Carolyn Ritchie

@Istimrar I came back to this hellscape just in case there was a moment of utter joy today… AND HERE IT IS. (Gulp. 💕)

Morning all. I’ve done lots of thinking this week & decided I don’t think I can carry on with my business anymore. It’s always been hard, but it’s so much harder to keep my head above water now which is not only bad for me mentally, it’s affecting my physical health too (1/4)

@annahamiltonart I’m so very sorry, Anna. Your artwork is beautiful, and as you say, very much part of who you are. Wishing you the best with your job search. Off to look in your shop now…💕

I’m leaving Twitter tonight, chums. You can find me on Instagram and Bluesky. So long, Elon - thanks for all the pish.

"There's so many European leaders who have been contorting themselves... to excuse the inexcusable." Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the EU, tells #Newsnight that Europe has been “sanewashing” the actions of President Trump.

@RealMacKaySTV @chrikes 😄

@gortex2 @chrikes Of course it is! The yoof can find their own word. 😆

⁦@chrikes⁩ My apologies. Yes, I did. It got rather swamped in the newsroom rush for the swedgers. Thank you again. 😄

@JimMonaghan10 I used to go there, way back in a previous century, when I was a pupil… there was nothing that fancy back then. Might have managed to buy a coffee to wash down my packet of pickled onion Space Raiders.

Moving back to Glasgow today after 6 weeks in Edinburgh's Southside. Will miss the site of schoolkids from James Gillespie HS queueing at Margiottas for an 8 quid Waitrose meal deal with humus and flatbread.

Really pleased with the results of my new coloured pencils on black paper! “Golden Gaze.” A5.

@Peston Colour me surprised.

Donald Trump is confusing Iceland with Greenland. Or if he isn’t, NATO is being introduced to a whole new world of pain

@Number10cat @jamespriceglos I laughed extra hard as I read/heard your response in a Glaswegian accent. 😄

@jamespriceglos Which non English languages are OK on signs Jimmy?

A man pretending to be a cat on the internet thinks it’s a smart move to compare a Latin motto (even one that is probably a Victorian addition) on a Medieval coat of arms to the Punjabi signage in modern London because so many can’t speak English. The modern left are totally mad

@TomLondon6 @Istimrar I really hope Scotland decide against. We’ve waited so long, and it will be a heart-wrench, but I hope we choose not to compete. 💙

Holding the World Cup in Trump's US in 2026 would be like when they held the Olympics in Hitler's Germany in 1936 IT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN

@Zwoddergirl @GardensHour Or even Heavenly! 😄

@Zwoddergirl @GardensHour Thank you for this - a reminder to me to grow some. Heavily Blue is one of my all time favourites!

@GardensHour I grew some Morning Glory last year for the first time - very vibrant blue, looked almost artificial! Can’t wait for the garden to look like this again, tired of cold, wet and horribly muddy January #BlueMonday #GardensHour

Thought for the day: What did pet owners do in the Olden Days when they were quoted say, £900 for a preventative measure tooth extraction? It just doesn’t didn’t happen, did it? 🤯 Is it just me, or is there a racket going on?

Remembering back to a sunny day in the garden last Summer. 😊☀️ A3. Watercolour and pencil.

@TomLondon6 I’m beginning to think they are all the same person.

Who is a greater danger to the peace of the world? Putin Xi Trump Netanyahu?

Damn it, @Clinique. Say it’s not so!

In Paris, there is a café that delivers letters to your future self five years later

@ITVNewsPolitics @PeterAdamSmith Keep it up, Peter.

'Please, you don't have to have your hand on me' Watch the moment ITV News' @PeterAdamSmith was grabbed by a Reform UK staffer after being told to move on from his line of questioning while interviewing the party's new Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord