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Aileen Walker
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Politics, parliaments, citizen engagement, news, arts and culture. Former Director of Public Engagement at UK Parliament. Glaswegian.
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London friends …

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Poster advertising the Parliament Choir’s A Westminster Christmas concert in 3 December at 7.30pm in Smith Square Hall
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Brilliant GSA Choir weekend at the Badaguish Outdoor Centre
#badaguish #Cairngorms
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Queen’s View, Perthshire. Looking down Loch Tummel. Glorious autumn day.
Long view down a loch with mountains off to one side and leaves turning red and golden, beneath a cloudy but blue autumn sky
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Visit to the Citizens Theatre tonight for its first production post-refurb - #smallactsoflove. A musical about the Lockerbie disaster sounds like a strange project, but it worked. Very good. And the building is looking splendid.
External shot of new facade of Citizens Theatre Glasgow. All lit up against the evening sky
October 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Two excellent sessions yesterday at the Wigtown Book Festival:
Kate Summerscale - The Peepshow: the murders at 10 Rillington Place;
A conversation with Charles Dickens (via AI) with Stuart Kelly & @philipardagh.bsky.social Fascinating & fun!
#WigtownBookFestival
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Most enjoyable day at our first #WigtownBookFestival :
@gavinesler.bsky.social and Chris Turpin;
#OneManPoe at Swallow Theatre;
@clarefurniss.bsky.social;
and the fab @lenniesaurus.bsky.social

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September 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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A wee bit hot, but great walk yesterday around Kilmahog /Falls of Leny
August 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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And the finished work …
July 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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New mural underway in the Merchant City yesterday
#glasgow #murals
June 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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In #volunteersweek, giving a shout out to CHS Children’s Hearings Scotland. Being a Panel Member is sometimes tough, but it’s rewarding too. #chsvolunteers

www.chscotland.gov.uk
June 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Work trip to Cairo last week (lucky me!) and managed to fit in some sightseeing. The new Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids at Giza is stunning
#giza #pyramids #cairo #egypt #grandegyptianmuseum
Pyramid with sphinx in foreground Two pyramids against a light grey sky Exterior of extraordinary Grand Egyptian Museum with many triangular design features Large statue of King Ramses in the huge, light and airy hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum. Looks golden in the evening light coming through the glass pitched roof
May 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I was at the Albanian Parliament this week looking at their civic education programmes. A lively student debate was in progress in the Assembly chamber.
Kuvendi i Republikes se Shqiperise
#Albania #lovinglegislatures
Woman standing outside main entrance of a building with national emblem above door - a black double-headed eagle on a red background View from back of grand red and gold plenary chamber featuring national emblem of black double-headed eagle on red background behind raised Speaker’s chair. Young people sitting in MPs’ places
May 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall in the evening light
#glasgow #kelvinhall
Redbrick neogothic building in glorious evening light with trees and shrubs in the foreground
May 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Derwentwater from Cat Bells Fell at the weekend
Gorse, shrub, a leaning wooden signpost, and a path leading down to a lake A dead tree branch sticking up out the ground, with a lake surrounded by mountains in the background. Framed by a tree. Cloudy.
May 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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View over the Clyde coast from Hallie Brae outside Largs: Great Cumbrae, with Little Cumbrae behind, and the Isle of Arran in the background
Yellow gorse in the foreground with a sunny, hazy view out over the sea to small islands
April 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Those whom I mother are in London, but I’ve had a lovely lunch out
#Ocho #SpiersWharf
Blue cafe front “Ocho” Canal boat at Spier’s Whatf
March 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Just read Summerwater by Sarah Moss. What a great writer. The style & format are perfectly suited to the unfolding story. Brilliant inner monologues over a range of characters. And the depiction of a wet Scottish lochside holiday is atmospheric, with a dark & growing sense of foreboding
#summerwater
Book cover of Summerwater by Sarah Moss - grey water, mottled green landscape above, with some watery light in the grey clouded sky
March 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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We did it! The GSA Choir has reached its target to commission a new work for its 15th anniversary in 2027! Thanks to all who donated.
Composer Jay Capperauld & poet Niall Campbell will collaborate to create an ambitious new work for choir & string orchestra.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gsa-choir-...
March 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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I love the Beresford. Shining in the sun …

#beresford #artdeco #glasgow
Cream and red Beresford building against blue sky from side street
March 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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One of my favourites…

#artdeco #nardinis #largs
March 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Frankenstein in Baghdad, by Ahmed Saadawi. An interesting read. Absurdist, darkly comedic. Aftermath of war and occupation.
Book cover for Frankenstein in Baghdad
March 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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From our walk around Lennox Castle today, International Women’s Day
#IWM #InternationalWomensDay
The word JESSIE in large yellow letters in a wooded setting Panel explaining that “Jessie” is part of an artwork by Jaqueline Donachie commemorating women in health and medicine in East Dumbartonshire
March 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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#London this week. Springlike weather and quality mum-son (x2) time
Elizabeth Tower at the UK Parliament shining in the sun against a blue sky View down the River Thames from Hungerford Bridge taking in the Millennium Wheel and Houses of Parliament on the skyline Big screen at Festival Hall showing Marvel Infinity Saga Concert Experience poster River Lea Navigation view - narrow boats and apartments
March 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Our Ukrainian guests are on their way back to #Ukraine. A difficult decision for them. They decided that whatever the future holds, even after the despicable bullying behaviour of Trump in recent days, they wanted to be with their family.
Slava Ukraini!
Слава Україні!
Blue and yellow heart with text “I’m with Ukraine”
March 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Connections: Beyond.
Saw this brilliant exhibition today. Art from 16 Scottish prisons. Really interesting panel discussion too about the transformative power of creativity. Some stunning artworks.

www.gla.ac.uk/research/arc...
March 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM