith’. Smith flooded the late-19thC collectibles market with fakes of major writers, incl. Burns, Byron, Dickens and Scott. 👇
www.nts.org.uk/collections/...
www.nts.org.uk/collections/...
Robert Burns: forgery and ‘Antique Smith’
Ronnie Young takes a look at the fascinating world of forgery and Burns manuscripts.
www.nts.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I’ve written a piece for the NTS looking at forgeries in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum made by the prolific Edinburgh forger ‘Antique Smith’. Smith flooded the late-19thC collectibles market with fakes of major writers, incl. Burns, Byron, Dickens and Scott. 👇
www.nts.org.uk/collections/...
www.nts.org.uk/collections/...
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Hot off the press, the Spring issue of the Burns Chronicle just arrived!
Well done to guest editors Arun Sood and Corey Andrews for putting together this special issue on Robert Burns and America. 👍
@edinburghup.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social
Well done to guest editors Arun Sood and Corey Andrews for putting together this special issue on Robert Burns and America. 👍
@edinburghup.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Hot off the press, the Spring issue of the Burns Chronicle just arrived!
Well done to guest editors Arun Sood and Corey Andrews for putting together this special issue on Robert Burns and America. 👍
@edinburghup.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social
Well done to guest editors Arun Sood and Corey Andrews for putting together this special issue on Robert Burns and America. 👍
@edinburghup.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social
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@mldavies.bsky.social - it's online too
April 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@mldavies.bsky.social - it's online too
February 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Stars in the sky tonight which might not seem like a big deal but this is in Scotland and clear nights are like hen's teeth 😂 Regular photo and night version 🥰 #starsky #edinburghsky #edinburgh #venus #moon #wintersky
February 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Stars in the sky tonight which might not seem like a big deal but this is in Scotland and clear nights are like hen's teeth 😂 Regular photo and night version 🥰 #starsky #edinburghsky #edinburgh #venus #moon #wintersky
Walk along the Edinburgh Canal on a brilliantly sunny day ☀️🐈⬛⛪🦆 #edinburgh #edinburghcanal #catsky #edinburghsky #churches #daymoon
February 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Walk along the Edinburgh Canal on a brilliantly sunny day ☀️🐈⬛⛪🦆 #edinburgh #edinburghcanal #catsky #edinburghsky #churches #daymoon
Flying into Edinburgh and for the first time I saw the Forth bridges on the way in. Sometimes a window seat is the best seat 🥰 #edinburgh #forthbridge #forthroadbridge #firthofforth #scotland
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Flying into Edinburgh and for the first time I saw the Forth bridges on the way in. Sometimes a window seat is the best seat 🥰 #edinburgh #forthbridge #forthroadbridge #firthofforth #scotland
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THAT PROMETHEAN SPARK
The Bottle Imp special issue
Muriel Spark was born #OTD, 1 Feb, 1918
“With a writing career that included biography, criticism, drama and short fiction as well as novels, Muriel Spark was never one to do things by halves…”
A 🎂 🧵…
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www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/that...
The Bottle Imp special issue
Muriel Spark was born #OTD, 1 Feb, 1918
“With a writing career that included biography, criticism, drama and short fiction as well as novels, Muriel Spark was never one to do things by halves…”
A 🎂 🧵…
1/9
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/that...
That Promethean Spark - The Bottle Imp
In some ways the most real and rooted people whom Sandy knew were Miss Gaunt and the Kerr sisters who made no evasions about their belief that God had planned for practically everybody before they wer...
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February 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
THAT PROMETHEAN SPARK
The Bottle Imp special issue
Muriel Spark was born #OTD, 1 Feb, 1918
“With a writing career that included biography, criticism, drama and short fiction as well as novels, Muriel Spark was never one to do things by halves…”
A 🎂 🧵…
1/9
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/that...
The Bottle Imp special issue
Muriel Spark was born #OTD, 1 Feb, 1918
“With a writing career that included biography, criticism, drama and short fiction as well as novels, Muriel Spark was never one to do things by halves…”
A 🎂 🧵…
1/9
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/that...
Cat lady in action (don't worry, she got treats afterwards!) #catsky #catsofbluesky #catlady #torbie #gotmeakitty
January 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Cat lady in action (don't worry, she got treats afterwards!) #catsky #catsofbluesky #catlady #torbie #gotmeakitty
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Edinburgh, 1836: some boys were searching for rabbits on Arthur’s Seat. Hidden in the side of a cliff, they found 17 tiny coffins, each containing a wooden doll wearing hand-sewn clothes…
Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5C...
Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5C...
Edinburgh's Miniature Coffins at National Museums Scotland
YouTube video by NationalMuseumsScotland
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January 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Edinburgh, 1836: some boys were searching for rabbits on Arthur’s Seat. Hidden in the side of a cliff, they found 17 tiny coffins, each containing a wooden doll wearing hand-sewn clothes…
Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5C...
Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5C...