Old photo of different parts of the rose against a white background. The rose is bright yellow and, in full bloom, has a occasional pink blush on the petals.

A British 10p stamp with a bright yellow rose flower labelled "Grandpa Dickson"

One from the archives: this rose variety is 'Irish Gold' ☘️

US #PlantPatent 2,769 (granted in 1967)

It was bred by Patrick Dickson of Northern Ireland. It is also known as 'Grandpa Dickson' (here you can see it featured on a stamp in 1976 to celebrate the Centenary of Royal National Rose Society)

Newcastle United attempting to trademark ‘Howay the lads’ phrase Opposition to Newcastle's application has been registered by another party, who are contesting the club's attempts to trademark the phrase.

Newcastle United are attempting to trademark the phrase “Howay the lads”.

In Geordie dialect — the colloquial language used by people local to Newcastle and the surrounding area — “Howay the lads” means “come on (or let’s go), boys”.

📝 @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social

Are there any opposite states of the same thing that both make you happy? I get equal amounts of joy from a full fridge (we are well stocked) and an empty fridge (we haven’t wasted any food)!

Please join us for the next event in the ISHTIP Online seminar series!

Paula Westenberger (Brunel University, UK) will give a talk on the use of AI in digital heritage and issues of copyright.

Date: Tuesday 3 March 2026
Time: 2.00pm (London – GMT)

Free, and sign up for a zoom link below:

Have I completely taken leave of my senses or is it completely insane to give ‘star’ ratings for an interview with a victim of multiple sexual assaults! #guardian #newsnight

To use some Irish parlance, what an utterly bad yoke he is!

Call for a University Professorship for Computer Music and Sound Art at IEM Graz (scroll down for the English version).
Application deadline: 2026-03-25
Scroll down for the English version:
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The deadline for paper proposals has been extended to

🗓️ 16 January 2026!

We would be grateful if you could forward this call to your respective networks, particularly those in the humanities.

Please find details for the call for paper here: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

📣 Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual ISHTIP Workshop is out now 📣

Theme: Intellectual Property and Democracy

When: 25-26 June 2026

Where: Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract & CV deadline: 22 December 2025

More details:
ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

Out now in The Burlington: my review of Martinez & Roman Female Printmakers, Printsellers & Print Publishers: The Imprint of Women 1700-1830'. "pushes
back against the archival gender bias
that has informed
record creation & preservation"; important focus on prints, understudied cf to painting.

Morocco, 2003. #om20 #kodak #gold100

Knippelsbro #2, 2023. #rolleiflex #fuji #acros100 #knippelsbro #kulturtarnet #Copenhagen

Max Richter - Voices: Vinyl LP - Decca Records 2LP 180g Black vinyl for high quality sound. Over a decade after its inception, ground-breaking composer Max Richter announces the release of VOICES – a major new recording project inspired by the Uni...

"Maybe this is just the revolution that international law has been waiting for." Glenat, Tuohy & Yahyaoui Krivenko review 'Voices' by @maxrichtermusic.bsky.social for @law-and-humanities.bsky.social. Fab draft on my desk by these interdisciplinary scholars: music & law. Coming soon shorturl.at/EzWXE

Inside The Wire 499: Earshot

Anton Spice investigates Forensic Architecture associate Earshot, which conducts investigations into environmental, political and corporate injustice through its analysis of audio.

www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Morocco, 2003. #om20 #kodak #gold100

Japanese toy giant drops lawsuit against Kildare-based TikTok star ‘Sylvanian Drama’ For the account’s millions of fans, the dismissal appears to mean Sylvanian Drama lives to fight another melodramatic day.

www.thejournal.ie/sylvanian-dr... #copyright #parody

Knippelsbro #2, 2023. #rolleiflex #fuji #acros100 #knippelsbro #kulturtarnet #Copenhagen

Day 2 of #SLSA2025 began with a powerful plenary: Liverpool and the Legacies of Hillsborough — held poignantly a day after the disaster’s 36th anniversary.

Voices from law, academia, activism & the arts shared moving reflections on the long fight for justice.

🔗 liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/

Delighted to present with @joytwemlow.bsky.social on our Soundings project exploring sound, space and alienation in legal spaces as part of the Law and Emotion stream at #slsa2025 @livunislsj.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social
#sound #soundart #cardiffuniversity #audiostellar #maxneuhaus

Harrowing but utterly inspiring event dealing with the legacy of the Hillsborough disaster @liverpooluni.bsky.social. @livunislsj.bsky.social. The personal and the professional colliding in a visceral way. #heros #jft97 #lfc #slsa2025 #liverpool #ynwa

Harrowing but utterly inspiring event dealing with the legacy of the Hillsborough disaster @liverpooluni.bsky.social. @livunislsj.bsky.social. The personal and the professional colliding in a visceral way. #heros #jft97 #lfc #slsa2025 #liverpool #ynwa

Welcome to #SLSA2025!🤝

We're excited to kick off 3 days of socio-legal research at @liverpooluni.bsky.social — with 900+ papers across 33 streams & 6 key topics.🔍

Here’s to a brilliant few days of discussion, collaboration and connection!

🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/

@slsauk.bsky.social

Street I have to go down walking home from Brentford v Liverpool! 😁 #lfc #brevliv

Street I have to go down walking home from Brentford v Liverpool! 😁 #lfc #brevliv

Edward Elgar has just published Place Branding Experiences, edited by Catherine Ng, Titilayo Adebola & Abbe Brown. My foreword, titled Geographical Indications: What Are They Good For? is free to download www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

Reframing Picton - visual arts exhibition - at National Museum of Wales, Cardiff is now on until end of March 2025. Arts review, written by scholars of history, art history and law, to follow later this year in @law-and-humanities.bluesky.social tinyurl.com/mxkyeeey

Returning to the UK after attending the very exciting and awesome Hacking Visual Culture Conference where @drshaneburke.bsky.social and I had a very cool and provocative soundscape instillation in the very sunny and warm Sydney which has very delicious and affordable food feels very sad and lame

Raygun’s claim against a parody musical may not stand up: here’s what the law says Raygun is unlikely to be able to claim intellectual property over her name, her persona and her dance moves.

“It is not surprising that legal threats can have a chilling effect on creativity and lead to self-censorship.”
theconversation.com/rayguns-clai...

10 days to go until the deadline for proposal submission: it is an abstract & CV only, and no full draft is required at this point.

We look forward to receiving your proposals and hopefully see you in Madrid!

Shane Burke, a JLS Editorial Board Member, has unveiled Soundings, a sound artwork presented at the UTS Data Arena in Sydney during the ArTechLaw Hacking Visual Culture conference. It examines sound, space, and alienation in legal settings using recordings from Welsh legal sites shorturl.at/d03qB