@jcukier, wondering if your Game of Thrones visualisation is still available somewhere? I show it to students every once in a while and have just spotted my link has decayed!
Am curious to know if Walter Scott's novels were ever considered politically seditious or controversial - and if so, can anyone point me towards anything published on this?
Two copies of a book which were bought on the same day, but stored in different rooms...
Much as I like my bright study, I may need to think about what books I'm keeping in here!
Would anyone with an interest in Munster history know anything about a writer/historian/antiquarian called M. F. McCarthy, fl. 1830? Made several contributions to Bolster's Magazine and wrote an obituary for a poet called James Joseph Callanan. Otherwise I am in the dark!
@drreznicek I remember being aghast at learning this (when I was fairly young, mind you). I still have to actively remind myself of it.
(See also: complete inability to process "clocks go forward" vs. "clocks go back")
The @ERC_Research Advanced Grant is one of most competitive and prestigious research awards in #EU@EU_H2020 and UCD is proud to see this mark of excellence granted to a woman scholar in @HumanitiesUCD for the second year in a row
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Me: ah look at this lovely crude woodcut, the perfect return for #WoodcutWednesday
Also me: wait a sec, HOW LONG IS THAT LADY'S ARM?
Thirty mins later:
A query for fans and readers of Edgeworth: do you pronounce her first name Mariah (as in Carey) or Maria (as in Sharapova)? Is there a generally accepted pronunciation?