I'm back on the blog at last. I thought I had a good idea about the place-name of Auldearn, but it turned out to be completely wrong, and instead I've decided we may need to rethink the entire timeline of the Gaelicisation of Moray. #medievalsky

Auldearn: A place-name mystery revisited

In which I take a new look at this puzzling place-name, and come to an unexpected conclusion.

Nearly dark #uist

#sunset#uist

A quiet day of cleaning & waiting for my brother & cousin to arrive. -#uist

#CatsCradle#Newt extracted himself with ease as soon as I mentioned breakfast. 🙀😻🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

The loch like glass #uist

Filippo Napoletano, Two Shells, 1618, Oil on canvas, 39 x 56 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Florence)

A silver morning with a halo around the sun #uist

Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.

HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14

In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.