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Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Ireland & Scotland: Cultural Intersections Across the Irish Sea

Issue 33 of Litteraria Pragensia: Studies in Literature and Culture explores some of the literary traffic between 🇮🇪 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the 20th & 21st centuries

@litstudies

https://litterariapragensia.ff.cuni.cz/magazin/2023-33-65/

#Scotland #Ireland #Scottish #Irish #literature #culture #culturalexchange #StPatricksDay

Ireland and Scotland: Cultural Intersections Across the Irish Sea

Introduction: Cultural Intersections Across the Irish Sea
Petra Johana Poncarová and Radvan Markus, p. 1-7

Principles and Curses: The Honourable Ruaraidh Erskine of Mar and Some Irish Connections
Gerard Cairns, p. 8-24

Derick Thomson and Ireland
Petra Johana Poncarová, p. 25-44

A Mirror to Ireland: Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Articles about Scotland
Radvan Markus, p. 44-61

Dáimh le hAlbain?: Depictions of Scotland in Twentieth-Century Irish-Language Prose
Caoimhe Nic Lochlainn, p. 62-84

Modernising the Islands: Irish and Scottish Gaelic Fictions
Alan Titley, p. 85-100

On Irish Poets Writing in Scotland
Peter Mackay, p. 101-123

“What Horrors Worse Than These?”: Childhood and Adolescence in Catholic Glasgow
Christopher Whyte, p. 124-139

Notes on Contributors
p. 140-142

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“Joyce considered how the ‘sister’ nations Ireland & Scotland might be linked through similar philosophical traditions, MacDiarmid saw modern Irish cultural & political developments as a source of inspiration for Scotland, & Heaney turned to the Buile Suibhne story as a way of stressing cultural commonalities”

Late Celticism in Irish & Scottish literature: binding ties

@litstudies

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2023/06/14/late-celticism-in-irish-and-scottish-literature-binding-ties/

#Scotland #Ireland #Scottish #Irish #literature #culture #CelticStudies #20thcentury

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Why Lacan Loved Harpo Marx

A surprising encounter between high theory and Hollywood farce reshapes how we think about laughter and desire.

By: Angelica Frey

https://daily.jstor.org/why-lacan-loved-harpo-marx/

Humor & Comedy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/44
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=comedy

#books #literature #art #culture

Lobby card for Monkey Business (1931) with Chico (left) and Harpo (right)

The card shows Chico on the left in his trademark shabby suit and felt hat, and Harpo on the right in his iconic curly red wig, battered top hat, and characteristically mismatched, oversized clothing. The man in the middle is one of the supporting cast members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx#/media/File:Monkey_Business_lobby_card_1931.JPG

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EDIT de l'EDIT (parce que clairement je ne sais pas lire😮‍💨 )

C'est un sondage de l'instance Masto RéseauCulture, un réseau "d'acteurs culturels, publics et privés, engagés pour partager des informations culturelles de façon plus libre, ouverte et indépendante" mais c'est à l'initiative du Ministère de la Culture.

Ils veulent savoir si vous êtes intéressés de voir des institutions culturelles sur Mastodon.

https://framaforms.org/mastodonfediverse-la-culture-et-vous-1771542693

#culture #france #mastodon #musee #theatre #education #science

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Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem

You might think that Ovid's Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of the greatest Greek myths, would hold little relevance today. But its tales of desire and deceit reveal surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change and the refugee crisis to gender-based violence and identity.

by Cath Pound

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260317-metamorphoses-ovids-2000-year-old-poem-says-a-lot-about-2026

At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765

#books #literature #culture

Lycian farmers changed into frogs: Latona changes Lycian farmers into frogs, because while they were weeding a marsh, they prevented her and her children from quenching their thirst (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 369)

Claude Du Bosc / After Jean Jouvenet - Leto verandert de boeren in kikkers, Claude DuBosc, after Jean Baptiste Jouvenet, 1714 - Rijksmuseum

The scene depicts the goddess Leto — mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus — fleeing the wrath of Hera after giving birth. Exhausted and thirsty, she stops at a pond in Lycia to drink, but local peasants cruelly prevent her and her infant children from reaching the water, stirring up the mud to make it undrinkable. In fury, she calls upon Jupiter and transforms the peasants into frogs.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metamorphoses_(Ovid)#/media/File:Claude_Du_Bosc_after_Jean-Baptiste_Jouvenet,_Leto_and_the_Lycian_Peasants,_1714,_Rijksmuseum_RP-P-1905-2842.jpg

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Is Math Art? Werner Herzog Says Yes

The German filmmaker spoke about math and the sublime at Brooklyn Public Library's Pi Day celebration.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/werner-herzog-brooklyn-public-library-pi-day-2754957

Art + Mathematics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=art+%2B+mathematics

#art #culture #mathematics

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818), Kunsthalle Hamburg

Caspar David Friedrich - The photographic reproduction was done by Cybershot800i. (Diff)

The hiker stands as a back figure in the center of the composition. He looks down on an almost impenetrable sea of fog in the midst of a rocky landscape - a metaphor for life as an ominous journey into the unknown.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog.jpg/960px-Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog.jpg

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Here is the inaugural episode.
This month's Podcast Guest is Jo Jackson, Cultural Glenkens Project Leader with GCat. We talk to Jo about her ties to Galloway, Cultural Glenkens and places that are special to her here.
Join us also for our segments: Concerning Corepaths and Galloway Gleanings where we talk Culture and Walking in Galloway.
https://youtu.be/H8NbFdF1at0

#Galloway #Podcast #Scotland #Culture #walking #landscape #heritage

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“It looks as if a Man could Toot himself to Heaven upon the Whore of Babylon’s Bagpipes”

—how 18th-century English satirists used bagpipes to signify Jacobitism & Catholicism, & the threat to the Establishment

🎵 10 March is International Bagpipe Day! A 🎶🧵

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/05/the-scottish-bagpipe-political-and-religious-symbolism-in-english-literature-and-satire/

#Scotland #Scottish #music #history #culture #bagpipes #InternationalBagpipeDay #18thcentury #satire #Jacobites

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NOW PLAYING == Native Roots Radio with Robert Pilot 3/10/26: Guests Gary Farmer, actor, musician, and frontman of Gary Farmer and the TroubleMakers; political consultant Arvina Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lns_cgndi0w

#News #Culture #Commentary #Indigenous #Native #RobertPilot #WendyPilot #Nativerootsradio #Radio #Vsn #Progressivenewstalk #Progressive #Left #Diversespectrumoftheleft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

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Untitled (dog wearing "mascot' cape and hat pretending to drive firetruck)
Jack Gould, American
c. 1950
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/127633
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

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Watch "Why 'Metropolis', Fritz Lang's Silent Movie, Still Defines Sci‑Fi 100 Years Later"

Before 'Star Wars'. Before 'Blade Runner'. Before every futuristic city, rogue android, or AI uprising you’ve ever seen, there was 'Metropolis' (1927). This video dives deep into how Fritz Lang’s silent-era masterpiece built the visual language of modern sci-fi, shaped pop culture for a century, and predicted the world we live in today.

https://youtu.be/lFdvbf9bomM?is=8pP5WZ5rnqLwEYO6

#publicdomain #movies #history #culture

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"My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me."

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Unveils Digital Archive of the Artist’s Entire Body of Work

You can now browse over 2,000 of Georgia O’Keeffe’s works by theme, timeframe, or medium.

By Emma Taggart

https://mymodernmet.com/georgia-okeeffe-museum-digital-archive/

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum:
https://access-ok.okeeffemuseum.org/

#art #culture #womenhistoryMonth

Photograph of painting Red Canna (1923) by Georgia O'Keeffe on display at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Photo taken February 2023.

The canvas is consumed almost entirely by cascading waves of deep crimson and scarlet. Broad, voluptuous petals curve and overlap in smooth, sensuous arcs. Flashes of deep orange glow at the centre where the stamens emerge, and small scrolls of dark green leaf curl at the corners, providing the only relief from the overwhelming warmth of the reds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe#/media/File:Red_Canna_(1923)_by_Georgia_O'Keeffe.png

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What a Geisha Really Is and How Her Role Has Changed

What is a geisha? More than skilled entertainers in dance, singing, and refined conversation, they are custodians of traditional Japanese arts and culture.

https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-geisha/

Books about geishas at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Geisha

#history #japanesehistory #culture

Geisha of the Tachibana Street by Torii Kiyonaga 1786. Three geisha are walking together. Each of them wears a different pattern Kimono. The one on the left has a light colored one, the middle has a red and tan checkered one, and the last one has a black one with flowers. The one in the middle and the last one are carrying a parasol.

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TDF ejects its core developers https://lobste.rs/s/wo3ome #culture
https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-04-02-tdf-ejects-core-devs.html

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Donating to open source https://lobste.rs/s/rmujw3 #culture
https://entropicthoughts.com/open-source-donation

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CFP
A Kingdom in Perplexity: Voices of Seventeenth-Century Scotland Symposium
11 June, University of Glasgow

Postgraduate & Early Career Researchers specialising in any aspect of early modern Scottish history, literature & culture are invited to participate in the University of Glasgow’s new interdisciplinary research symposium. Contact scot17thcenturyresearch@gmail.com for details.

#Scottish #literature #history #culture #celticstudies #callforpapers #Gaelic #Gaidhlig

A map of Scotland from a 17th-century pocket atlas of Great Britain, drawn by John Speed and engraved by Peter Van Den Keere (Petrus Kaerius): 1627. Drawn in black on paper browned with age, labelled THE KINGDOME OF SCOTLAND

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We need to own our computing experience by @soapdog https://lobste.rs/s/g7mqwb #culture #rant
https://andregarzia.com/2026/05/we-need-to-own-our-computing-experience.html

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Open Source vs the Invisible Hand https://lobste.rs/s/4ttntg #culture
https://nesbitt.io/2026/06/18/open-source-vs-the-invisible-hand.html

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Discover the Story Behind Rodin’s Monumental ‘Thinker’ Sculpture at the Legion of Honor Museum

By Emma Taggart

https://mymodernmet.com/the-thinker-legion-of-honor/

August Rodin at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/25054

#Art #Culture

The Thinker by August Rodin.

A bronze sculpture of a muscular nude man seated on a rock, chin resting on fist in deep contemplation.

In: AUGUSTE RODIN
THE MAN—HIS IDEAS—HIS WORKS
BY
CAMILLE MAUCLAIR

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50665/50665-h/50665-h.htm

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Dissolving the social via @splitbrain https://lobste.rs/s/4kp8af #culture #vibecoding
https://tante.cc/2026/04/01/dissolving-the-social/

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Mathematical methods and human thought in the age of AI https://lobste.rs/s/tdjklb #ai #culture #philosophy
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.26524

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Rain is the focus of the National Library of Scotland’s forthcoming major exhibition, opening 19 June. Rain is deeply embedded in many facets of Scottish society – from agriculture & whisky to fashion & culture & identity – & the exhibition will showcase a sample of the Library’s wide holdings

https://media.nls.uk/news/major-summer-exhibition-focuses-on-rain

#Scottish #literature #culture #rain #Scotland #Edinburgh

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Today, 6 April, is Tartan Day – a principally North American day of celebration of Scottish heritage, although it’s also marked, unofficially, in Argentina. 6 April was chosen as it’s the date of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320.

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#Scottish #literature #culture #history #tartan #TartanDay