Stephen Watt
@stephenwatt.bsky.social
History Enthusiast // MLitt in Modern History, with a focus on Interwar Scotland // Sometimes Blogs & Vlogs // Episcopalian // As Seen On Songs of Praise // Probably not a Jacobite
New Life Goal Unlocked: To write a guide to Scotland were I get to talk about a "sincere Scottish breakfast"
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
New Life Goal Unlocked: To write a guide to Scotland were I get to talk about a "sincere Scottish breakfast"
- Be Amazon
- Develop one of the most sophisticated logistic systems in history
- Build a streaming platform with one of the biggest catalogues known to man
- Make one of the worst UI out there so rather than showing the catalogue's highlights it recommends slop like "The VelociPastor" instead
- Develop one of the most sophisticated logistic systems in history
- Build a streaming platform with one of the biggest catalogues known to man
- Make one of the worst UI out there so rather than showing the catalogue's highlights it recommends slop like "The VelociPastor" instead
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
- Be Amazon
- Develop one of the most sophisticated logistic systems in history
- Build a streaming platform with one of the biggest catalogues known to man
- Make one of the worst UI out there so rather than showing the catalogue's highlights it recommends slop like "The VelociPastor" instead
- Develop one of the most sophisticated logistic systems in history
- Build a streaming platform with one of the biggest catalogues known to man
- Make one of the worst UI out there so rather than showing the catalogue's highlights it recommends slop like "The VelociPastor" instead
***New Quest Journal Appears*** A Head of The Game - Find the Head of James IV in Londonium and restore it to Scotland
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
***New Quest Journal Appears*** A Head of The Game - Find the Head of James IV in Londonium and restore it to Scotland
Looking to stay as healthy as someone from 18th century Edinburgh? The prescription is simple - one round of golf followed by a gallon of claret, taken daily for 80 years!
Bonus effects - you gain the national focus Scottish Enlightenment!
Bonus effects - you gain the national focus Scottish Enlightenment!
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Looking to stay as healthy as someone from 18th century Edinburgh? The prescription is simple - one round of golf followed by a gallon of claret, taken daily for 80 years!
Bonus effects - you gain the national focus Scottish Enlightenment!
Bonus effects - you gain the national focus Scottish Enlightenment!
From earlier in the biography on Deng I'm reading is probably one of the best insights you can get into late-1960s/early 70s China.
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
From earlier in the biography on Deng I'm reading is probably one of the best insights you can get into late-1960s/early 70s China.
Don't think we can ever understate just how close to complete amd toral collapse China was in 1975.
Even the railways by this point were essentially being run (and looted) by armed Red Guards answering to no-one but themselves!
Even the railways by this point were essentially being run (and looted) by armed Red Guards answering to no-one but themselves!
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Don't think we can ever understate just how close to complete amd toral collapse China was in 1975.
Even the railways by this point were essentially being run (and looted) by armed Red Guards answering to no-one but themselves!
Even the railways by this point were essentially being run (and looted) by armed Red Guards answering to no-one but themselves!
Somehow Tom Baker and Brian Blessed are in the world of Warhammer 40K!
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Somehow Tom Baker and Brian Blessed are in the world of Warhammer 40K!
Sub-30 minutes on a parkrun that is mostly uphill? Yup, that's now me!!!
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sub-30 minutes on a parkrun that is mostly uphill? Yup, that's now me!!!
Rewatched The Dark Crystal and honestly don't think there's ever been a film that so perfectly creates a completely alien and magical world as Jim Henson did with his muppets.
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Rewatched The Dark Crystal and honestly don't think there's ever been a film that so perfectly creates a completely alien and magical world as Jim Henson did with his muppets.
Fascinated how in both the 1930s and the 1960s there were many in the SNP who wanted a pact with the Liberals to stop them becoming a rival Nationalist party.
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Fascinated how in both the 1930s and the 1960s there were many in the SNP who wanted a pact with the Liberals to stop them becoming a rival Nationalist party.
It's Sea Sunday and once again I (just) successful managed to get through "Will Your Anchor Hold?" without going into a pirate accent!
October 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It's Sea Sunday and once again I (just) successful managed to get through "Will Your Anchor Hold?" without going into a pirate accent!
I'm not saying I've seen every attraction in Dublin but I've seen Seamus Heaney's writing desk and W.B. Yeats astrology charts so really I think I'm winning!
October 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm not saying I've seen every attraction in Dublin but I've seen Seamus Heaney's writing desk and W.B. Yeats astrology charts so really I think I'm winning!
This train through Northern Ireland feels very much like "what a train through Aberdeenshire would look like if we still had trains."
October 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This train through Northern Ireland feels very much like "what a train through Aberdeenshire would look like if we still had trains."
Proved impossible to get a Belhaven Best in Belfast so had to settle for this obscure local drink instead!
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Proved impossible to get a Belhaven Best in Belfast so had to settle for this obscure local drink instead!
First time in Belfast and honestly was not expecting it to have one of the most beautiful natural harbours I've ever seen!
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
First time in Belfast and honestly was not expecting it to have one of the most beautiful natural harbours I've ever seen!
Ah, first day in my job as Modernisation Adviser for the Qing Government; going to take a big sip from my mug that says "Imperial China will last forever" and then check my emails
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ah, first day in my job as Modernisation Adviser for the Qing Government; going to take a big sip from my mug that says "Imperial China will last forever" and then check my emails
Book 24 of 2025
Telling the story up to 1949 of Deng Maomao's Father, a little know world leader called Deng Xiaoping, it sometimes falls into hagiography territory but there are lots of really interesting interviews with Chinese Communist generals etc and gives a vivid picture of Interwar China.
Telling the story up to 1949 of Deng Maomao's Father, a little know world leader called Deng Xiaoping, it sometimes falls into hagiography territory but there are lots of really interesting interviews with Chinese Communist generals etc and gives a vivid picture of Interwar China.
October 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Book 24 of 2025
Telling the story up to 1949 of Deng Maomao's Father, a little know world leader called Deng Xiaoping, it sometimes falls into hagiography territory but there are lots of really interesting interviews with Chinese Communist generals etc and gives a vivid picture of Interwar China.
Telling the story up to 1949 of Deng Maomao's Father, a little know world leader called Deng Xiaoping, it sometimes falls into hagiography territory but there are lots of really interesting interviews with Chinese Communist generals etc and gives a vivid picture of Interwar China.
Nothing worse then enjoying listening to a song on Spotify only to finally out you've been listening to Mouse Rat unironically!
September 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Nothing worse then enjoying listening to a song on Spotify only to finally out you've been listening to Mouse Rat unironically!
Time for a really cool weekend of being really cool i.e. LARPing
September 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Time for a really cool weekend of being really cool i.e. LARPing
In 1987 the BBC produced a version of George Bernard Shaw's "The Devil's Disciple" starring Patrick Stewart.
Why in 2025 is the only options to watch the thing a US Region 1 DVD from the the mid-2000s, or via an educational American streaming site you can only get via academic access?!?
Why in 2025 is the only options to watch the thing a US Region 1 DVD from the the mid-2000s, or via an educational American streaming site you can only get via academic access?!?
September 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In 1987 the BBC produced a version of George Bernard Shaw's "The Devil's Disciple" starring Patrick Stewart.
Why in 2025 is the only options to watch the thing a US Region 1 DVD from the the mid-2000s, or via an educational American streaming site you can only get via academic access?!?
Why in 2025 is the only options to watch the thing a US Region 1 DVD from the the mid-2000s, or via an educational American streaming site you can only get via academic access?!?
Book 21 of 2025
Very entertaining read, though honestly I think the overall argument of "green cities bad, bring back 1950s modernism" to be rather misplaced in this age of climate change.
Very entertaining read, though honestly I think the overall argument of "green cities bad, bring back 1950s modernism" to be rather misplaced in this age of climate change.
September 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Book 21 of 2025
Very entertaining read, though honestly I think the overall argument of "green cities bad, bring back 1950s modernism" to be rather misplaced in this age of climate change.
Very entertaining read, though honestly I think the overall argument of "green cities bad, bring back 1950s modernism" to be rather misplaced in this age of climate change.
Incredibly brutal takedown of the failure of the Scottish Government's Fair Work Commission!
September 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Incredibly brutal takedown of the failure of the Scottish Government's Fair Work Commission!
After years of searching, I think I've finally found the final boss level of Baffling Versions of Monopoly!
August 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
After years of searching, I think I've finally found the final boss level of Baffling Versions of Monopoly!
Saw the Dark Knight and probably the coldest of takes but it really is a high water mark for Superhero films.
August 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Saw the Dark Knight and probably the coldest of takes but it really is a high water mark for Superhero films.