Ginny Clark
ginnyclark.bsky.social
Ginny Clark
@ginnyclark.bsky.social
Writer, journalist
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Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts
Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told
A staggering 80% of disabled people in fully remote jobs told researchers that WFH had a “positive impact” on managing their health.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Stop Musk! Change the law on political donations

On 31st March, MPs will debate the petition that 140,000 of us signed - to stop overseas billionaires polluting our politics: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Make sure your MP attends - email them now:
www.writetothem.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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The Clydebank blitz began #OnThisDay 1941. Over 2 nights 12,000 homes were destroyed and 35,000 people were made homeless. The official death toll was 528.

This painting from our collection by Hugh Adam Crawford pays homage to the stretcher bearers who worked throughout the raids.

#WW2 #Glasgow
March 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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📬 Issue 35 has started dropping through subscriber’s letterboxes.

Includes Ginny Clark on the story behind a young footballer’s amazing journey from a devastating accident to cycling from Hampden to the Allianz Arena to deliver the @scotlandnt.bsky.social game pennant.

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March 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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📢 Issue 35 is out now
Copies have started dropping through subscribers’ letter boxes.

Not a subscriber?
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March 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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The Forth and Clyde canal used to be site of frenzied activity - and danger. But its recent fate is more 'forgotten' than dramatised.

Can a multimillion-dollar computer brain restore this waterway - and potentially address Glasgow's housing crisis?
The secret ‘smart-canal’ trying to solve Glasgow’s housing crisis
A multimillion-dollar computer brain, 3,000 new houses and a 3% drop in mortality rates
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
February 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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🔴 NEW: The man behind a conspiracy theory cited by white supremacists and mass murderers has been booked as a conference speaker by a far right political party led by a Scot.

Find out more: theferret.scot/autho...
February 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Online exhibition alert! 🌐 Rewriting the Script: The Works and Words of Esther Inglis is live, bringing her manuscripts, calligraphy & self-portraits to the world. Curated by Anna Nadine Pike at Edinburgh University. Check it out!
University of Edinburgh Exhibitions | Rewriting the Script
During the reign of King James VI/I, the daughter of two French refugees found safety in Scotland and became known within the royal court for the beauty…
exhibitions.ed.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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“An entire system of comharran – Gaelic navigational marks – surrounds the islands… A wealth of knowledge about the creatures which populate these fishing grounds is also encoded within the Gaelic language.”

—by @tonguetiedfilms.bsky.social
#MotherLanguageDay
theconversation.com/how-scottish...
How Scottish Gaelic is helping protect Scotland’s seas
Around 75% of fishermen in the Outer Hebrides speak Gaelic. Their daily use of the language at work helps keep it alive.
theconversation.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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January’s Poetry Salon – from @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social
28 Jan, Edinburgh & online – free

Celebrating Robert Burns, along with the Scottish Poetry Library at 40 with @kevwilliamson.bsky.social, plus new work from @saccharinequeen.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/januarys-p...
January’s Poetry Salon
This month we celebrate Burns as usual, along with the Scottish Poetry Library at 40 years old, and one of our own new poets.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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We are thrilled to announce the next lot of Community Stories - Community Archives skills sessions. They cover topics including cataloguing, engaging outreach and preservation.

Take a look at all the CS-CA events and book your spaces via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/scottish-c...
January 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Want to help guide our next steps? We’re seeking board directors to play a key role in shaping our organisation’s direction as we enter our tenth year
https://theferret.scot/become-a-director-of-the-ferret/
Become a director of The Ferret
Would you like to be part of deciding the future of The Ferret as an organisation, as we head into our tenth year?
theferret.scot
January 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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'You're so lucky living in Glasgow, all those hillwalks!'

In the 1920s, shipyard workers began to travel the Glasgow's hills to keep fit and busy.

But in the present, which of the city's residents are able to do the same? Natalie Whittle investigates.
The rocky politics of Glasgow's hills
The Trossachs are calling but not everyone can afford to answer
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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But I am half a Scot by birth, and bred
A whole one, and my heart flies to my head,—

The great Romantic poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron – Lord Byron – was born on this day, 22 Jan, 1788
A 🎂 🧵
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January 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Glasgow’s Subway stops running at about 6pm on Sunday, and unsurprisingly bus ridership goes 📈
January 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Lord, when I’m speechless
when something – not just sorrow
but under that – a dull, numb, nameless dreich
about the heart I hardly seem to have…

—Diana Hendry, “Psalm 88 Blues”
in TWELVE LILTS (Mariscat Press, 2003)
A poem for #BlueMonday – officially the most depressing day of the year…
January 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Streetreads under threat of closure

Streetreads, the charity backed by Edinburgh author Sir Ian Rankin and the Edinburgh Makar, Michael Pedersen is under threat of losing its home in Nicholson Square. The library provides a safe space for around 200 homeless people each week, but it has been…
Streetreads under threat of closure
Streetreads, the charity backed by Edinburgh author Sir Ian Rankin and the Edinburgh Makar, Michael Pedersen is under threat of losing its home in Nicholson Square. The library provides a safe space for around 200 homeless people each week, but it has been served with an eviction notice by the landlord. In a city where there are more than 5,000 households experiencing homelessness there are about 100 people who sleep rough every night.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
January 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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‘Literary reputations always have a life of their own, but I struggle to reconcile Nan Shepherd of Cults with the cult of Nan Shepherd.’

@frasermacdonald.bsky.social on Nan Shepherd and her home village of Cults, Aberdeen:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fraser MacDonald · Diary: Remembering Nan Shepherd
The novels weren’t the point. The point of Nan Shepherd was herself. My mother described what a thrill it was to be...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Poetry in Motion: Poetry Films by Neurodivergent Artists
29 Jan, Glasgow – tickets by donation

Celebrating the creativity of neurodivergent poets & filmmakers – a series of short poetry films, showcasing the words & worlds of neurodivergent artists. All welcome!
events.humanitix.com/neuk-present...
Poetry in Motion: Poetry Films by Neurodivergent Artists
Poetry in Motion: Poetry films by neurodivergent artists
events.humanitix.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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READERS!

Streetreads, a community led library for the unhoused & homeless - which operated from the bookshop basement in earlier days - is a vital, nourishing, creative space and service that deserves your support!

Pls read/share & donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/campaign/str...
January 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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“The fight is not over. We will be looking at all options which, if necessary, will include direct action.”
Campaigners vow to fight on as Wyndford demolition appeal rejected
Campaigners trying to stop the demolition of four tower blocks in Glasgow have had their appeal rejected.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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“Erskine (1869–1960) may come across as one of the eccentric, larger-than-life personalities involved in the whirlwind of political initiatives & small magazines […] However, his magazines played a vital role in the development of modern Gaelic fiction, drama, & journalism”
saha.scot/six-reasons-...
January 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Ruaraidh Erskine was born #OTD 15 January 1869 in Brighton. Project ERSKINE website now offers the opportunity to explore in detail the extensive and diverse corpus of writing Erskine supplied for his own magazines, including a significant body of translations. erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/ruara...
January 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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‘Fadi is fighting for his life’: Israel blocks evacuation of cameraman shot in Gaza
‘Fadi is fighting for his life’: Israel blocks evacuation of cameraman shot in Gaza
Fadi al-Wahidi’s condition is deteriorating, say hospital staff, who do not have medication needed to treat him It was about 3pm on 9 October when a small group of Al Jazeera journalists arrived at the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza. The team say…
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM