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diff --git a/src/content/news/en-GB/2024-08-08-eiks-33.md b/src/content/news/en-GB/2024-08-08-eiks-33.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa1fb44 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/en-GB/2024-08-08-eiks-33.md @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 33 +summary: >- + Including notice of our AGM, things to look out for in the Fringe, and the + WayWords festival. +--- + +## AGM + +Our AGM will be on Zoom on Wednesday the 11th of September, 7.00-7.30pm. If +you're a member of the Society, watch your email inbox for an invitation. If +you don't receive it, [get in touch](mailto:lallans@hotmail.co.uk)! Let us know +if there's anything you'd like to put on the agenda. + +## The Orgreave Stations + +On the 20th of November, our editor, Wullie Hershaw, will be launching his new +poetry book, _The Orgreave Stations_. It is a fiery and unflinching look at the +1984 miners' strike through the lens of a retelling of Christ's Passion. + +[Jim Aitken](https://culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/4581-the-orgreave-stations-by-william-hershaw) +and [Alistair McIntosh](https://culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/4602-a-powerful-work-of-scottish-working-class-liberation-theology-a-review-of-the-orgreave-stations) +have already done a fine job of reviewing the book, and they emphasise the +threads which Hershaw's poems endeavour to weave together between Christianity +and Marxism. + +If you're in Edinburgh on the 20th of November, we'll see you there! + +[Launch of _The Orgreave Stations_, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, 7pm, 20th November 2024](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-edinburgh-launch-of-the-orgreave-stations-by-william-hershaw-tickets-953488699367?aff=oddtdtcreator) + +## Edinburgh Fringe + +It's festival season here in Edinburgh, and among the events, there's plenty of +good ones for Scots-leid enthusiasts! + +- [Memories, Times and Places with Alf Jasinksi and Les McConnel](https://firestationcreative.co.uk/event/memories-times-and-places) +- [ScotlandsFest: Whit If? Scotland’s History as It Might Have Been – Hugh McMillan](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/scotlandsfest-whit-if-scotland-s-history-as-it-might-have-been-hugh-mcmillan) +- [Curmudgeon – Traditional Scottish Folk Music](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/curmudgeon-traditional-scottish-folk-music) +- [Catriona Price & Friends](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/catriona-price-friends) +- [Chloe Matharu](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/chloe-matharu) +- [Song over Scotland with Claire Hastings and Prof David Purdie](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/song-over-scotland) +- [Iona Fyfe](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/iona-fyfe) +- [Weather and People and Time with Larry Kaplan and Alan Reid](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/weather-and-people-and-time) +- [Tam o' Shanter (ballet adaptation)](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tam-o-shanter) + +## Scottish Dance Research + +The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) has got in touch to ask if we +could help with their research to help the advance the future for Scottish +country dance. If you've got 10 minutes, why not give them a hand? + +Here's their message: + +> **Contribute to Scottish Dance Research!** + +> The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) invites you to participate +> in a short survey about Scottish dance and cultural traditions. Your insights, +> whether you're a dancer or not, are valuable in shaping the future of Scottish +> cultural promotion. +> +> - Survey takes only 5-10 minutes +> - Completely anonymous +> - No prior dance knowledge required +> +> How to participate: +> +> 1. Click on the survey link below. +> 2. Answer the questions to the best of your ability. +> 3. If a question doesn't apply to you, feel free to skip it. +> 4. Click 'Submit' at the end of the survey. +> +> Your participation will help ensure Scottish traditions remain vibrant and +> accessible for future generations. +> +> Take the survey here: +> [https://forms.office.com/e/FdXvD85zSt](https://forms.office.com/e/FdXvD85zSt) +> +> Thank you for contributing to this important research! + +## WayWords festival + +If Edinburgh's not so convenient for you, maybe Aberdeen is better. If that's +the case, be sure to have a look at the events on offer at the fifth annual +[WayWords festival](https://www.waywordfestival.com), hosted by the University +of Aberdeen. + +There'll be writers, including Liz Lochhead, dance classes, Gaelic picnics, and +workshops on translation, climate change, and much more, and our member Sheena +Blackhall will be reading out her prize-winning story at the presentation of the +Toulmin Prize for Writing North East Scots. diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2024-08-08-eiks-33.md b/src/content/news/sco/2024-08-08-eiks-33.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a7c4d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/sco/2024-08-08-eiks-33.md @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 33 +summary: >- + Includin notice o our AGM, things tae leuk out for in the Fringe, an the + WayWords festival. +--- + +## AGM + +Our AGM will be on Zoom on Wadnesday the 11t o September, 7.00-7.30pm. Gin ye're +a memmer o the Associe, watch your email inbox for an invitation. Gin ye dinnae +receive it, [get in touch](mailto:lallans@hotmail.co.uk)! Lat us ken gin there's +ocht ye wad pit on the agenda. + +## The Orgreave Stations + +On the 20t o November, our eiditor, Wullie Hershaw, will be launchin his new +poesie beuk, _The Orgreave Stations_. It is a fiery and unflinchin leuk at the +1984 miners' strike throu the lens o a retellin o Christ's Passion. + +[Jim Aitken](https://culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/4581-the-orgreave-stations-by-william-hershaw) +and [Alistair McIntosh](https://culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/4602-a-powerful-work-of-scottish-working-class-liberation-theology-a-review-of-the-orgreave-stations) +hae awready dane a fine job o reviewin the beuk, and they emphasise the threids +that Hershaw's poems ettle tae weave thegether atween Christianity and Marxism. + +Gin you're in Embro on the 20t o November, we'll see you there! + +[Launch of _The Orgreave Stations_, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, 7pm, 20th November 2024](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-edinburgh-launch-of-the-orgreave-stations-by-william-hershaw-tickets-953488699367?aff=oddtdtcreator) + +## Embro Fringe + +It's festival season here in Embro, and amang the events there's a wheen o guid +anes for Scots-leid enthusiasts! + +- [Memories, Times and Places with Alf Jasinksi and Les McConnel](https://firestationcreative.co.uk/event/memories-times-and-places) +- [ScotlandsFest: Whit If? Scotland’s History as It Might Have Been – Hugh McMillan](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/scotlandsfest-whit-if-scotland-s-history-as-it-might-have-been-hugh-mcmillan) +- [Curmudgeon – Traditional Scottish Folk Music](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/curmudgeon-traditional-scottish-folk-music) +- [Catriona Price & Friends](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/catriona-price-friends) +- [Chloe Matharu](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/chloe-matharu) +- [Song over Scotland with Claire Hastings and Prof David Purdie](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/song-over-scotland) +- [Iona Fyfe](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/iona-fyfe) +- [Weather and People and Time with Larry Kaplan and Alan Reid](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/weather-and-people-and-time) +- [Tam o' Shanter (ballet adaptation)](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tam-o-shanter) + +## Scottish Dance Research + +The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) haes got in titch tae ask gin +we coud help wi their research tae help them forder the futur for Scottish +country daunce. Gin ye've got 10 meenits, how no gie them a haund? + +Here's their message: + +> **Contribute to Scottish Dance Research!** + +> The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) invites you to participate +> in a short survey about Scottish dance and cultural traditions. Your insights, +> whether you're a dancer or not, are valuable in shaping the future of Scottish +> cultural promotion. +> +> - Survey takes only 5-10 minutes +> - Completely anonymous +> - No prior dance knowledge required +> +> How to participate: +> +> 1. Click on the survey link below. +> 2. Answer the questions to the best of your ability. +> 3. If a question doesn't apply to you, feel free to skip it. +> 4. Click 'Submit' at the end of the survey. +> +> Your participation will help ensure Scottish traditions remain vibrant and +> accessible for future generations. +> +> Take the survey here: +> [https://forms.office.com/e/FdXvD85zSt](https://forms.office.com/e/FdXvD85zSt) +> +> Thank you for contributing to this important research! + +## WayWords festival + +Gin Embro's no sae convenient for ye, mebbe Aiberdeen is better. Gin that's the +case, be shair tae hae a swatch at the events on offer at the fift annual +[WayWords festival](https://www.waywordfestival.com), hostit by the Universitie +o Aiberdeen. + +There'll be scrievers, includin Liz Lochhead, daunce clesses, Gaelic +picnics, and workshops on owersettin, climate chynge, and muckle mair, and our +member Sheena Blackhall will be readin out her prize-winnin story at the +presentation o the Toulmin Prize for Writing in North East Scots. |