Outside Leakeys Bookshop, the oldest second-hand bookshop in Scotland, on a very wet Inverness morning 🏴
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Outside Leakeys Bookshop, the oldest second-hand bookshop in Scotland, on a very wet Inverness morning 🏴
What a beautiful night last night here in Inverness. I've visited so many pubs and listened to so much live music. This morning, I'll be popping into the famous Leakeys Bookshop before driving the 190 miles home. It was a spur of the moment decision to pop up here, and I loved every bit of it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What a beautiful night last night here in Inverness. I've visited so many pubs and listened to so much live music. This morning, I'll be popping into the famous Leakeys Bookshop before driving the 190 miles home. It was a spur of the moment decision to pop up here, and I loved every bit of it.
same age here
i had Sagan, Leakeys & Rachael Carson on the Fam bookshelf
i'm so sad & disappointed, i could just explode
i had Sagan, Leakeys & Rachael Carson on the Fam bookshelf
i'm so sad & disappointed, i could just explode
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
same age here
i had Sagan, Leakeys & Rachael Carson on the Fam bookshelf
i'm so sad & disappointed, i could just explode
i had Sagan, Leakeys & Rachael Carson on the Fam bookshelf
i'm so sad & disappointed, i could just explode
I remember wishing Dowd wasn't so optimistic & 1.0C+ & 350ppm. My soil scientist Mother had "Limits" & the Leakeys on our shelves. I've raged since a certain 1995 bioethics class. lol
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I remember wishing Dowd wasn't so optimistic & 1.0C+ & 350ppm. My soil scientist Mother had "Limits" & the Leakeys on our shelves. I've raged since a certain 1995 bioethics class. lol
As a kid this was my dream car. I loved watching the specials about the Leakeys working on archeology digs in Africa. I wanted to be an archeologist when I grew up and drive one of these!
Saw this series 1 Land Rover today. Apparently, the original price of a 1948 Land Rover Series 1 was £450 (roughly £18,000 in today's money). Now, an unrestored example is around £12,575 and fully restored can be more than £50,000.
#landroverseries1
#landroverseries1
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As a kid this was my dream car. I loved watching the specials about the Leakeys working on archeology digs in Africa. I wanted to be an archeologist when I grew up and drive one of these!
Today would have been my mom’s 79th birthday, so fun fact: She minored in Anthropology in college. She was obsessed with the Leakeys. I could say “Australopithecus” when I was 4. There were anthropology books all over the floor for years. She would passionately defend science.
September 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Today would have been my mom’s 79th birthday, so fun fact: She minored in Anthropology in college. She was obsessed with the Leakeys. I could say “Australopithecus” when I was 4. There were anthropology books all over the floor for years. She would passionately defend science.
this is romantic rubbish
people living at that level are a tremendously small portion of us all
what's more, indigenous folk destroyed megafauna and water sheds where ever they went
Kimmerer and the Leakeys don't write romantic shit lies about the indigenous
why do we???
people living at that level are a tremendously small portion of us all
what's more, indigenous folk destroyed megafauna and water sheds where ever they went
Kimmerer and the Leakeys don't write romantic shit lies about the indigenous
why do we???
August 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
this is romantic rubbish
people living at that level are a tremendously small portion of us all
what's more, indigenous folk destroyed megafauna and water sheds where ever they went
Kimmerer and the Leakeys don't write romantic shit lies about the indigenous
why do we???
people living at that level are a tremendously small portion of us all
what's more, indigenous folk destroyed megafauna and water sheds where ever they went
Kimmerer and the Leakeys don't write romantic shit lies about the indigenous
why do we???
Back when there was only 3-5 TV channels, there was only ONE place you could see Sagan, Cousteau or the Leakeys.
PBS.
This is a PsyOp. An act of War. I KNOW. PsyOp guys sat in the back of my APC. I guarded and drove them around. They trained me. I got their bloody dry cleaning.
This is F War.
PBS.
This is a PsyOp. An act of War. I KNOW. PsyOp guys sat in the back of my APC. I guarded and drove them around. They trained me. I got their bloody dry cleaning.
This is F War.
As a reminder, PBS NOVA is one of the coolest science entertainment platforms that we have today!
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July 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Back when there was only 3-5 TV channels, there was only ONE place you could see Sagan, Cousteau or the Leakeys.
PBS.
This is a PsyOp. An act of War. I KNOW. PsyOp guys sat in the back of my APC. I guarded and drove them around. They trained me. I got their bloody dry cleaning.
This is F War.
PBS.
This is a PsyOp. An act of War. I KNOW. PsyOp guys sat in the back of my APC. I guarded and drove them around. They trained me. I got their bloody dry cleaning.
This is F War.
New venue added! 🗺️ 🇬🇧
📍 Leakey's Bookshop
📝 Bedecked with shelf upon shelf of tomes, adorned with spiral staircases and warmed by an open log...
https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/eu/gb/leakeys-bookshop/
#NerdyDayTrips
📍 Leakey's Bookshop
📝 Bedecked with shelf upon shelf of tomes, adorned with spiral staircases and warmed by an open log...
https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/eu/gb/leakeys-bookshop/
#NerdyDayTrips
July 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New venue added! 🗺️ 🇬🇧
📍 Leakey's Bookshop
📝 Bedecked with shelf upon shelf of tomes, adorned with spiral staircases and warmed by an open log...
https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/eu/gb/leakeys-bookshop/
#NerdyDayTrips
📍 Leakey's Bookshop
📝 Bedecked with shelf upon shelf of tomes, adorned with spiral staircases and warmed by an open log...
https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/eu/gb/leakeys-bookshop/
#NerdyDayTrips
I don't agree that most theories can't be proven. Over time we have been able to prove quite a few theories. Like whether neutrinos exist or evolution. Both were posited long before it was borne out by researchers in the field like the Leakeys.
And that Earth is more than six thousand years old.
And that Earth is more than six thousand years old.
May 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I don't agree that most theories can't be proven. Over time we have been able to prove quite a few theories. Like whether neutrinos exist or evolution. Both were posited long before it was borne out by researchers in the field like the Leakeys.
And that Earth is more than six thousand years old.
And that Earth is more than six thousand years old.
That is right. I've never heard of any intelligent person brag about themselves. Einstein, Sagan, DeGrasse-Tyson, Obama, Goodall, Tesla, Hawking, The Leakeys.....
May 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
That is right. I've never heard of any intelligent person brag about themselves. Einstein, Sagan, DeGrasse-Tyson, Obama, Goodall, Tesla, Hawking, The Leakeys.....
You can't beat a visit to Leakeys.
April 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
You can't beat a visit to Leakeys.
I mean thankfully we even had people like the Leakeys in there last century finding our ancestors there! The research is being funded, it just takes a long time, but honestly as far as human evolution and prehistory goes, science didn’t really care until after Darwin and it took a while still.
March 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I mean thankfully we even had people like the Leakeys in there last century finding our ancestors there! The research is being funded, it just takes a long time, but honestly as far as human evolution and prehistory goes, science didn’t really care until after Darwin and it took a while still.
EVERY SINGLE F KID WHO PASSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY HER FRESHMAN YEAR *KNOWS* WOMEN CHOSE FOR SECURITY AND MEN CHOSE FOR LOOKS.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
f grow up.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
f grow up.
March 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
EVERY SINGLE F KID WHO PASSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY HER FRESHMAN YEAR *KNOWS* WOMEN CHOSE FOR SECURITY AND MEN CHOSE FOR LOOKS.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
f grow up.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
f grow up.
EVERY SINGLE F KID WHO PASSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY HER FRESHMAN YEAR *KNOWS* WOMEN CHOSE FOR SECURITY AND MEN CHOSE FOR LOOKS.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
March 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
EVERY SINGLE F KID WHO PASSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY HER FRESHMAN YEAR *KNOWS* WOMEN CHOSE FOR SECURITY AND MEN CHOSE FOR LOOKS.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
EVERY SINGLE F KID WHO PASSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY HER FRESHMAN YEAR *KNOWS* WOMEN CHOSE FOR SECURITY AND MEN CHOSE FOR LOOKS.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
March 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
EVERY SINGLE F KID WHO PASSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY HER FRESHMAN YEAR *KNOWS* WOMEN CHOSE FOR SECURITY AND MEN CHOSE FOR LOOKS.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
*EVERY KID WHO TOOK SOCIAL SCIENCES OF SOME SORT WAS TAUGHT THE SAME!* MAYBE READ THE LEAKEYS TOO?
YOU ARE ANOTHER *ANIMAL*, NOT A F MIRACLE.
Gilbert Sheldon had his finger on the pulse of a time. All mine came from the Adelaide version of the pictured Sydney Third World Bookshop. 24 hours too. Inside was exactly like Leakeys in Inverness
January 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Gilbert Sheldon had his finger on the pulse of a time. All mine came from the Adelaide version of the pictured Sydney Third World Bookshop. 24 hours too. Inside was exactly like Leakeys in Inverness
Seems I'm being stalked by books about sea serpents this week. Seen in Leakeys bookshop and Glenurquhart library.
January 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Seems I'm being stalked by books about sea serpents this week. Seen in Leakeys bookshop and Glenurquhart library.
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Hi Ian, next time you're in Inverness, Leakeys second hand book shop at the bottom of Church Street is worth a visit.
It's where I first discovered Rebus 😃
Hi Ian, next time you're in Inverness, Leakeys second hand book shop at the bottom of Church Street is worth a visit.
It's where I first discovered Rebus 😃
January 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Hi Ian, next time you're in Inverness, Leakeys second hand book shop at the bottom of Church Street is worth a visit.
It's where I first discovered Rebus 😃
Hi Ian, next time you're in Inverness, Leakeys second hand book shop at the bottom of Church Street is worth a visit.
It's where I first discovered Rebus 😃
Bit sad going to Inverness and going to Waterstones rather than Leakeys
January 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Bit sad going to Inverness and going to Waterstones rather than Leakeys
I do too! It's an incredible country. I cannot WAIT to return.
Did you go to Leakeys while you were in Inverness?! Or eat at Black Isle or Hootenany?!?! I dream about the food and drinks at Hootenany and Black Isle regularly 😂🤤
Did you go to Leakeys while you were in Inverness?! Or eat at Black Isle or Hootenany?!?! I dream about the food and drinks at Hootenany and Black Isle regularly 😂🤤
January 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I do too! It's an incredible country. I cannot WAIT to return.
Did you go to Leakeys while you were in Inverness?! Or eat at Black Isle or Hootenany?!?! I dream about the food and drinks at Hootenany and Black Isle regularly 😂🤤
Did you go to Leakeys while you were in Inverness?! Or eat at Black Isle or Hootenany?!?! I dream about the food and drinks at Hootenany and Black Isle regularly 😂🤤
If you guys are ever up north you've got to check out leakeys in Inverness!! Huge second hand book shop that's been running since the 70s, kind of a mixed bag with regards to books you find but immaculate bookshop vibes
January 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If you guys are ever up north you've got to check out leakeys in Inverness!! Huge second hand book shop that's been running since the 70s, kind of a mixed bag with regards to books you find but immaculate bookshop vibes
Spell checked again. Oh for a one day edit function!
Leakeys
Leakeys
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Spell checked again. Oh for a one day edit function!
Leakeys
Leakeys
Yes, lovely but everything (not Leakeys I'm pleased to say) is closed on Monday!! Slightly odd, old time practice ...but the people were delightful.
December 17, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Yes, lovely but everything (not Leakeys I'm pleased to say) is closed on Monday!! Slightly odd, old time practice ...but the people were delightful.