Just heard large SUVs described as Wankerpanzers which has made my day.

George Mackay Brown.

Es werde (Neon)licht. There are many great neon signs in Köln, but few as iconic as the Reissdorf Biermännchen. Not only does the animated arm raise a glass of beer, but the ‘Er trinkt’ turns into ‘Sie trinkt’.

Clearing out a press and I came across this very generous review of my book back in The Irish Times in 1991. Gerry was a critic who really got what I was at. Gerry is much missed by so many of us.

Keadue Rovers ground, Burtonport, Donegal.

Myles na gCopaleen’s defence of public expenditure on the revival of the Irish language:

On this day in 1995, Blackburn Rovers won the Premier League title. Never to be forgotten.

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS C vi 1, the Book of Knockninny. It was compiled in 1718 for Brian Mág Uidhir of Knockninny, Co. Fermanagh. It contains a selection of historical poems & prose texts, & is a reworking of an older compilation made in 1638 for Brian Mac Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir.

Forget Tinder.

Patrick Stewart has never been better.

Samuel Menashe

On the subject of names...

In the TLS have just come across a reference to The British Isles. Bracing myself for Rhodesia, Aden and Tripolitania.

Hard to believe this once graced the Ormeau Road. Frank Lloyd Wright meets The Táin.

Read a good chunk of this on the train. Superb. Though it could have done with better proof reading. @carcanet.bsky.social

Es werde (Neon)licht. In Bochum we found this glorious artefact from the age of pre-digital photography.

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Illustration of the poet Homer from a 13th century Arabic MS, likely drawn in Mosul. From slavsandtartars.

Not so long ago in conversation with my mother I learned that her first cousin was one of America's top fashion models in the 1950's. Her name was Patsy Shalley - both her parents were from small farms in County Mayo who had emigrated to New York.

Beautiful. youtu.be/UgKmbVhvI1w?...

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You can't beat a Cheesy Curry Chip when in Omagh.

Omagh

The loneliness of the long distance supporter.

TiL the Congested Districts Board for Ireland (est. 1891) had its own flag en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congest...

Utterly shameful. Indicative of the contempt many in the British establishment have for the victims of state violence.

I recently discovered the work of the photographer Alain de Garsmeur. This one was taken in the 1970s at the Clady border crossing between Tyrone and Donegal. Like most kids of my generation you became an expert on the weaponry. The RUC man's weapon is a Stirling sub-machine gun.

Harry Martinson looking dapper.

Harry Martinson

Josephine Miles

Bought these hardbacks from Quay Books in Limerick for €25 including postage. Great small bookshop.

'To go with the Waitrose prose, Tom Leonard's 'Jist ti Let Yi No' ahv drank thi speshlz that wurrin thi frij n thit yiwurr probbli hodn back furthi pahrti awright they wur great thaht stroang thaht cawld

Lee Seong-Bok .

Up Down.

#Sculpture, Ancient Greek Statues, from early Classical period to Hellenistic period (c. 480-30 BC) #art Artifacts exhibited in The National Archaeological Museum, #Athens

25 April 1972: stamps issued in the GDR depicting East German aircraft

I let part of my garden go wild a number of years ago and the bluebells and wood anemones have thrived.

Don't mess with R.S.Thomas.

Top of the Pops (24th April 1980). The Undertones hold the number 21 spot with My Perfect Cousin.

This is great. Shakespeare spoken in the different accents of Ulster. The man from Drumaness sounds just like my uncles did. www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/stories/all-...

Paul Fussell is such a lucid and graceful writer.

Henri Coulette

We move North-West to Derry~Londonderry for our next #MapMonday. Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 15, Derry~Londonderry by Avril Thomas was published by the @ria.ie in 2005 As a plantation town, much of the town's development and redevelopment can be traced through the rich map collection. #IHTA 1/10

I really like this magazine's attitude.