The Guardian: ‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/01/lismore-archaeological-finds-scottish-island-monastery-spread-of-christianity #scothinews

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I am enjoying the #Edinburgh edition of a House Through Time from the #BBC but nothing says “no Scots speakers involved in production” like Wynd repeatedly being pronounced “wind”. Surely someone knew how to pronounce the street names…!

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I’ve just watched the final episode of Series 6 of A House Through Time and I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the current series has been the best of the lot. In fact, I’ll go even further and say that it’s one of the best factual TV series that I’ve ever seen. Outstanding stuff…

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'Excuse me, but do you have any books about TELEPHONES? Specifically STANDARD telephones, AND their CABLES? I don't want anything before 1883...or after 1983.' #NicheBookMonday

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Many deaths at sea in my #OnePlaceStudy as it’s in the island of #Hoy #Orkney and men often joined the Merchant Navy. Today found the death of Isabella Gray (1844-1901), missing presumed drowned from the SS Cambroman, where she was a stewardess, in the North Atlantic.1/3

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