I know you want to know what my top 50 films of the 420 I watched this year are, so here's a thread. 👇👇👇📽️📽️📽️ 50. Bachelor Mother (Garson Kanin, 1939 / Ginger Rodgers & David Niven). A salesgirl is bundled with a baby and must keep him to keep her job. A slightly ludicrous conceit played brilliantly by Rogers and Niven. A delight, with a good few laughs and a lot of smiles.

Drop the cringe for a moment and join me for a thread about tartan. We all know about clan and family tartans, but do you now what came before them? 1/ If we were to go back a few hundred years, we'll not find the system of clan tartans as we know it now. Before the clan codification of tartans that started in the early 19th century, particular tartans were mostly associated with single weavers. 2/

Can ah hae yer een for a wee minute tae threid aboot tartan? We aw ken aboot clan an faimily tartans, but dae ye ken whit came afore clan tartans? 1/ If we were tae gang back a few hunner year, we'll no find the system o clan tartans as we ken it noo. Afore the clan codification o tartans whit stertin in the early 19th century, particular tartans were maislty associated wi single weavers. 2/

It's time for my #Christmas2021 gift guide! I thought it might be a good idea to guide you through the work I've made over seven years of @indy_prints and then share some other small businesses. [a thread] 👇👇👇 @indy_prints Before I get to the good stuff, I want to note that it's been a difficult year for many of us, and while you might have less to spend, I hope you that when you do spend you'll consider supporting these small businesses, rather than the shareholders of big corporations.

Yer favourite Scots language animal name. Go! Thanks tae awbody whit replied tae this. Ah cannae believe the amoont! Ah mak it tae be aboot 73 names o beasties. Yer aw amazin!

Something that no one ever asks me is 'where do I come up with the colours for my work?' I'm going to explain it anyway and illustrate it with an example. ¡THREADALERT! 👇👇👇 This is my take on the famous #ScotsLanguage saying 'It's a braw, bricht moonlit nicht the nicht' [Plug: available in my @indy_prints shop as a print, poster, card, magnet and more]. indy-prints.com/search?type=pr…

Racists sicken me. All of us – and our government – must make it clear that Scotland is no place for them. Immigrants and refugees should be welcomed in Scotland. Their addition to our country can only enrich. Let me be clear. Scotland is one of the most prosperous countries in the world. It became so largely from its role as part of the nation that created and ran the world's largest empire.

Hey Edinburgh. It's past time this was removed. We need to be better than this. We need to admit to our past and commit to doing things better from now on. #emptytheplinth While Glasgow's relationship with slavery has been noted, Edinburgh's is probably worse. This map shows how so many more compensation payments were made in Edinburgh. ucl.ac.uk/lbs/maps/brita…

Did you know I designed and illustrated Scotland the Brief? It's a comprehensive look at Scotland's economy and resources by @believeinscot. Some of the things I had to illustrate were fairly abstract. I'm fairly pleased with what I came up with for Glasgow's satellite industry… @believeinscot Edinburgh Book Festival? Books and an umbrella, of course!

Imagine you’re a multi-millionaire or billionaire. You run the private companies doing what was once the work of public bodies. You own the media. You are the government. Your wealth and background have isolated you from society. You believe it’s a dog-eat-dog world. Many would consider you a sociopath.