Nick Hobson
@nickhobson25.bsky.social
Self-employed architect, Scottish Government House Condition Surveyor, nature lover, likes doing up old buildings.
Will follow those posting beautiful landscape photos, especially of Scotland 🏴.
Will follow those posting beautiful landscape photos, especially of Scotland 🏴.
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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As I think Labour is discovering but few in the Conservatives wanted to is this inter-connected world has few opportunities for growth in mature economies, and lots of expectations from people that governments can and will do everything to remove risk. Doesn't add up.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
As I think Labour is discovering but few in the Conservatives wanted to is this inter-connected world has few opportunities for growth in mature economies, and lots of expectations from people that governments can and will do everything to remove risk. Doesn't add up.
40 words which neatly sum up everything that’s wrong with the UK right now…..
You are essentially stuck between an ageing society desiring nostalgia and / or risk removal and a shrill social media cacophony demanding everything is sorted out now. With glib supposedly edgy one-liners far too often passing as serious commentary.
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
40 words which neatly sum up everything that’s wrong with the UK right now…..
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Whatever the local causes on this occasion, the BBC is in essence the victim of a destructively fissiparous society slowly fragmenting into mutually hostile & resentful moieties—each believing the others exercise stealth control over the institutions of a shrinking civil society
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Whatever the local causes on this occasion, the BBC is in essence the victim of a destructively fissiparous society slowly fragmenting into mutually hostile & resentful moieties—each believing the others exercise stealth control over the institutions of a shrinking civil society
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Nick and David holding Alan at the end of The Traitors (like two massive daft saps) while Claudia looks on in despair
with apologies to El Greco
with apologies to El Greco
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nick and David holding Alan at the end of The Traitors (like two massive daft saps) while Claudia looks on in despair
with apologies to El Greco
with apologies to El Greco
Games of Thones move…..sending Prince Andrew North of the wall
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Games of Thones move…..sending Prince Andrew North of the wall
Nice (but eventful) jolly up Criffel hill outside Dumfries.
Moffat Mountain Rescue, some bloke with a falcon and a woman who runs up and down 4 times every day 😳
Moffat Mountain Rescue, some bloke with a falcon and a woman who runs up and down 4 times every day 😳
October 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Nice (but eventful) jolly up Criffel hill outside Dumfries.
Moffat Mountain Rescue, some bloke with a falcon and a woman who runs up and down 4 times every day 😳
Moffat Mountain Rescue, some bloke with a falcon and a woman who runs up and down 4 times every day 😳
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On this day in 1939, HMS Royal Oak sank in Scapa Flow with the loss of 835 men and boys. Today, and every day, we remember them.
October 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On this day in 1939, HMS Royal Oak sank in Scapa Flow with the loss of 835 men and boys. Today, and every day, we remember them.
Some lovely fungi on my walks over the last couple of days but no idea what they are.
#FungiFriday
#FungiFriday
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Some lovely fungi on my walks over the last couple of days but no idea what they are.
#FungiFriday
#FungiFriday
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Outdoor recreation won’t change the world or solve all society’s ills. But a wee bit of investment will be highly visible, will bring joy and better health to a lot of people and will boost the rural economy. What’s not to love?
🌳Scotland needs Paths Into Nature!🚶
We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.
Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!
ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.
Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!
ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Outdoor recreation won’t change the world or solve all society’s ills. But a wee bit of investment will be highly visible, will bring joy and better health to a lot of people and will boost the rural economy. What’s not to love?
Great initiative!
🌳Scotland needs Paths Into Nature!🚶
We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.
Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!
ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.
Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!
ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Great initiative!
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Failures in planning have marred the delivery of the Promise to care-experienced young people, a new report has found. www.holyrood.com/news/view,pl...
Planning failures slowing delivery of the Promise to children in care
Audit Scotland has said the lack of detail and direction, as well as a failure to assess resources and skills, has contr...
www.holyrood.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Failures in planning have marred the delivery of the Promise to care-experienced young people, a new report has found. www.holyrood.com/news/view,pl...
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Nicola Sturgeon has broken her promise to Scotland’s young people, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
Nicola Sturgeon has broken her promise to Scotland’s young people
Sturgeon and the SNP’s soaring rhetoric has not been met with the same action on the ground
www.holyrood.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Nicola Sturgeon has broken her promise to Scotland’s young people, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
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A Letter From Scotland by Jackie Kemp. The ludicrous story of the Balgy Gap between Wick and Caithness the only place in Europe where there is no mains electricity! open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Balgy Gap Shows Something is Missing from Scotland’s Energy System
The privatisation of Scotland's power has proved a failure
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A Letter From Scotland by Jackie Kemp. The ludicrous story of the Balgy Gap between Wick and Caithness the only place in Europe where there is no mains electricity! open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Watching the morning political shows.
What a binfire this country has turned into….
Utterly depressing.
What a binfire this country has turned into….
Utterly depressing.
October 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Watching the morning political shows.
What a binfire this country has turned into….
Utterly depressing.
What a binfire this country has turned into….
Utterly depressing.
Blimey 👀
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Blimey 👀
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This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
It is always worth it when you stop and look up.
Lovely stonework on a building in Oban
#Architecture
#Streetscape
#Oban
#Scotland
Lovely stonework on a building in Oban
#Architecture
#Streetscape
#Oban
#Scotland
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It is always worth it when you stop and look up.
Lovely stonework on a building in Oban
#Architecture
#Streetscape
#Oban
#Scotland
Lovely stonework on a building in Oban
#Architecture
#Streetscape
#Oban
#Scotland
October 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The Former Free Church in Skerray has gone on the market. It's a little "tin tabernacle" church, constructed by the local Free Church congregation in 1903 after they left their building in Strathy when it became a United Free Church.
More on the sale here 👇
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/derelic...
More on the sale here 👇
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/derelic...
October 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Former Free Church in Skerray has gone on the market. It's a little "tin tabernacle" church, constructed by the local Free Church congregation in 1903 after they left their building in Strathy when it became a United Free Church.
More on the sale here 👇
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/derelic...
More on the sale here 👇
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/derelic...
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It seems to be this week's historical building theme - tin tabernacle churches. This time, the church is in Scotland and, if you have the funds and inclination, you can buy it as it's up for sale! ⛪
#churches #historicbuildings #scotland
#churches #historicbuildings #scotland
The Former Free Church in Skerray has gone on the market. It's a little "tin tabernacle" church, constructed by the local Free Church congregation in 1903 after they left their building in Strathy when it became a United Free Church.
More on the sale here 👇
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/derelic...
More on the sale here 👇
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/derelic...
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It seems to be this week's historical building theme - tin tabernacle churches. This time, the church is in Scotland and, if you have the funds and inclination, you can buy it as it's up for sale! ⛪
#churches #historicbuildings #scotland
#churches #historicbuildings #scotland
🤣
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🤣
It’s Keir Speech Eve!
Twas the night before Keir-stmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring (with excitement), not even a mouse.
#Labour
#conference
#sarcasm
Twas the night before Keir-stmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring (with excitement), not even a mouse.
#Labour
#conference
#sarcasm
a little girl is making a funny face while wearing a blue shirt with a leopard print .
ALT: a little girl is making a funny face while wearing a blue shirt with a leopard print .
media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It’s Keir Speech Eve!
Twas the night before Keir-stmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring (with excitement), not even a mouse.
#Labour
#conference
#sarcasm
Twas the night before Keir-stmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring (with excitement), not even a mouse.
#Labour
#conference
#sarcasm
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (Waterloo Station) on the 17th September and now Terry Farrell (MI6 HQ)
Famous architects dropping like flies….
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/postmod...
Famous architects dropping like flies….
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/postmod...
Postmodernist giant Terry Farrell dies aged 87
Terry Farrell, leading architect, planner and the man behind Postmodernist icons the MI6 headquarters in London and the TV-am headquarters, has died, aged 87
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (Waterloo Station) on the 17th September and now Terry Farrell (MI6 HQ)
Famous architects dropping like flies….
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/postmod...
Famous architects dropping like flies….
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/postmod...