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An Englishman in Dundee.
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This #ValentinesDay, the Assynt Elm Project are seeking volunteers to help some lonely elm trees at the Little Assynt Tree Nursery. Some of these trees are too remote to cross-pollinate with other elms, so the Trust are planting new trees to keep them company🌳❤️ More info: https://buff.ly/42NkF1p

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This is a remarkably calm article from The Daily Telegraph Wed, Feb 12, 2025. I access Press Reader through my library ticket, otherwise this might be behind a paywall. The economy is in better shape than it looks pressreader.com/article/2823...

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January 13 marks 85 years since the death of Matilda, whose name at birth was Abake – meaning ‘born to be loved by all’ among the Tarkar people of Western Africa.

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M. Thiberville, who lived in Paris, leaves a fortune to the town of Thiberville, whose mayor is M. Paris. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

£10.4 million of jewellery...? A bit of me is congratulating the burglar and none of me is feeling sympathetic towards the residents. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Before you start complaining that you never see charity tractor runs these days www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/angu...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

The Home Office continues to be basically evil. And the fact that the new government is making it worse is beyond betrayal of British values.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

‘On the day Notre Dame reopens after a devastating fire, Scotland’s finest building, the Mackintosh School of Art, lies in ruins. Is it only Edinburgh that really matters in our threadbare cultural priorities?’ Interesting provocation by Neil Gilmour. www.reformscotland.com/whas-like-us...

submitted 77 days ago • 9 comments

What's music to my ears here is someone refusing "to be pre-emptively disappointed, the way so many in Dundee choose to be". Sadly the first BTL comment... www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5139...

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submitted 80 days ago • 4 comments

Big rises but given the inflation since Liz Truss was allowed to nearly bring the country down, I'd have thought big rises are needed just to maintain the status quo. #scotland #perth #dundee

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

"The bill did not form part of the king’s speech in July and is therefore not expected at the next session in 2026 or later." By the time anything actually gets done it will be too late. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

@dundeecycling.co.uk

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Seriously, read this if you haven't already. It's a fascinating story, both important and moving.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

If X owns all accounts on their system doesn't that make them responsible for the content, rather than just being a passive vehicle for their publication? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

I presume he won't be able to live there because presumably he'd not get a residency visa...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

This seems like an obviously good idea - appoint someone responsible for trying to get the release of Britons being held as political hostages by foreign governments. Already done by the US. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

As usual, the government talks the talk and gets the kudos, but then fails to do enough to ensure delivery. It's very frustrating.

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