@feorlean
Argyll, Scotland. Writes, takes pictures . Used to do more. Chair, Scottish Land Commission from 02/24. Hon Professor , Glasgow University. President SNP 2020 - 2023. Former MSP for Argyll & Bute and Minister/ Cabinet Secretary in Scottish Government
I have signed this petition and would urge others to sign it - Kenneth White has been a major cultural influence on Europe and honouring his wishes with regard to his house and library in Brittany would further confirm the Scottish dimension of his work. c.org/DG2nLcZBhZ
Today I publish Who Owns Scotland 2025, an annual analysis of landownership across rural Scotland. The most significant finding is the continuing trend over past 15 years of fewer and fewer owners owning more and more of rural Scotland. andywightman.scot/2026/02/who-...
Fascinating indeed - 1300 was difficult but 1200 virtually impossible .
William Shakespeare wrote this speech 400 years ago about people in London wishing that immigrants go back to where they came from, performed by Sir Ian McKellen on the Stephen Colbert show:
NEW: Tributes have poured in following the death of former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman
Jeane Freeman: SNP politician who led Covid response
I have cleaned-up this fascinating autochrome of James Thin (famous for his chain of bookshops), who was born 202 years ago (in Edinburgh on 23rd March 1824), making him (so far as is currently known) the earliest-born person ever to have been photographed in colour. He is seen here in the garden...
Very saddened by this. A wholly decent man who played a vital part in securing a double YES vote in 1997 and in establishing the new Parliament in its early years.
Listen to Robert Burns, "A Man's A Man For A' That"
#poetry #Scots #Scotland #BurnsNight
youtu.be/hudNoXsUj0o?...
My latest: Mark Carney just delivered the most important speech in recent Canadian history. Now, we wait for the fallout. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...
RIP the inspirational John Wallace
www.blipfoto.com/entry/345743...
James Hutton Institute secures £44k from NatureScot to develop a nature restoration plan at Glensaugh Farm in Aberdeenshire.
Wise as ever ….thanks Alastair
Snow & the emigrants monument Helmsdale.
Never a Christmas Eve passes without me repeating this, if only to myself. Written by Hardy during WW1 , the message regarding hope is worth repeating in “these times” too:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53215/...
Interesting review of the by-elections anthology to which I contributed a piece on the Hamilton one in Nov 1967. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
This report is a key part of the @scottishlandcom.bsky.social annual activity but we continue to need more data to better inform evidence based land reform & tenant farming policy.
Woodland Carbon Code and Scottish Government win Bloomberg Climate Award for partnership in tackling climate change.
A new report from the Scottish Land Commission shows how lessons from around the world could help Scotland modernise the way it values land and property, strengthening the foundation for fairer taxation to support sustainable public finances, and action on climate change.
An ambitious £12 million appeal is seeking to rescue Robert Burns’s Ellisland Farm and restore the birthplace of Auld Lang Syne
Interesting feedback from the @scottishlandcom.bsky.social “Scotland Futures” consultation www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Scotland Futures: Future Voices", a publication just out yesterday from the Scottish Land Commission www.landcommission.gov.scot/downloads/69...
See also the sister document "What we Heard": www.landcommission.gov.scot/downloads/69...
