Dr Michelle Donaghy

School of Education, UoG. Interested in equity, policy, and all things early years. Reading and writing (when not working) - views always my own

[@_rt* @literatura_rte]

Nina Brooke

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

A sensational poem that is an absolute thrill to read aloud.

• Louis MacNeice •

[Nostos @NostosLit]

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaking #womensart #PrintmakerArtWeek

[Frank McNally @FrankmcnallyIT]

Bumped into an old friend in Zürich

[The Base @thebasecreates]

Life is a Dream.

Project 39 continues with The Tempest Act Four, Scene One.

Exiled on an island, the magician Propsero has generated a storm to bring together those responsible for his outcast state. But instead of revenge, he seeks forgiveness and reconciliation.

Immediately before this speech, Prospero created a wedding masque performance for his daughter. But he breaks it off and reflects on the emptiness of illusion. Many see this as Shakespeare himself growing tired of the stage, perhaps even tired of his own power in creating illusion. Certainly W. H. Auden thought that by the end of his career Shakespeare had decided that art was not enough and life the only worthwhile thing. But Prospero here is actually saying that all of life is an illusion, a dream, a performance, a stage set on which the curtain will eventually fall.

But seeing life as an illusion is no cause for despair. The final plays of Shakespeare have a unique texture. The Irish critic Edward Dowden wrote that Shakespeare seems to have attained “large, serene wisdom… some high and luminous table-land of joy.”

Prospero is played by Tim Faulkner

[helen warlow @HWarlow]

Yes this will do nicely
Love the yellow
Uplifting room

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly, my darling, on tiptoes and no luggage, not even a sponge bag, completely unencumbered.”

— Aldous Huxley

[Michael Alexander @C_MAlexander]

Ian Rankin: ‘Why people who read books live 1,000 lives’.
In an exclusive @thecourieruk interview, the ambassador for National Year of Reading -supported by @DC_Thomson- @Beathhigh talks libraries, comics, BookTok, Rebus and the enduring power of reading.
https://t.co/hufk643avb

[Mambo Italiano @mamboitaliano__]

“Drowning” gelato in coffee might be one of the most delicious inventions Italy ever gave us!

Affogato 🇮🇹☕️

[GAEL @GAELDesignShop]

Martin O'Neill and Neil Lennon go head to head tomorrow in the Scottish Cup Final. Pictured are both men showing off their cup wins from their former GAA days.

[Jim Beattie @JimBeattie18]

Morning Coffee ☕
Oil on canvas
Aldo Balding.

[Adam Rory Porter Photography @adamroryporter]

Fly with me through Mamore Gap in Inishowen, County Donegal. The steepest road in Ireland weaves it's way Northward through the Urris Hills and down towards Leenan Beach, the mouth of Lough Swilly and onwards to Fanad Head. A thrilling drive on the Wild Atlantic Way! 😃

[Margaret Rutherford @DameRutherford]

Remembering the brilliant @DameRutherford 54 years after her passing. No moment captures her inimitable charm better than her delightful unscripted twist-dancing scene in MURDER AT THE GALLOP (1963) where she effortlessly out-danced the younger crowd and won our hearts forever.🌹

[Solie @lily__pond]

Haven’t been able to stop thinking about this

[Lissadell House @LissadellHouse]

Evening birdsong

[22:22 @22hrr22min]

the kiss by edvard munch (norwegian, 1897)

[aralia 🌻 @aralia_a]

Malcolm T. Liepke 1953
A hug