First butterfly of the year. Apologies for blurred picture, but anyone identify?

Woman of the Day Madge Easton Anderson born OTD 1896 in Glasgow, the first woman to work professionally as a lawyer in the UK. It took an appeal to the Court of Session before this highly qualified woman was permitted to sit her final Law Agent exam on the same basis as men

Our rather sad, one week only, annual rhododendron display. Nice while it lasts though 🙂

Anything else that I should be checking, @LidlGB ?

Born #OTD in 1921, Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (Dirk Bogarde).

Here he is, centre back, when he attended Glasgow's Allan Glen's Technical School, in Townhead.

Pic: Bogarde Estate

Today I get to pay $300 to take a 3-hour English test in order to be eligible to stay in the country where I am employed to teach English language courses at an English language institution, a prerequisite for which was the PhD I earned at an English language university.

History of the Motorway system in Glasgow. Online talk 18.15-19.15 on 20 March. PHEW Scotland is supporting and promoting this talk organised by Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland
Registration details here - ice.org.uk/events/latest-…

Today is 17th March, two weeks after the one-day works. 4 bus routes use the road. Fun when one going uphill and one going downhill get close to the sign at the same time.

Two Jewish men are waiting for a train. The younger man asks the older man for the time, but the older man ignores him. After a while, the younger man again asks for the time and again the older man ignores him. Frustrated, the younger man finally asks, “Why won’t you answer me

Humza Yousaf really is the Mr Benn of Scottish politics. Today he cosplayed as a Scottish rugby fan.

Simple Minds very own Derek Forbes shows us all how to play the iconic bassline from 'I Travel' for any of us who have picked up a bass guitar and thought... I'm giving that a go.. well heres how it should be played. Derek... we salute you my friend Derek Forbes Simple Minds

#StreetScar We’ve all seen this: the freshly laid paving, newly laid granite setts or Yorkstones lovingly laid on a slow street or in front of a freshly repaired parade of shops. Within months, weeks or, sometimes days, a slice or a square of them are pulled up thoughtlessly...

Which rock band gives a shout out to John Smeaton and why? Find out in our blog ice.org.uk/news-insight/n… #Smeaton300

Nathan Coley's installation at the Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. Given recent high winds, it is a minor miracle that it is undamaged.

A woman from County Durham with learning difficulties and depression.

Prosecuted & convicted last week in the Single Justice Procedure for not paying her TV Licence.

She's a constituent of Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden MP

This is the letter she sent to the court.

Today Landgeist Maps shows us the second most taught foreign language in Secondary School across Europe. English is the number one. French still going strong. Eastern Europe studies German. Source: buff.ly/3TWgKuQ

First time in the city since New Year.

Check out the talk that Eleanor Peters and I will be giving in March National Library of Scotland : 'Electrifying Women: the work of the Electrical Association for Women' eventbrite.co.uk/e/electrifying… @Eventbrite