Brian Devlin
@briandevlin.bsky.social
Author, Campaigner, Civil Rights, Ethics, Collapsed Catholic.
I’ve not been able to read a book for three years due to my heart issues. But I broke the spell yesterday with this from my beloved friend and mentor, Richard Holloway. Former Primus of Episcopal Church I strongly recommend it for anyone trying to make sense of this life and this world. Astonishing
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’ve not been able to read a book for three years due to my heart issues. But I broke the spell yesterday with this from my beloved friend and mentor, Richard Holloway. Former Primus of Episcopal Church I strongly recommend it for anyone trying to make sense of this life and this world. Astonishing
It’s worth remembering that if Prince Charles had died before he had children then (soon to be ex) Prince Andrew would now be king.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s worth remembering that if Prince Charles had died before he had children then (soon to be ex) Prince Andrew would now be king.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social
My (95 y.o.) mum’s news tonight is that Judge Judy has changed her hairstyle. She does NOT approve
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My (95 y.o.) mum’s news tonight is that Judge Judy has changed her hairstyle. She does NOT approve
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Lead the way
Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Lead the way
Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Fascinating piece on the birth of nuclear industry in the far north of the Highlands. @charlielynch.bsky.social
Here’s the online version of the National piece with Linda: www.thenational.scot/culture/2556...
How the nuclear age transformed life in the Highlands
In the days before Chernobyl, awareness of dangers associated with the technology, and widespread campaigning against it, Dounreay was hailed as an…
www.thenational.scot
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Fascinating piece on the birth of nuclear industry in the far north of the Highlands. @charlielynch.bsky.social
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In today’s public history column in the @scotnational.bsky.social I interview @linda83ross.bsky.social about the social history of the coming of nuclear power to the Highlands of Scotland in the 1950s. And why almost everyone at the time seemed to think it was a great idea…
October 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In today’s public history column in the @scotnational.bsky.social I interview @linda83ross.bsky.social about the social history of the coming of nuclear power to the Highlands of Scotland in the 1950s. And why almost everyone at the time seemed to think it was a great idea…
I’m reading Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Giuffre.
It’s sickening. All of it.
This level of abuse could never have gone on without others knowing, staying silent and being casual witnesses. This ‘action’ by the ‘Palace’ is utter bullshit. We need a “No King” movement in the UK
It’s sickening. All of it.
This level of abuse could never have gone on without others knowing, staying silent and being casual witnesses. This ‘action’ by the ‘Palace’ is utter bullshit. We need a “No King” movement in the UK
October 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’m reading Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Giuffre.
It’s sickening. All of it.
This level of abuse could never have gone on without others knowing, staying silent and being casual witnesses. This ‘action’ by the ‘Palace’ is utter bullshit. We need a “No King” movement in the UK
It’s sickening. All of it.
This level of abuse could never have gone on without others knowing, staying silent and being casual witnesses. This ‘action’ by the ‘Palace’ is utter bullshit. We need a “No King” movement in the UK
Up above the clouds this dawn
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Up above the clouds this dawn
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Drop in number of men starting studies for priesthood at Maynooth ‘disappointing, but not unexpected’
— Mandatory celibacy and not allowing women to become priests are among the reasons given for the decrease
www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
— Mandatory celibacy and not allowing women to become priests are among the reasons given for the decrease
www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
Drop in number of men starting studies for priesthood at Maynooth ‘disappointing, but not unexpected’
A drop in the number of men starting studies for the priesthood at the national seminary in Maynooth is “disappointing” but “not unexpected”, a spokesman for the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) ...
www.independent.ie
September 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Drop in number of men starting studies for priesthood at Maynooth ‘disappointing, but not unexpected’
— Mandatory celibacy and not allowing women to become priests are among the reasons given for the decrease
www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
— Mandatory celibacy and not allowing women to become priests are among the reasons given for the decrease
www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
Four years since Cardinal Sin’s first public outing.
September 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Four years since Cardinal Sin’s first public outing.
Have you ever been utterly enthralled by a movie and at the end said ‘ I don’t really understand what that was about. But I don’t regret a second of it’? ‘The Man in the Hat’ did it for me tonight. Free on Prime. And utterly enchanting. A movie that only the French could make.
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Have you ever been utterly enthralled by a movie and at the end said ‘ I don’t really understand what that was about. But I don’t regret a second of it’? ‘The Man in the Hat’ did it for me tonight. Free on Prime. And utterly enchanting. A movie that only the French could make.
My best wee pal
In the whole wide world
In the whole wide world
September 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My best wee pal
In the whole wide world
In the whole wide world
Beautiful day in Cromarty
September 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Beautiful day in Cromarty
It was an unusual look I agree.
September 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It was an unusual look I agree.
I’ve been a whistleblower twice. Once in my job as Director of Corporate Affairs in @NHSHighland where I was bullied out of my job by an inadequate fool with power over me. It literally nearly killed me. But ten years later hundreds stood up and said they’d been bullied too
September 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’ve been a whistleblower twice. Once in my job as Director of Corporate Affairs in @NHSHighland where I was bullied out of my job by an inadequate fool with power over me. It literally nearly killed me. But ten years later hundreds stood up and said they’d been bullied too
After having completed my course of cardiac rehabilitation for 8 months I think it’s time for a wee bit o’ the cratur
August 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
After having completed my course of cardiac rehabilitation for 8 months I think it’s time for a wee bit o’ the cratur
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You couldn’t make it up…
August 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You couldn’t make it up…
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MarieAnne is cycling to raise money for the charity Mind In memory of Sarah Jenkins - an amazing friend and doctor. A whistleblower and a passionate patient safety advocate.
We miss you Sarah.
We miss you Sarah.
marieanne's fundraiser for Mind
Help marieanne ledingham raise money to support Mind
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August 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
MarieAnne is cycling to raise money for the charity Mind In memory of Sarah Jenkins - an amazing friend and doctor. A whistleblower and a passionate patient safety advocate.
We miss you Sarah.
We miss you Sarah.
Listening to Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir “Frankly”.
Very surprise to hear her say in Chpt 9 that the decision to support equal marriage legislation was far from a done deal.
Very surprise to hear her say in Chpt 9 that the decision to support equal marriage legislation was far from a done deal.
August 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Listening to Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir “Frankly”.
Very surprise to hear her say in Chpt 9 that the decision to support equal marriage legislation was far from a done deal.
Very surprise to hear her say in Chpt 9 that the decision to support equal marriage legislation was far from a done deal.
My wee Barley Boy is a god. It’s that simple
August 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My wee Barley Boy is a god. It’s that simple
We were a downstairs family. My mother was a cleaner in the mansion of the descendants of Robert The Bruce. I think there’s a thing in Irish emigrants who loved the aristocracy. She loved that job. I think it would have been unusual for a catholic to have been employed there.
August 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We were a downstairs family. My mother was a cleaner in the mansion of the descendants of Robert The Bruce. I think there’s a thing in Irish emigrants who loved the aristocracy. She loved that job. I think it would have been unusual for a catholic to have been employed there.
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The faux rage about Jereth Kok hasn't yet arrived here from X. But to be clear, calling colleagues 'baby killers', opining that COVID vaccines are made from murdered babies and endorsing the gassing of 'inferior races' means he's been struck off for unprofessionalism, not because he's 'Christian'.
July 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The faux rage about Jereth Kok hasn't yet arrived here from X. But to be clear, calling colleagues 'baby killers', opining that COVID vaccines are made from murdered babies and endorsing the gassing of 'inferior races' means he's been struck off for unprofessionalism, not because he's 'Christian'.
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Social security benefits in the UK are lower than many other nations (click on the image - the UK is bottom).
July 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Social security benefits in the UK are lower than many other nations (click on the image - the UK is bottom).