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There's bungs to worry about right now & loads of ppl aren't sleeping well. So here are my tips 🧵for getting a decent 8 hrs. Blood glucose dips will wake you so go Miss Marple & have a wee snack at bedtime. My favie is proper hot choc: milk, real dark choc, sugar. Sorted. /1
Racing thoughts? Me too. I find playing 'Brown noise' helpful. It seems to stop my brain going off on one. Game changer. #sleep /2
Belle Brodie in #TheFairBotanists didn't come from nowhere, right? Essential oils can help. My cousin put me onto Aromatherapy Associates Deep Relax Bath Oil. I laughed at her but tried it. I laugh no more (too busy snoozing). /3
🧵About the historical sex trade in Edinburgh. Goodmorning. The go to starting place is Ranger's Impartial List of Ladies of Pleasure published 1775. It contains 66 entries of 'hoors' around town. Here's Lady Agnew's listing👇For sure there were more than 66 but it's a start /1 
Lady Agnew was nothing new. Edinburgh had long been a 'stewing pot' Here's a prosecution from 1564 via @BeattieDr 'hur' this time not 'hoor' When prosecuted women cd have their hair cut short or be sent beyond the city limits until a 'relaxio' was ordered and they cd return/2
Once the New Town was built the sex trade was relegated to the Old Town. Here's a Victorian photo of a sex worker in a door which is recognisable as Acheson House. Known as the Cock & Trumpet (see the figures on the pediment) James McLevy mentions it in his 1830s police notes. /3
