🧵JRR Tolken served as a second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I. For part of that period he was stationed in East Yorkshire. His encounter with Edith Bratt, whom he later married, deeply influenced his novel The Silmarillion. The enchanting Wolds landscape of
Author, photographer, traveller, husband, father, grandfather and lover of Scotland and all things Scottish.
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Ken Lussey
Lego fans young and old have a chance to put their skills to the test next month in a project to build the Ness of Brodgar structures entirely from Lego bricks!
I'm literally envious of everyone who ever got to take a trip in this flying palace, the Boeing 314 Clipper.
Also I want to play with this model.
People of the National Air & Space museum: no matter how much I beg, don't let me play with it, I'd break it.
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Another in my series of libraries
Walker Library of History of Human Imagination, Connecticut
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
A throwback to the "Glasgow's Miles Better" campaign which ran between 1983 and 1989, with a brief revival in the 90s. We're on Elmbank St looking over towards Sauchiehall St, but the happy face on that gable end is misleading.
📷 HES
#Glasgow
History and Heritage Yorkshire
Kilmory Beach, Ardnamurchan Peninsula 🏴
‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Wigtown plays an important role in the story as the hunt for a spy builds towards its climax.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
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The Fake History Hunter
‘Never before has such a terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan people... Behold the Church of St Cuthbert splattered with blood of the priests of God, despoiled of all its ornaments.’ The Viking attack on Lindisfarne took place #OTD in 793.
Ness of Brodgar
Writing for Wellbeing
How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. The central character uses a Hawker Hurricane as his personal transport.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/ets/index.html
Lego fans young and old have a chance to put their skills to the test next month in a project to build the Ness of Brodgar structures entirely from Lego bricks!
The 'Outlander effect' being put to serve a good cause, the place where people can learn about Scotland’s history and how it impacts our modern nation:
“Culloden Moor [...] is our 21st-century bridge between Jamie and his 18th-century Scottish heritage."
Ruth Watson
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Dr Ross Barnett
The money will support the National Trust for Scotland’s conservation of Culloden battlefield.
