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Jen Stout
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๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Reporter, author of NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESA (2024) - Saltire & Highland book prize winner. Ex-BBC.
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    Jen Stout
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    May 5, 2024
    "A luminous love letter to an embattled nation" "wonderfully written... vivid, lyrical passages" Blown away by this review of Night Train to Odesa in today's Observer. Particularly as it's by @lukeharding1968 who is in Ukraine right now, writing brilliant frontline dispatches.
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    Jen Stout
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    May 14, 2022
    'You're from Scotland? Ah, like - "ELEVEN"!!' Wasn't expecting this in a bunker in Kharkiv tbh, completely made my day
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    Jen Stout
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    Jan 4, 2024
    Timothy Snyder spelling it out extremely clearly for Americans.
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    Jen Stout
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    Oct 10, 2022
    Digging around in my bag for treats as I wait out the air raid sirens and what should I find but a Tunnocks wafer, squirrelled and away on a Loganair flight a month ago. Little bit of Scotland in Kyiv!
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    Jen Stout
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    Nov 30, 2022
    A train disappearing into the haar on the Forth Rail Bridge. Three of my favourite things at once.
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    Jen Stout
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    Jan 16, 2023
    Fair Isle today. Those dark dark skies as the snow swept in!
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    Jen Stout
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    Apr 4, 2021
    So it has snowed in Shetland.
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    Jen Stout
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    Mar 24, 2024
    Russia has destroyed all the substations in Kharkiv, a massive city of more than one million people. Are we paying attention?
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    Jen Stout
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    Apr 5, 2021
    A white Easter Monday in Shetland. Voe looks beautiful. Howlin gales!
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    Jen Stout
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    Aug 27, 2022
    I used to LOVE the sleeper. Scotrail ran advanced tickets - 'bargain berths' for weekdays, ยฃ25. Now run by Serco. ยฃ345. Even that sold out one - 'Classic' (just a bunk, but now with tasteful tartan) is ยฃ190 when avail. ยฃ190?! Honest to god, who can pay this? Why is this allowed?
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    Jen Stout
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    Feb 5, 2021
    Sea ice, Voe, Shetland
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    Jen Stout
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    Feb 3, 2021
    Nothing more beautiful than Shetland in snow, I think.
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    Jen Stout
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    Jan 31, 2024
    The postie braved the 70mph Shetland winds to deliver my mail this morning - and look what she brought. Publication is 3 months away but the advance review copies are real! Can't describe how this feels. Hope everyone reading is enjoying... @PolygonBooks
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    Jen Stout
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    May 30, 2020
    I know the word 'community' makes you all fall asleep. But I grew up with the real thing, and then spent 10 years trying to find it again, and lockdown briefly provided it. I wrote a wee bit about this. Would like to know your thoughts.
    Isolation, lockdown, belonging
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