Richard
Living and working in Orkney. Proud to have worked for NHS for a very long time. Has lots of dogs
@bloomberg.com
The first word in business news. Newsletters: http://bloom.bg/newsletters Podcasts: http://bloom.bg/podcasts The Big Take podcast: http://trib.al/jtoXfuT
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Analysis, exclusives, robust interviews. Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two with Victoria Derbyshire and Faisal Islam.
@theguardian.com
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
@therestpolitics.bsky.social
A view on politics at home & abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably with Rory Stewart & Campbell Claret. Powered by Fuse Energy⚡ https://linktr.ee/RestIsPolitics
@grumpybroon.bsky.social
Trying to retire in Brora, but keep having jobs to do. Joint owner of 6 equines, including a donkey.
@ninalewis.bsky.social
When I still did research, it was on Reformation drama. Now I teach EngLit and try to write some, too. I like kissing stories and history, preferably in one package. Pseudonymous. Vegan. Introvert. - No unsolicited DMs, please.
@orkneylibrary.bsky.social
Books and Archives since 1683. Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
@suewilkesauthor.bsky.social
FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
@blueravefinn.bsky.social
Person. Cat supplicant. Teen wrangler. Worshipped by my dogs because I feed them.
@bkwormran.bsky.social
“Never trust anyone who hasn’t brought a book with them” - Lemony Snicket Retired library assistant. Crocheter, lover of books, partial to historical, British, and cozy mysteries, dog mom, baseball fan
@bookscraiccake.bsky.social
Love reading books. Other interests - pets, food, history & historical researching, wildlife & photography
@emvicw.bsky.social
Fidget. Experimental poet. Lover of sewing, interiors, design in all forms, history, reading, Orkney and complex human life.
@uksnowmap.com
A real-time map of where it's snowing in the UK - https://uksnowmap.com - a project by @benmarsh.com
@susiesbookreviews.bsky.social
📚💙Book lover and reviewer 🏴Scotland 🙋🏻♀️She/her 📧susiebooks@yahoo.com Buying books and reading books are two different hobbies, don’t judge me. Also manages @hburghbookfest.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/susiesbookreviews?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@george-vickers.bsky.social
@thepigguy.bsky.social
20th century sports writer, now trying to persuade vegetables to grow in Westray, Orkney. Walk up hills when I can. Wolf ⚽️
@westrayalison.bsky.social
Academic and visual artist; early childhood education; Mosaic approach; Slow pedagogies; Orkney; Norway. Author: Slow knowledge and the unhurried child (2023) www.alisonclark.co.uk Blog: Slow knowledge https://alisonclarkinthemaking.wordpress.com
@archsoundscapes.bsky.social
Lecturer in Archaeology at UHI. Sound, Antlers, Craft & Masks in Early European Prehistory. Based in Orkney.
@siobhancookemiller.bsky.social
Curator of Archaeology at Orkney Museum. PhD in Viking/Late Norse Scotland/social zooarchaeology. Lecturer - Archaeology Institute UHI. Whelk!
@amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social
Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland. Chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. Promoted by A. Carmichael of 4 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR.
@beewyld.bsky.social
Disabled writer, carer, home-ed mother & apothecary gardener. Founder @WildWomenPress 🧙🏼♀️ Host Wild Women Writers’ Salons 📚Debut memoir ALL MY WILD MOTHERS (2023) @JohnMurrayPress. Cumbrian now living in Orkney 🦭
@simon-on-energy.bsky.social
Teaching & research on renewable energy with @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, #Orkney. #UCU member. #Energy, #oceanography, & #academia, all in personal capacity. Born at 334ppm. Also at @simon_on_energy@fediscience.org. he/him
@robotforaday.bsky.social
Anthropologist and on-call firefighter. Rousay, Orkney / St Andrews, Fife. Author of _An Anthropology of Deep Time_ (Cambridge UP, 2020). Counter-revolutionary.
@georgenorthron.bsky.social
30- Principal Ornithological Warden at North Ronaldsay Bird Obs, Bristol City fan.
@os.metbot.co.uk
Unofficial bot sharing UK Met weather alerts from Orkney & Shetland. This account is not monitored. Contact @wandrme.paxex.aero if needed.
@orkneymagpie.bsky.social
I am a Pagan living in Orkney (Scotland) working as a tourist guide (specialising in archaeological tours with a spiritual twist). I am also a writer, celebrant, and failed politician. I love cats, wine, chocolate and books. My superpower is proof-reading.
@orkneyjar.bsky.social
Orkney. North of Scotland. Ran Orkneyjar website until 2024, when costs and time became too much. Now divide my time between nessofbrodgar.bsky.social and uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
@lawgoth.bsky.social
Former Islander, current Glasgow employment lawyer. Still socialist and a bit goth
@dgplacenames.bsky.social
Place-names, maps, languages. dgplacenames.wordpress.com auldnorse.wordpress.com/owersettins/
@greavsie.bsky.social
Did I tell you about the time Lucy Porter said my name on Radio 4?
@brocsgoffer.bsky.social
I have written and vlogged over 100 affordable recipes for theorkneynews.scot Love our Scottish Motorhome Adventures. Ag ionnsachadh na Gàidhlig! Independence is Normal! @theorkneynews.bsky.social & YT https://t.co/ctyocXk1wM
@nessofbrodgar.bsky.social
Ongoing project investigating a monumental Neolithic complex in Orkney, Scotland. www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
@catherinemmunro.bsky.social
Author & anthropologist. Human-animal relationships, landscape & identity. Book - The Ponies at the Edge of the World https://ko-fi.com/catherinemunro
@nywolforg.bsky.social
The Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) is a non-profit organization that promotes wolf conservation by teaching about wolves and their role in our world. nywolf.org
@orkneyislandnurse.bsky.social
Llive and work in Orkney Admiral Nurse Ukulele murderer Wood twiddler General master of Tomfoolery All my thoughts and views are my own. PS I'm happily married.
@ellenforkin.bsky.social
I’m a chronically ill artist, writer and poet living in beautiful Orkney with a passion for folklore, myth and magic. Visit my website: www.ellenforkin.co.uk
@ragnasislands.bsky.social
A project researching the place-names of Orkney & Fair Isle built around a new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney by @judithjesch.bsky.social Find us at https://shorturl.at/ouzL0
@nessbattery.bsky.social
On the outskirts of Stromness, Orkney. This important relic of Orkney’s wartime heritage once defended Scapa Flow against enemy attack. For information on guided tours: nessbattery.co.uk
@unclehenders.bsky.social
Orkney dweller. Pro cycling obsessive. Middle-aged (& embarrassed) PoGo player. Recovering doctor / Medical Director. Parent (along with Jo) to the awesome Jamie and Martha.
@insuhi.bsky.social
We are internationally renowned for our innovative undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research programmes in Culture and Heritage, Orkney and Shetland Studies, Highlands and Islands Literature, Scottish Heritage, Viking Studies and Island Studies.