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Daisy Carnegie, Edinburgh's Carnegie library cat on the payroll in the 1950s (featured in 'Lum Hats in Paradise')

The Melbourne expert who has spent a lifetime uncovering ‘the archaeology of the printed book’ | Melbourne | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

EXCL: A team of students from RGU in Aberdeen completed a drone scan of the facade today. The work comes a day a City of Glasgow College team was rebuffed. @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/news/25949200.…

Female white-tailed eagle arrives early with some grass with the male joining shortly after. They both tended the nest just before sunset last night. It's a beautiful day here in North Uist ☀️🦅

'Castle Terrace Car Park and by extension a brief history of the Castle Terrace Gardens that it replaced and – presciently – the city’s hard lesson that car parking just didn’t pay.' #NCPcollapse #NCPinADMINISTRATION #CastleTerraceGardens

EXCL: A group of Glasgow college students offered to carry out a 3D scan of the Union Corner fire site for free. This would help in future restoration efforts. Glasgow City Council said no thanks. @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/news/25945358.…

Why can't we know who owns our country? Why? Someone knows. Why isn't it is? Why can anyone own land without telling us who they are? andywightman.scot/2026/03/who-co…

It took me 2 minutes to discover the vape fireball shop was owned by 2 Pakistani nationals and there are 18 other vape shops in the same street. This guy has found out incredible things. The question is why the SNP Council continues to sit on its fat arse doing nothing. 👇

EVENT: Join C20 for Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain 🗓️ Monday 23 March at 6.30pm – 8pm 📍The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London + Online 🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx?t… Authors Lucy Lavers, Judy Ovens and Suzanna Prizeman will talk about their new book Adventurous Vents, which celebrates for the first time the intriguing architectural typology of ventilation shafts, as well as presenting an innovative way of looking at the history of Britain’s underground infrastructure. Often overlooked, vents are in fact crucial to the running of our modern world – wherever there is an underground space it needs ventilation and, although we may not notice them, vents pop up all over the country providing us with clues to what lies below. So come and hear about the most interesting of these structures, which are often disguised as sculptures, statues or small buildings, and how they have been vital in the development of our railways, sewers, mines and motoring infrastructure.

Column today, on that fire.. You reap what you sow. The failure of the Glasgow's guardians left it susceptible to this kind of incident. No amount of maudlin drivel from politicians changes the fact that neglect paid a major part in the Union Corner blaze thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16043761/…

@Harryjwilliamss Tomorrow's slums will be the transient communities of build-to-rent.

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EXC: Scotland's public bodies agreed a near-record 90 “golden goodbye” severance deals last year. Almost a third of the packages - which cost costing the taxpayer more than £3.2 million - included gagging orders. heraldscotland.com/news/25941805.…

🔴 So how many more beloved buildings will burn before the trade in knock-off £5 ‘bombs’ is stamped out for good? Read my @MailOnlineScot investigation 👇 mailplus.co.uk/scottish-editi… via @mailplus #glasgowfire #glasgow #scotland

A ‘Demolish first, ask questions later' approach is laying waste to Glasgow's architectural heritage. My feature on the Union Corner fire in @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/opinion/259352…

We're recruiting at @FOIScotland - An enforcement and a policy officer. Full details at foi.scot/current-vacanc… (Music and video cuts all AI generated.)

Boom 💣 💥 @NatWestGroup @TheFCA “The case against Holloway now represents one of the clearest examples of alleged criminal behaviour connected to the division that was at the centre of one of the UK banking sector’s most controversial scandals.” bmmagazine.co.uk/news/rbs-grg-m…

I will take a wild guess that Benny Higgins' chief interest in 'Oxygen Conservation' is the money that can be extracted from our gullible political class. The whole carbon market thing appears to be a futile scam. parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/03/13/bre…

Exc: A top architect has called for the @scotgov to step in and pay for a new building at Union Corner. Alan Dunlop says the site is significant for Glasgow and would be a 'disaster' for the city if left derelict for a prolonged period. @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/news/25928991.…

“The whole ecosystem is broken and that affects the people at the bottom”  theferret.scot/revealed-compa…

Fearless campaigner who saved Edinburgh’s architectural gems from developers with scathing wit, royal allies and tireless dedication #Echobox=1773143890" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Scottish Information Commissioner @DvdHmltn said he “can no longer trust the Government to handle this information unsupervised” following what he described as a “breach of trust” by the Scottish Government. Read more: tinyurl.com/Non-Compliance…