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'A House of Cards' review in SHJ: praise for MacDonald's 'finely-crafted stories' bit.ly/1NORhc5 #fiction
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Glenstal Abbey school announces ‘unavoidable’ closure as demand for boarding declines
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Cette Madona della misericordia de Giovanni di Corraduccio, avec son or, son bleu et sa délicatesse
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"I bring you the gift of these
four words: 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
~ Blaise Pascal
Autumn (1890)
🎨 László Mednyánszky
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Harp c. 1785, owned by blind travelling musician Arthur O'Neill. "There was renewed interest in the harp in the late 1700s, both as a musical instrument and a symbol of Irish patriotism. Harp festivals attracted United Irishmen and inspired cultural nationalism." #NationalHarpDay
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Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) marks the pinnacle of Klimt's icon-making. Inspired by mosaics he saw in Italy, Klimt dissolves the figure into a sea of golden symbols. Dress and background merge, leaving only her face and hands to anchor her to reality. #artbots #klimt
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Ginkgo, flaming gold 💛🔥💛
Also known as maidenhair trees, their name derives from the Japanese for 'silver apricot'🤍
Ginkgo is one of the oldest living tree species, closely related to a tree that flourished among the dinosaurs 200 million years ago💛
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In Iceland there are place names of Irish origins; Bekansstaðir (‘Beecan’s place’), Njálsstaðir (‘Nial’s place’) & Írafell (‘Mount Irish’)! There's also Irish names relating to the Papar (pre-Norse Irish monks) in the Faroes, Orkneys, Shetland Islands & Hebrides #LeifEriksonDay
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Happy Bookshop Day! 📘
Here’s to bookshops and their booksellers, and all the wonderful work they do. If you were looking for a sign to pop down to your local bookshop and treat yourself to a new book, here it is 😉
fairlightbooks.co.uk/books/b…
#BookshopDay #BookshopToursofBritain @booksaremybag
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Congratulations to Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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It’s not just the Book of Kells in TCD Library, Dublin! They also have the:
-Book of Durrow (c. 700)
-Book of Dimma (8th C)
-Book of Mulling (late 8th - early 9th C)
-Book of Armagh (9th C) #Ireland #LibrariesWeek 📚
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“A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can write a tolerable letter.” — Jane Austen
