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@insuhi.bsky.social @creativeethnology.bsky.social Ullrich Kockel presenting on water and identity in Latvia at St Magnus Conference in Perth @alastairmci.bsky.social

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Mountain madness yesterday on Schiehallion, a Gaelic name that means The Faerie Hill of the Caledonians (1085m, 3553 ft, but you set off from 1150 ft)). We didn’t see the faeries, but we had a personal audience shown here with their ambassador - a most stately ptarmigan. Absolutely wiped out today!

Which university?

Wild garlic galore: it’s time to get out and forage this Irish food treasure Just remember to follow a few key rules and there will be enough for everybody to enjoy

Wild garlic galore: it’s time to get out and forage this Irish food treasure

Hebrideans...Weirdos! Hybridity, Otherness, and the Edges of the Norse World Talk given at the Island Book Trust Conference, Faroe Islands (April 2026)

Dr Andrew Jennings Associate Professor in Island Studies @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies discusses his presentation at the Islands Book Trust Conference

open.substack.com/pub/vikingis...

Stamp art of the new logo, showing Irish language names on a signpost with Reclaim Your Placename.

Stamp doodle logo for the @cnagaeilge.bsky.social AthGhaelú campaign "to encourage people to use Irish placenames instead of English placenames in all aspects of life."
They've also created a Gealltanas Logainmneacha "to encourage individuals and groups to use Irish-only placenames" #SpéirGhorm

@insuhi.bsky.social @creativeethnology.bsky.social Ullrich Kockel presenting on water and identity in Latvia at St Magnus Conference in Perth @alastairmci.bsky.social

There will be a follow up live streamed in September from INS at UHI

@insuhi.bsky.social @frankrennie.bsky.social It won’t be live-streamed but as many have asked, I’m doing an online version from INS in early Autumn

Island Peace and Quiet In a world of "lo-fi" urban noise, the island represents more than a vacation—it is a physiological reset, a biological necessity, and a return to our "Hi-Fi" origins.

Check out Dr Andrew Jennings, Associate Professor in Island Studies @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI Institute for Northern Studies, latest Substack post in which he discusses the auditory attractions of islands in the context of tourism.

open.substack.com/pub/resilien...

INS Professor Delivers Annual Public Lecture at Queen’s University Belfast Irish and Ecology: How Language Enhances Empathy with the Environment is the title of the annual public lecture that Professor Mairéad Nic Craith from INS will deliver at Queen’s University Belfast…

'Irish and Ecology: How Language Enhances Empathy with the Environment'. The annual public lecture that Professor Mairéad Nic Craith from UHI Institute for Northern Studies will deliver at Queen’s University Belfast on 29th April at 18.00hrs. @adammarkham.bsky.social

'Norse Seafaring in Western Scotland: Sea Routes and Navigation Marks' by @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies Dr Shane McLeod & Professor Alex Sanmark just been published in the Journal of the North Atlantic and is available under open access.

tinyurl.com/47j6dpwd

Cartoon on a pale blue background of a variety of animals, plants, people, and environment-related objects and symbols making up the shape of a human brain. #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Kerry #Art #BlueskyArt #Cartoon #EcoSky #Environment #SciArt

A lil' doodle for the eco-celebrating Wild Mind festival in Fenit this year 🪴

There will be a follow up live streamed lecture in the Autumn @insuhi.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubstaff.bsky.social

Congratulations

An Dearcán: Eagrán a Dó
Fómhar 2026

Seolaigí dánta / gearrscéalta chuig andearcaniris@gmail.com idir an 8ú Aibreán agus an 8ú Bealtaine.

Sonraí agus treoir > dara híomhá.

Ag súil go mór le bhur línte deasa sionnachúla a léamh go luath... 🦊

Last year a chapter of mine was published. I wrote the chapter in 2010. Several of the contributors were dead by the time the book was published. 😀

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@lillis.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social @artisforliving.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social @daraobriain.bsky.social @tg4.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @themessyecologist.bsky.social @themessyecologist.bsky.social

Our latest Islands Matter Faroes Shetland Research Symposium online seminar is now uploaded to our YouTube channel.
In this seminar, Shetland musician, Barry Nisbet, presents his work on the recovery of the Hildina Ballad from Foula.

youtu.be/5wSwr_i_Ufw?...

Folding a River Explore the powerful themes of migration, memory and the fragile work of hope in 'Folding a River'. Let these poignant poems inspire you.

It’s out: Folding a River

“A sweeping poetic testament to migration, memory and the fragile work of hope. These poems speak to displacement and belonging, to wounds that demand tending, and to the courage required to remake community.” www.ionabooks.com/product/fold...

Here's the podcast interview and a good transcript that Beshara Magazine did with me. It's partly about my books, but most is about growing up in the Isle of Lewis, the island's influence on my work, and what a deepening spiritual life can offer to the world.
besharamagazine.org/podcast/alas...

I’ve been asking AI how it works, and without needing to get into the statistical mapping of language model word associations onto vector space, the bottom line is there is no sapient IQ in AI, but it also queries how much “intelligence” there is in what most of us mostly say!

A magnificent hidden treasure of Irish legal history - the Bechbretha ('bee-judgments') of the Brehon law manuscripts composed in the seventh century (TCD MS 1316/2 page 25)
#medievalsky

Celtic - Christian Spiritual Ecology - an interview with Alastair McIntosh YouTube video by St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace

Here’s my sharing with the folks at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Recociliation & Peace in London last June. It includes an exploration of their stained glass window with this formidable woman, the verse “O pray for the peace of Jerusalem” … towards a healing of the nations”.

youtu.be/mDLqmGe8Iy4?...

The best albums and songs of 2025: Unexpected comebacks and operatic pop From Pulp's unexpected comeback to Rosalía's experimental pop, here's the best music of the year.

Astonishing! A sign of changing times, yearning for depth? A BBC super-ranking of the best music albums of 2025 makes No. 1 Rosalia’s “Lux” (Light). She told Billboard: “Each song is inspired by the story of a [female] saint. A main theme is not fearing.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Quick reminder of the Call for Papers for our @thinkuhi.bsky.social 'Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference' being held at UHI Perth on 9-10 February 2026.
tinyurl.com/yvpe9cwr