Caroline Docherty OBE

@signetlibrary @kgbaston Agreed. I so enjoyed the talk and the mini exhibition. A brilliant start to this new series . Thank you @kgbaston and @signetlibrary . I look forward to the future talks.

A freezing Thursday night saw the first of our three January talks, with @kgbaston speaking about the Bibliotheca Polonica, the library of Polish books given to Scotland in the 1820s which stands as one of the great enduring symbols of the friendship between the two nations.

@henningwehn It’s super weird when they dictate the note, saying something like that, in front of you - as happened to me. As the consultant looks over at you with an expression that says “see what I just said about you?” You try to compose your features into an “aw gee shucks” look.

I have a doctor’s note here in front of me in which I’m described as a “pleasant gentleman”. Isn’t that HR code for alcoholic?? 😵‍💫

@theoliviamcleod @Gildedballoon Just seen this brilliant show! So funny. And don’t worry - there’s no blood. Just lots of laughs!

Bankrupting myself AGAIN to experience the best month of the year! We Forgive You, Patina Pataznik is a camp horror revenge tale (read: sketch show) on @Gildedballoon the whole month. We can’t wait. See you at #edfringe ❤️‍🔥🔪

@cocteautriplets Hats are all wrong - but otherwise spot on!

@cocteautriplets I used to be the Deputy Kipper of the Cygnet. Could we have that one please Andy?

@cocteautriplets And Fettes College. And Fife!

@KieranCHodgson Brilliant show. Just as good as everyone told me during the Edin Festival last year. Couldn’t get tickets then, but so glad I left the Tesla and Edinburgh setts behind to see you in your adopted home. Some parts you must have been nervous about doing in Glasgow but no need. Bravo

⁦@MrAndrewCotter⁩ spotted on holiday. Unable to shake hands due to tiny arms.

⁦I may not have tweeted positively enough about @mrjackdocherty ⁩’s current EXCELLENT Fringe show. But I proudly posed for this photo. Even although the otherwise accurate portrayal of his teenage years contains no reference to his only sibling. Go! It’s really not bad.

@mrjackdocherty @theoliviamcleod “For an old guy - he ain’t bad.” Will that do?

@theoliviamcleod @CarDocherty You never tweet that sort of praise for your brother I notice.

it's mid show season, meaning there's foundation on all my tops, I haven't slept properly in days, and I just dropped my spoon in the soup

@MichaelRosenYes With the Waitrose app you can scan your shopping as you go round - with your phone.

Dear Waitrose, the tray we have to put the goods on next to the automatic checkout is not big enough for a family shopping list, what am I supposed to do?

@MissCScotland @citzgirl @thewssociety @signetlibrary Fantastic shot. I love that view.

@oldscotbooks I read this and thought - oh, lovely, an historic document about SRO. Then I read “30 plus years old”, and realised that the period when I was visiting regularly, as a trainee solicitor, was 40 years ago.

Found an old SRO (forerunner of NRS) leaflet, probably 30+ years old. Points of interest: 1. No advance notice required for visits 2. Opening hours 15 minutes longer than now 3. Off-site records ordered by 12 delivered that day. 4. No typewriters except with permission! #Archives

@mcdermottkc_ @Moncler I am not sure. But on a recent holiday to the Amalfi Coast I saw this and thought of you!

What do you think Twitter … too loud even for me ? … @Moncler

@AlexAndBooks_ Surprisingly (for me) not fiction : Written in Bone (and All that Remains) by Professor Dame Sue Black. Read by the author - such an interesting explanation of forensic anthropology by a truly engaging expert in her field.

What's the best audiobook you've ever listened to?

@RevRichardColes The worst thing about the thing you so rightly say is worst is that it isn’t even *** it, *** it, **** it - the last one is ****ed. It took me years of thinking it made no sense to realise it makes no sense for a different reason.

@MattChorley People who,when asked for their order by a clearly harassed staff member, sigh slowly and say “I am thinking either the chicken or the pork. Which is your favourite?” and the rest of the table tries to convey, without words, that they too think their dining companion is a prat.

🍽️A celebrity chef has banned vegans after a dispute over a dish. So... who/what would you ban from restaurants? Your eating out pet peeves please...

@beckymbarrow Ooh - a great haul.

As promised, here are the “16 books for my daughter’s 16th birthday” Thank you for all the ⭐️ suggestions. (If you’re wondering where some of the classics are - To Kill a Mockingbird, I Capture the Castle etc are - she’d already read them.)