highlands

‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Romanticised Gaelic Highlanders & Intercultural Mobility
4 November, online – free

Prof Silke Stroh discusses the 18th-century song “The Garb of Old Gaul” – an example of the romanticisation of Highland soldiers. She traces the song’s textual history, argues that the English text might be older than is commonly assumed, & sheds new light on the Gaelic translations

https://www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Highlands #romanticism #Gaelic #Gaidhlig

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A sneak preview of my piano improvisation named “The Moor” in my upcoming album Highlands Suite

#pianoimprov #improvpiano #pianosolo #scotland #highlands

Enjoyed #Traitors? Why not take a trip on the #Strathspey Railway in the #Highlands of #Scotland, which featured on tonight's episode?
https://www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk/#sectionots

SHIPS: Live Poetry & Music
10 July, An Tobar, Mull – tickets from £8

A live evening of poetry & music with five acclaimed poets: Sharon Black, Leonie Charlton, Julie Antill, Jon Miller, & Cait O’Neill McCullagh.

https://www.antobarandmulltheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ec276n5cy0uxkyu4xc55hrskyopw6r

#Scottish #literature #poetry #Highlands #HighlandsandIslands

The grey roots circle thee, who never knew
At any hour within thy travels lone
A human shape but mine…

—Olive Fraser, “The Adder of Quinag”
First published in The Pure Account (Aberdeen University Press, 1981), & included in The Wrong Music (@canongatebooks 1989)

A poem for #WorldSnakeDay 🐍

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/adder-quinag/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #naturewriting #Scotland #highlands #snake #snakes

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