Monthly Archives: July 2018

The Green and the Red

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

I suppose if I were to mention the Post Office and the Irish fight for independence, the first thing to come to mind would be the GPO on O’Connell Street in Dublin. But quite another thing occurred to me as … Continue reading →

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Brief Note from Scotland

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

Today and tomorrow, I’m at the Celtic Classics Conference, being held at Saint Andrews. It’s a lovely town by the sea ( pics below), with famous golf courses and some grand old university buildings, none of which the conference is … Continue reading →

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Flavinus, Easter, and Power

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

A note to my Sewanee-in-England students in Hexham, where we are all exhausted after climbing around Housesteads fort. Alas, Hexham Abbey opens at 9:30 AM but we must be on the road by 9. What I had wanted to show … Continue reading →

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