Mairéad Nic Craith

Vérène and I are heading up Ben Lomond, a wee quiet celebration of my 70th.

BBC Radio Scotland - New Every Sunday, 12/10/2025 Act of worship with Prof Mairéad Nic Craith.

My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I'm giving a keynote lecture at 2 pm (UK) on Fri 3 Oct to the annual gathering of Quakers Uniting in Publications on "Depth and Discernment in Spiritual Writing". Focussed mainly on my titles with @BirlinnBooks. Other speakers too - full programme and Zoom registration at www.quakerquip.com

Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...

Ocean acidification, caused by carbon emissions from fossil fuels, has exceeded safe levels, hindering the ability of shellfish and corals to develop, impacting fisheries and the ocean's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, thereby exacerbating global warming.

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Centre for Human Ecology alumnus Adam Weymouth: “Ten years ago I walked across Scotland, beginning on an estate attempting to reintroduce wolves, & finishing where Scotland's last wolf is reputed to have been shot, in 1680. Along the way I spoke with gamekeepers, hikers, conservationists & farmers…”

BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland The nation's morning news programme.

I’ll be on Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Scotland tomorrow (Tuesday) at about 0720 on the mackerel fishing season, a terrible tangle, and for World Quaker Week, how Scrappy Mick taught me to “think it possible that you might be mistaken”. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Sometimes we all get it wrong😂

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Proud of our PhD student Sarah Squire presenting on heritage and conviviality at Charles University Prague @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social

Ullrich Kockel from @insuhi.bsky.social presenting on heritage and displacement at Charles University Prague @paulmalgrati.bsky.social

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac: www.ria.ie/collections/manuscripts/irish-language-manuscripts/leabhar-breac-the-speckled-book-the-book-of-mac-egans-leabhar-mor-duna-doighre/

Haiku Dawning in Ireland Gabriel Rosenstock reviews Belfast Twilight, Liam Carson's sparkling debut as a haiku poet. Published by Salmon Poetry, 2025.

Review of Belfast Twilight by Gabriel Rosenstock

Congratulations

Doubts cast over suggestions incestuous ‘god-kings’ ruled during Neolithic Ireland

Congratulations to Associate Professor Jessica Smyth &Associate Professor Dr Neil Carlin, and International colleagues, on their publication in Antiquity today,
"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"

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Prayer for the Day - Marking the programme's 55 years on Radio 4 - BBC Sounds The sound of the corncrake inspires Professor of Public Folklore, Mairéad Nic Craith.

My thoughts on prayer, Gaelic and the corncrake @lillis.bsky.social @frankrennie.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social

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Delighted that we passed the Scottish Languages Bill today, recognising for the first time in law that Scots is one of our native languages and strengthening measures to support both it and Gaelic.

🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc:

The kid read her first real book front to back with limited assistance tonight. This is a well done children’s book because it is a meaningful story with accessible and repetitive vocabulary to build confidence. Would recommend 10/10.

She was very proud of herself 🔥

#booksky #writingcommunity

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I look forward to reading this

Worrying days for The Shetland Times and all of us. We hold all the editions on microfilm and it’s an essential historical resource. If we lose our newspapers it gets much harder to find and preserve consistent output by trained journalists.

The Story of a Seal-Woman from Shetland – MAA Digital Lab Baubi Urquhart’s portraits tell two stories—mythical ancestry and rural industry. Eona Bell explores how this woman embodied both in 19th-century Scotland.

Baubi Urquhart of Yell, Shetland: "photographs of Baubi were once used to illustrate two quite different stories – one about folklore, specifically tales of ‘seal women’ or ‘selkies’ from the Northern Isles of Scotland, and the other about women’s work in the rural economy of the 19th century."

Cateran Ecomuseum Cultural Heritage Story Map Launched Following UHI Assessment Report In 2022 UHI Archaeology Institute and UHI Institute for Northern Studies were awarded grant funding from the University of the Highlands and Islands to undertake a cultural heritage assessment for …

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On dry-stone walling niamh MacKenzie of @insuhi.bsky.social @intangble.bsky.social

Great presentation on outdoor education by sarah squire of @insuhi.bsky.social on outdoor education @frankrennie.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @lukedevlin.bsky.social

Great presentations by @insuhi.bsky.social PhD students @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @sarahsquire.bsky.social

Delighted with our special issue on ich and climate change @ppmcdermott1.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social

Thank you @alastairmci.bsky.social @apilz.bsky.social @creativeethnology.bsky.social @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social @robdunbar.bsky.social @roibeardmac.bsky.social @irishunireview.bsky.social @irishtimes.com

I listened to this. Well handled. It’s a very emotive topic and one which people care deeply about

among the things found in my aunt's house that's being cleared out is a copy of jonathan livinston seagull. i remember reading this book four or five times when i was a kid - it was required reading in just about every school, church, reading group. which makes me wonder if anyone still reads it