Coming up on BBC Radio 4: The Reunion with Kirsty Wark, looking back at Scotland in the 1998 World Cup from all angles. Featuring Paul Lambert, Craig Burley and a variety of others, including me. Broadcast on Easter Day at 10am and then available on iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The wee gems you can turn up in a charity shop @stirlingdigger.bsky.social. 😄
Been looking forward to doing the @glasgowgardenfestival.org walking tour one afternoon. Found the perfect accompaniment.
if ever there was a sign to show how durable buddleia is… how could that have possibly survived such an inferno?
Architecture is important. I’m terrified for Glasgow Central Station but this is such a dangerous situation for those fighting the fire.
Truly distraught with what’s happening in Glasgow. Thoughts with the firefighters of Scottish Fire and Rescue Services. Stay safe.
When visiting the British Museum there’s only one show in town yeah?
One of the things I love about Glasgow is the host of little museums you can stumble across.
This one is in Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Had no idea it was there!
Orkney Islands Council’s archaeology fund re-opens for Orkney project applications.
#archaeology #excavation #orkney #postexcavation
Either a typo, or there are very large parts of Fort William I am yet to find/explore. Enough to hold 5,603,231 residents.
Sitting in the sun with a new book. Been looking forward to this one.
Sensational….
Fabulous thank you!
Adding @arlingtonbaths.co.uk to the thread of ‘using ‘Grade’ to describe a listed building in Scotland’ shame.
Grade A listed…. Grrr. Buildings are ‘Category’ A listed in Scotland. ‘Grade’ is the term in the English system which is numerical.
ABERDEEN FOOTBALL CLUB.
2024/25 SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS!!
2024/25 SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS 🏆
‘Archaeology had its heyday during the 1800s’ say this museum.
Remember an American fella asking me that exact question when I worked in tourism. Young me was too polite to call him out as an utter fool.
Archaeology, wellbeing, enthusiastic volunteers, the Aberdeenshire countryside and the chance to learn about the Mesolithic - see below for more details of this event being delivered by one of our amazing groups in the region. #pubarch
Bonn boasts a wealth of museums. For my final day I did about four of them, including Bundes Kunstmuseum, Beethoven House and the Landesmuseum. The last one hosts another favourite Late Roman artefact. A 4th century dice tower!
The inscription reads:
"Picts defeated
Enemy Destroyed
Play at ease!"
‘… warm the cockles of old Robert Adam’s heart…’ 😄
Taking around a cracking old bookshop. Love this cracking advert from an old brochure from 1968.
Dunblane Museum special exhibition for April is on Early maps of Scotland by Timothy Pont, Scottish minister, cartographer & topographer. He was first to produce detailed map of Scotland, among earliest surviving to show European country in minute detail, from actual survey…/👇
Listed Buildings… Wonder what percentage aren’t ‘buildings’. Constant irritant describing a bridge or statue as a ‘listed building’.
A white washed small Scottish church in a grassy field with a stone wall in front
Working with @SChurchesTrust, we're hiring a Research Officer at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for our new Finding Futures for Scotland’s Churches project - come work with us: socantscot.org/news/were-hiri…
Awful news about the Aberlemno 3 Pictish stone. HES surely will reconsider how these stones are preserved.
Putting the box on them always felt like an anachronism. But so much of their charm will be lost if this and their setting is changed.
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
A new booklet celebrating Dundee’s connection to Gaelic Culture, language and history is being launched as part of World Gaelic Week 2025
www.dundeecity.gov.uk/news/article...
