Beacon Book Festival 2026
20–22 February, Greenock

The inaugural Beacon Book Festival will take place next month at Beacon Arts Centre, welcoming some of the UK’s finest writers, poets and storytellers to Inverclyde for three inspiring days of discussion, performance and creativity.

https://www.beaconartscentre.co.uk/beacon-book-festival/

#Scottish #literature #poetry #storytelling #writers #Greenock #Inverclyde

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
John Macgregor in 1676 in Greenock.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43393839
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1871&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Inverclyde

The absolutely spellbinding roof of Wemyss Bay railway station in Inverclyde. The station was built, like the adjoining pier that serves the ferries for the Isle of Bute, in 1903. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wemyssbay/wemyssbay/index.html

#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation #Railway #Architecture

Thanks #Inverclyde Skywatchers for inviting me! Interesting discussion on #solar #power from #space!

https://www.facebook.com/inverclydeskywatchers/posts/pfbid02fkC3QgzBuv3HPFbphYkjD37jNeXp4XhkMTbTFSGgt2y3sZjJ54JmftNNsSq1moBkl

#scotland #astronomy #inverclyde #seminar #space #solarpower

The absolutely spellbinding roof of Wemyss Bay railway station in Inverclyde. The station was built, like the adjoining pier that serves the ferries for the Isle of Bute, in 1903. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wemyssbay/wemyssbay/index.html

#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation

The Inverclyde area has 28 category A listed buildings on #wikidata.
St Laurence’s Church (Greenock) (dating from 1898) lacks a #wikipedia article
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14906728

#ScottishHistory #Inverclyde

Replica of the paddle steamer "Comet" on display in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, seen before its removal. She was built in the town for Henry Bell in 1812, and went on operate Europe's first commercially viable passenger steamboat service. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/portglasgow/portglasgow/index.html

#Scotland #Comet #PaddleSteamer #PortGlasgow #Inverclyde #UndiscoveredScotland