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I love that this begins as a simple story about the perilous thrill of meeting an idol but ends up as a fable about craft. Thanks for the nudge @carynrose.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ab...

Glen Hansard meets Van MorrisonYouTube video by bannedfromchinawww.youtube.com

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Glen Hansard: Public wake to be held for musicianThe funeral of Glen Hansard will take place on Tuesday at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.www.bbc.co.uk

Clearing the houses of the elderly is sobering. So much curation. So much keeping-of-things-in-case-they'll-come-in. And the saving for best. All the futures that never came. And the letters & photos & archives our generation won't have because our digital tracks are so much harder to control.

What sources do people use for finding research fellowships for people at mid career and beyond stage?

How had I forgotten thisso-good-its-reading-list-worthy piece! 'The distinctive architecture that resulted [from the Norman Conquest is]...evidence that...they aimed at... creating a new model state on the basis of Roman Christian precedent, a revived Britannia organized by a new Constantine.'

The Amos Maternity Review trying to explain its use of AI to families to analyse what they told the team in family 'listening sessions'...

An entry in the Chronicle of Colchester says: 'it is related that Helena...was born...in this city. It was of great merit... Indeed, this is conjectured from those things which people digging have excavated from the earth: iron, precious stones & minted coins & buildings found beneath the earth.'

God, this rings true: '"leadership is immune to any actionable feedback from below. Consultation still exists but nothing anyone says can change the decision or remove those who made it." This trend... towards managerialism & ultimately authoritarianism can be seen across British society...'

A necklace from a sixth/ seventh-century child's grave in Qāw al-Kabīr (Egypt) with a bone pectoral cross, 'a blue faience Bes amulet' & beads. From this chapter by Ádám Bollók: www.academia.edu/36949656/The...

This is from twenty years ago but still remains a very sad sight /site. I came across it in Stephen Pollington's superb Wayland's Work book and wondered why I'd not seen a reference to it before...

A mould for a C6th/ 7th pilgrim's flask has been excavated at a monastery in the Judean desert, 10 miles east of Jerusalem. It supports the idea that the flasks like those in the treasuries at Monza & Bobbio were made in & near Jerusalem. www.timesofisrael.com/forget-keych...

Here's 👇a book to teach & think with! 'This a world we dare not simplify. This is not purely a world of vibrancy & cultural creativity. Nor is this a world of decadence, of oppression, of decline & fall. This is not a world driven purely by status... It is a world of every knd of struggle...'

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Nottingham maternity scandal to be dramatised in new seriesThe drama will centre on Sarah and Jack Hawkins, who were among the first people to raise the alarm.www.bbc.co.uk