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Gaelic & Scots: Cultural Connections & Inspirations in the 20th Century

Talks form the FRLSU’s May 6 webinar are now online, looking at

▶️ George Campbell Hay | Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa
▶️ William Neill | Uilleam Nèill
▶️ Douglas Young
▶️ translations between Gaelic & Scots
▶️ Derick Thomson | Ruaraidh MacThòmais & GAIRM

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL

“Of aal the fish there iss in the sea,” said Para Handy, “nothing bates the herrin’; it’s a providence they’re plentiful and them so cheap!”

Neil Munro (1863–1930) – journalist, novelist, short-story writer, & poet – was born #OTD, 3 June. Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of Herring discusses Munro’s PARA HANDY stories, as well as giving the full text of the tale “The Herring – A Gossip”

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herripedia.com/para-handy/

Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring · PARA HANDY - Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the HerringIncluding the full text of Neil Munro's Para Handy story, The Herring - A Gossip
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“Diaspora may be a state of mind, an intellectual and emotional homelessness. The poem works its way through that dislocation, and finds the confidence to offer the absent deity some mischievous but penetrating advice”

—Carol Rumens on AC Jacobs’ “Supplication”

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theguardian.com/books/booksblo

The Guardian · Poem of the week: Supplication by AC JacobsBy Carol Rumens