From fe9844b8eac1daf3eeedf141e223d0733c892fa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs <65492573+Sycamost@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 14:06:23 +0000 Subject: Update production from staging (#48) * Edit README (#28) * Corrects Lallans instructions * Adds instructions for adding a Scotsoun release * Documents infrastructure * Better contribution guidance * Update README (#29) * Updates references to branch names in README * ESLint ignores Markdown * Documents Coding Style * Specifies upstream branch in README where salient * Fixes Sangschaw winners list in Eiks 30 (#35) * Fixes Sangschaw winners list in Eiks 30 (#36) * Fixes Sangschaw winners list in Eiks 30 (#38) * Eiks 31 (#41) * Eiks 31 * Prettier dl's * Prettier headings --------- Co-authored-by: Joe Carstairs * Reorder news (#42) * Reslugs news items * Fixes typo in getMostRecentNewsItem() * Fixes typo in newUtils.getDate() * Sorts news index from most recent to oldest * Eiks 31 fixes (#43) * Eiks 31 fixes * Improves list styling * Links to Leid title track on YouTube (#45) * Eiks 31 fixes (#47) * Links to Leid title track on YouTube * Corrects Sangschaw pricing * Update production (#37) (#49) * Edit README (#28) * Corrects Lallans instructions * Adds instructions for adding a Scotsoun release * Documents infrastructure * Better contribution guidance * Update README (#29) * Updates references to branch names in README * ESLint ignores Markdown * Documents Coding Style * Specifies upstream branch in README where salient * Fixes Sangschaw winners list in Eiks 30 (#35) * Fixes Sangschaw winners list in Eiks 30 (#36) * Fixes Sangschaw winners list in Eiks 30 (#38) --------- Co-authored-by: Joe Carstairs --- src/components/LallansIssueContributions.astro | 8 +- src/components/LallansIssueContributors.astro | 4 +- src/components/Scotsoun.astro | 2 +- src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx | 171 ++++++++++++++++++++ .../news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx | 171 -------------------- src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx | 120 ++++++++++++++ src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++ src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx | 173 --------------------- src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx | 116 ++++++++++++++ src/lib/newsUtils.ts | 20 ++- src/pages/[locale]/news/[...slug].astro | 23 +-- src/pages/[locale]/news/index.astro | 6 +- 12 files changed, 610 insertions(+), 377 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx delete mode 100644 src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx create mode 100644 src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx create mode 100644 src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx delete mode 100644 src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx create mode 100644 src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/components/LallansIssueContributions.astro b/src/components/LallansIssueContributions.astro index 5d3084d..165829d 100644 --- a/src/components/LallansIssueContributions.astro +++ b/src/components/LallansIssueContributions.astro @@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ const t = translate(locale);

Contributions

-
    +
      { contributions.map((contribution) => (
    • - {contribution.title} + {contribution.title} {'author' in contribution && ( - {t(tSite, { key: 'by' }) + ' ' + contribution.author} + + {t(tSite, { key: 'by' }) + ' ' + contribution.author} + )}
      • )) diff --git a/src/components/LallansIssueContributors.astro b/src/components/LallansIssueContributors.astro index 5ac5d42..4a5683c 100644 --- a/src/components/LallansIssueContributors.astro +++ b/src/components/LallansIssueContributors.astro @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ interface Props { const { contributors } = Astro.props; --- -
      +

      Contributors

      -
        +
          {contributors.map((contributor) =>
        • {contributor}
          • )}
      diff --git a/src/components/Scotsoun.astro b/src/components/Scotsoun.astro index bbf9730..cca330d 100644 --- a/src/components/Scotsoun.astro +++ b/src/components/Scotsoun.astro @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const t = translate(locale); scotsoun?.trackList && scotsoun.trackList.length > 1 && ( <>

      Track list

      -
        +
          {scotsoun.trackList.map((track) => (
        1. {track}
          2. ))} diff --git a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..34a83ac --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 30 +summary: >- + Included in this issue of Eiks an Ens are details of our next + Conference in Perth and of our anthologies, which are having + very positive reviews and are well worth the money. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; +import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; + +## Annual Conference + +The Annual Conference of the Scots Language Society will be held on Saturday the +3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 +8EP. This year’s theme will be _The Art of Flyting in Scottish Literature_. + + + +The cost of attending the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Elaine Morton on +failte@go-plus.net. + +## Sangschaw 2023 Winners + +### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose + +#### Winner + +_Aince_ by Jamie Purves + +#### Rinner-up + +_Haymarket Wumman_ by Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ by Anne Jones + +_Benny_ by Andrew G Matthews + +_Kafka_ by Pete Fortune + +### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin + +#### Winner + +_A Sang tae the Heir_ by Derrick McClure + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The King o the Bees_ by Dorothy Lawrenson + +_Salome_ by Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Mylkwiffe_ by Donald Adamson + +_Weddin Blessin_ by Gordon Davidson + +_A Dug wi Nae Maister_ by Tom Ellett + +_Seeven Auld Fodies_ by WS Milne + +_The Tale o Thorstein Grue_ by Colin Mackenzie + +_The Yirdin o Sorley MacLean_ by Derrick McClure + +_Propertius_ by John Erskine + +### The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie + +#### Winner + +_Roond Stane_ by Finola Scott + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The Black Loch_ by Robert Duncan +_Aliens_ by James Sinclair + +#### Ruisit + +_Chale Shaw_ by Joe Carstairs + +_John MacLean’s Coat_ by Robert Duncan + +_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ by David Bleiman + +_Bauk in the USSR_ by Alastair McLeish + +_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ by Alan Millar + +_The Ootgaun_ by Hamish Scott + +_Mindin Joe_ by Jock Stein + +_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ by Donald Adamson + +_A New Sang_ by David Bleiman + +_Ahint the Haund_ by Kevin Connelly + +_The Marriage Lair_ by Irene Howat + +_Leid in ma Heid_ by Alan Millar + +## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 + +Our own Lord Braxfield, Judge of the Sangschaw, will deliver his summary of +this year’s happenings in Lallans 102. The word on the street is that the +cranky old grump was pretty impressed by what was put before him. So keep at +it, Scots writers - it vexes him no end to see the Scots language being put to +such good effect! It’s not too early to start working on your masterpiece for +next year. The winner of the poetry class is printed below, but the editor will +endeavour to include as many entries as possible in the forthcoming Lallans +102/103. The summer number in particular will have an extraordinary and broad +showing of further Scots writing, including an interview with Scots Radio +broadcaster Frieda Morrison; Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson +and song; the final instalment of Sam Burns’ Deacon Broadie play and an +abundance of thought-provoking poetry, stories, reviews and news concerning +all the other ventures in the ever-expanding world of the Scots language. + +## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ by Finola Scott + +_Winner of the Hugh MacDiarmid Cup for Poetry, Sangschaw 2023_ + +Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
          +An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
          +He wis the first. In he struts
          +Aw Cock o the walk,
          +King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
          + +Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
          +Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
          +He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
          +Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
          +A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
          + +I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
          +thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
          +when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
          +fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
          +an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
          + +## Anthologies + +The Scots Language Society is a registered charity run by volunteers. By being +a member of the Society, you are already giving the Scots language a boost. +You can help us further by purchasing one or both of our first-rate +50th-anniversary anthologies: contact our membership Secretary, George T Watt +at lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Willie Hershaw at +w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. +Every book costs £12.99 including postage. Overseas orders incur an additional +£5 for postage. Included is a selection of the best Scots poetry and prose +from across 50 years and hundred issues of Lallans. diff --git a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx deleted file mode 100644 index 34a83ac..0000000 --- a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,171 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Eiks an Ens 30 -summary: >- - Included in this issue of Eiks an Ens are details of our next - Conference in Perth and of our anthologies, which are having - very positive reviews and are well worth the money. ---- -import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; -import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; - -## Annual Conference - -The Annual Conference of the Scots Language Society will be held on Saturday the -3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 -8EP. This year’s theme will be _The Art of Flyting in Scottish Literature_. - - - -The cost of attending the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on -lallans@hotmail.co.uk -or Elaine Morton on -failte@go-plus.net. - -## Sangschaw 2023 Winners - -### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose - -#### Winner - -_Aince_ by Jamie Purves - -#### Rinner-up - -_Haymarket Wumman_ by Jerry Randalls - -#### Ruisit - -_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ by Anne Jones - -_Benny_ by Andrew G Matthews - -_Kafka_ by Pete Fortune - -### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin - -#### Winner - -_A Sang tae the Heir_ by Derrick McClure - -#### Jynt Rinner-up - -_The King o the Bees_ by Dorothy Lawrenson - -_Salome_ by Jerry Randalls - -#### Ruisit - -_Mylkwiffe_ by Donald Adamson - -_Weddin Blessin_ by Gordon Davidson - -_A Dug wi Nae Maister_ by Tom Ellett - -_Seeven Auld Fodies_ by WS Milne - -_The Tale o Thorstein Grue_ by Colin Mackenzie - -_The Yirdin o Sorley MacLean_ by Derrick McClure - -_Propertius_ by John Erskine - -### The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie - -#### Winner - -_Roond Stane_ by Finola Scott - -#### Jynt Rinner-up - -_The Black Loch_ by Robert Duncan -_Aliens_ by James Sinclair - -#### Ruisit - -_Chale Shaw_ by Joe Carstairs - -_John MacLean’s Coat_ by Robert Duncan - -_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ by David Bleiman - -_Bauk in the USSR_ by Alastair McLeish - -_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ by Alan Millar - -_The Ootgaun_ by Hamish Scott - -_Mindin Joe_ by Jock Stein - -_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ by Donald Adamson - -_A New Sang_ by David Bleiman - -_Ahint the Haund_ by Kevin Connelly - -_The Marriage Lair_ by Irene Howat - -_Leid in ma Heid_ by Alan Millar - -## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 - -Our own Lord Braxfield, Judge of the Sangschaw, will deliver his summary of -this year’s happenings in Lallans 102. The word on the street is that the -cranky old grump was pretty impressed by what was put before him. So keep at -it, Scots writers - it vexes him no end to see the Scots language being put to -such good effect! It’s not too early to start working on your masterpiece for -next year. The winner of the poetry class is printed below, but the editor will -endeavour to include as many entries as possible in the forthcoming Lallans -102/103. The summer number in particular will have an extraordinary and broad -showing of further Scots writing, including an interview with Scots Radio -broadcaster Frieda Morrison; Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson -and song; the final instalment of Sam Burns’ Deacon Broadie play and an -abundance of thought-provoking poetry, stories, reviews and news concerning -all the other ventures in the ever-expanding world of the Scots language. - -## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ by Finola Scott - -_Winner of the Hugh MacDiarmid Cup for Poetry, Sangschaw 2023_ - -Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
          -An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
          -He wis the first. In he struts
          -Aw Cock o the walk,
          -King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
          - -Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
          -Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
          -He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
          -Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
          -A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
          - -I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
          -thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
          -when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
          -fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
          -an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
          - -## Anthologies - -The Scots Language Society is a registered charity run by volunteers. By being -a member of the Society, you are already giving the Scots language a boost. -You can help us further by purchasing one or both of our first-rate -50th-anniversary anthologies: contact our membership Secretary, George T Watt -at lallans@hotmail.co.uk -or Willie Hershaw at -w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. -Every book costs £12.99 including postage. Overseas orders incur an additional -£5 for postage. Included is a selection of the best Scots poetry and prose -from across 50 years and hundred issues of Lallans. diff --git a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aff0d2a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 31 +summary: >- + The 2024 Sangschaw is open for submissions! Not only that, learn about a new + Scots-language audio guide at Linlithgow Palace and an upcoming album release + from our very own Wullie Hershaw. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; + +## Sangschaw open for submissions! + +Our annual writing competition, the _Sangschaw_, is open for submissions until +the 31st of January! As ever, we will provide feedback for every entry +regardless of whether or not you win an award. It’s unusual for competitions +like us to provide feedback on entries, but we think it’s important to help +writers develop. We have three prizes: + +- The **Robert McLellan Prize for Scots Prose**: up to 3000 words of original + Scots prose. +- The **John MacPhail Law Prize for Translation**: up to 3000 words of + original translation into Scots from another language. Provide along with a + copy of the original text. +- The **Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poetry**: up to 60 lines of original Scots + poetry. + +Writers new and old are all welcome, so don’t hold back! We look forward to +having your entries! + +You can enter for £5 for one category, £10 for two or £12 for all three, +whether that’s all in the same category or spread across the three. You can +submit either by email or by post. + +### Submitting by email + +If you would like to submit by email, first pay by bank transfer to the +following account. Remember, it’s £5 for one submission or £12 for three. + +
          +
          Account name
          +
          Scots Language Society
          + +
          Account number
          +
          00153458
          + +
          Sort code
          +
          83 47 00
          +
          + +Then, send your entries to +failte@go-plus.net along with +proof of payment. For example, you could send a picture of you bank statement, +or a copy of the transaction reference. + +### Submitting by post + +If you would rather submit by post, send your entries with cash or cheque, +as well as your name and address on a separate sheet of paper, to the following +address: + +
          + Sangschaw + c/o 6 Dryden Place + Edinburgh + EH9 1RP +
          + +Remember it’s £5 per submission or £12 for three. Address any +cheque to the Scots Language Society. + +## Upcoming album release: _Leid_ + +Our very own Wullie Hershaw will soon be releasing a new album of contemporary +Scots songs titled _Leid_. It will be coming early in the new year, so stay +tuned in! + +To whet your appetite, you can +listen to the title track on YouTube. +You can also have a listen to the musical work of his group, +the Bowhill Players on Bandcamp. + +## New audio guide at Linlithgow Palace + +This winter, the good folks at Historic Environment Scotland have translated +their audio guides for visitors into Scots for the first time. The aim is to +promote the status of the Scots language as well as to give visitors the +opportunity to hear the voices of the court in something approaching their own +language. + +You can read more +about the new audio guides on the Historic Environment Scotland website. + +As far as we know, this is the first such venture, not only by Historic +Environment Scotland, but at any major tourist attraction. Can anybody think of +anything similar? Answers on a postcard please! + +## Haven’t received Lallans 103 yet? + +It has come to the attention of George, our membership secretary, that there +has been an error with the posting of _Lallans_ 103. Two members, both +subscribers entitled to issue 103, failed to receive their copies. + +If you haven’t yet received your copy of _Lallans_ 103, which he posted out on +Wednesday the 7th of November, please email George at +georgetwatt@hotmail.com +and make us aware of it. A copy of _Lallans_ 103 will be posted out to you +straight away! + +## New format for Eiks an Ens + +Old friends will recall that _Eiks an Ens_ has formerly been a literary +magazine to accompany _Lallans_. We on the Committee felt that this neither +gave _Eiks_ the distinct identity which it deserved, nor took full advantage of +the opportunity it afforded to hold our community together. + +Therefore, this is the first issue of _Eiks_ to take a new format, where we’ll +be endeavouring to share current affairs in the world of Scots language and +literature, especially where it relates directly to our membership. + +So send us in your inside information! If you’ve spotted something you think we +ought to share in the next _Eiks_, send it to lallans@hotmail.co.uk. diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx b/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..201642c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,173 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 30 +summary: >- + Includit i this issue o Eiks an Ens is details o oor neist Collogue in Perth an + o oor anthologies, that is haein fell positive reviews an weel wurth the siller. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; +import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; + +## Annual Collogue + +The Annual Collogue o the Scots Leid Associe will be held on Setturday, June +3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP. +This year’s theme will be _The Art o Flyting in Scottish Leiterature_. + +### Events schedule + + + +The cost o attendin the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Elaine Morton on +failte@go-plus.net. + + +## Sangschaw 2023 Winners + +### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose + +#### Winner + +_Aince_ bi Jamie Purves + +#### Rinner-up + +_Haymarket Wumman_ bi Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ bi Anne Jones + +_Benny_ bi Andrew G. Matthews + +_Kafka_ bi Pete Fortune + +### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin + +#### Winner + +_A Sang tae the Heir_ bi Derrick McClure + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The King o the Bees_ bi Dorothy Lawrenson + +_Salome_ bi Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Mylkwiffe_ bi Donald Adamson + +_Weddin Blessin_ bi Gordon Davidson + +_A Dug wi Nae Maister_ bi Tom Ellett + +_Seeven Auld Fodies_ bi WS Milne + +_The Tale o Thorstein Grue_ bi Colin Mackenzie + +_The Yirdin o Sorley MacLean_ bi Derrick McClure + +_Propertius_ bi John Erskine + +### The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie + +#### Winner + +_Roond Stane_ bi Finola Scott + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The Black Loch_ bi Robert Duncan + +_Aliens_ bi James Sinclair + +#### Ruisit + +_Chale Shaw_ bi Joe Carstairs + +_John MacLean’s Coat_ bi Robert Duncan + +_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ bi David Bleiman + +_Bauk in the USSR_ bi Alastair McLeish + +_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ bi Alan Millar + +_The Ootgaun_ bi Hamish Scott + +_Mindin Joe_ bi Jock Stein + +_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ bi Donald Adamson + +_A New Sang_ bi David Bleiman + +_Ahint the Haund_ bi Kevin Connelly + +_The Marriage Lair_ bi Irene Howat + +_Leid in ma Heid_ bi Alan Millar + +## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 + +Our ain Lord Braxfield, Jeidge o the Sangschaw, will deleiver his summation +o this year’s fairins in Lallans 102. The wird on the pavey is that the +crabbit auld scunner wass fair taen up wi whit was puit afore him. Sae caw +awaa Scots screivers - it deaves him sairly tae see the leid being yokit +tae sic guid effeck! It’s no ower airly tae get makkin your maisterpiece +for neist year. The winner o the poesie is prentit ablaw but the editor +will ettle tae include as monie entries as possible in the furthcoming Lallans +102/103. Forby, the simmer nummer will hae a byous kythin and spreid o Scots +screivin including an interview wi Scots Radio broadcaster Frieda Morrison, +Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson and sang, the final instalment +o Sam Burns Deacon Brodie play and a wheen o thochtie poesie, tales, reviews +and wittins anent aa the ither ploys gaun on in the aye raxin warld o Scots Leid. + +## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ bi Finola Scott + +_Winner o the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie fur Poesie, Sangschaw 2023_ + +Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
          +An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
          +He wis the first. In he struts
          +Aw Cock o the walk,
          +King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
          + +Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
          +Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
          +He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
          +Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
          +A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
          + +I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
          +thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
          +when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
          +fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
          +an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
          + +## Anthologies + +The Scots Leid Associe is a registered charity rin bi volunteers. Bi bein a +memmer o the Associe ye are aaready giein the Scots leid a heize. Ye can help +us faurther gin ye coff ane or baith o our braw 50th anniversairy anthologies: +contack our memmership secretar George T Watt at +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Willie Hershaw at +w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. +Ilka buik costs £12.99 includin postage. Owerseas orders £5 postage. +Includit is a walin o the best Scots poesie and prose fae 50 year +and a hunner nummers o Lallans. + diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx b/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx deleted file mode 100644 index 201642c..0000000 --- a/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,173 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Eiks an Ens 30 -summary: >- - Includit i this issue o Eiks an Ens is details o oor neist Collogue in Perth an - o oor anthologies, that is haein fell positive reviews an weel wurth the siller. ---- -import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; -import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; - -## Annual Collogue - -The Annual Collogue o the Scots Leid Associe will be held on Setturday, June -3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP. -This year’s theme will be _The Art o Flyting in Scottish Leiterature_. - -### Events schedule - - - -The cost o attendin the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on -lallans@hotmail.co.uk -or Elaine Morton on -failte@go-plus.net. - - -## Sangschaw 2023 Winners - -### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose - -#### Winner - -_Aince_ bi Jamie Purves - -#### Rinner-up - -_Haymarket Wumman_ bi Jerry Randalls - -#### Ruisit - -_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ bi Anne Jones - -_Benny_ bi Andrew G. Matthews - -_Kafka_ bi Pete Fortune - -### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin - -#### Winner - -_A Sang tae the Heir_ bi Derrick McClure - -#### Jynt Rinner-up - -_The King o the Bees_ bi Dorothy Lawrenson - -_Salome_ bi Jerry Randalls - -#### Ruisit - -_Mylkwiffe_ bi Donald Adamson - -_Weddin Blessin_ bi Gordon Davidson - -_A Dug wi Nae Maister_ bi Tom Ellett - -_Seeven Auld Fodies_ bi WS Milne - -_The Tale o Thorstein Grue_ bi Colin Mackenzie - -_The Yirdin o Sorley MacLean_ bi Derrick McClure - -_Propertius_ bi John Erskine - -### The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie - -#### Winner - -_Roond Stane_ bi Finola Scott - -#### Jynt Rinner-up - -_The Black Loch_ bi Robert Duncan - -_Aliens_ bi James Sinclair - -#### Ruisit - -_Chale Shaw_ bi Joe Carstairs - -_John MacLean’s Coat_ bi Robert Duncan - -_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ bi David Bleiman - -_Bauk in the USSR_ bi Alastair McLeish - -_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ bi Alan Millar - -_The Ootgaun_ bi Hamish Scott - -_Mindin Joe_ bi Jock Stein - -_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ bi Donald Adamson - -_A New Sang_ bi David Bleiman - -_Ahint the Haund_ bi Kevin Connelly - -_The Marriage Lair_ bi Irene Howat - -_Leid in ma Heid_ bi Alan Millar - -## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 - -Our ain Lord Braxfield, Jeidge o the Sangschaw, will deleiver his summation -o this year’s fairins in Lallans 102. The wird on the pavey is that the -crabbit auld scunner wass fair taen up wi whit was puit afore him. Sae caw -awaa Scots screivers - it deaves him sairly tae see the leid being yokit -tae sic guid effeck! It’s no ower airly tae get makkin your maisterpiece -for neist year. The winner o the poesie is prentit ablaw but the editor -will ettle tae include as monie entries as possible in the furthcoming Lallans -102/103. Forby, the simmer nummer will hae a byous kythin and spreid o Scots -screivin including an interview wi Scots Radio broadcaster Frieda Morrison, -Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson and sang, the final instalment -o Sam Burns Deacon Brodie play and a wheen o thochtie poesie, tales, reviews -and wittins anent aa the ither ploys gaun on in the aye raxin warld o Scots Leid. - -## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ bi Finola Scott - -_Winner o the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie fur Poesie, Sangschaw 2023_ - -Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
          -An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
          -He wis the first. In he struts
          -Aw Cock o the walk,
          -King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
          - -Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
          -Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
          -He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
          -Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
          -A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
          - -I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
          -thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
          -when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
          -fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
          -an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
          - -## Anthologies - -The Scots Leid Associe is a registered charity rin bi volunteers. Bi bein a -memmer o the Associe ye are aaready giein the Scots leid a heize. Ye can help -us faurther gin ye coff ane or baith o our braw 50th anniversairy anthologies: -contack our memmership secretar George T Watt at -lallans@hotmail.co.uk -or Willie Hershaw at -w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. -Ilka buik costs £12.99 includin postage. Owerseas orders £5 postage. -Includit is a walin o the best Scots poesie and prose fae 50 year -and a hunner nummers o Lallans. - diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx b/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3569788 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 31 +summary: >- + The 2024 Sangschaw is open for submeissions! Forby, lairn about a new lug-in + guide at Lithgae Pailace and an upcomin album release bi our ain Wullie + Hershaw. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; + +## Sangschaw open for submeissions! + +Our annual scrievin competeition, the _Sangschaw_, is open for submeissions +until the 31st o Januar! As ey, we will provide feedback for ilka entry nae +maiter whither ye win a tassie or no. There’s no mony competeitions provide +feedback on entries, but we think it’s important tae help writers develop. We +hae three tassies: + +- The **Robert McLellan Tassie for Scots Prose**: up til 3000 wirds o oreiginal + Scots prose. +- The **John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin**: up til 3000 wirds o + oreiginal owersettin intil Scots frae anither leid. Provide alang wi a copy o + the oreiginal text. +- The **Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie**: up til 60 lines o oreiginal Scots + poesie. + +New writers and auld haunds ar aa walcome, sae dinnae be blate! We luik forrit +tae haein your entries! + +It’s £5 for ae submeission, or £12 for three, whither in the same categorie +or in different categories. Ye can either submit by email or by post. + +### Submittin by email + +Gin ye want tae submit by email, first pey by bank transfer til the follaein +account. Mind it’s £5 per submeission or £12 for three. + +
          +
          Account nem
          +
          Scots Language Society
          + +
          Account number
          +
          00153458
          + +
          Sort code
          +
          83 47 00
          +
          + +Syne, send your entries til +failte@go-plus.net alang wi pruif +o peyment. For ensaumple, you could send a photae o your bank +statement, or a copy o the transaction reference. + +### Submittin by post + +Gin ye want tae submit by post, send them wi cash or cheque as weill as your nem +and your return address on a separate sheet o paper til the follaein address: + +
          + Sangschaw + c/o 6 Dryden Place + Edinburgh + EH9 1RP +
          + +Mind it’s £5 per submeission or £12 for three. Address ony +cheque til the Scots Language Society. + +## Upcomin album release: _Leid_ + +Our ain Wullie Hershaw will shuin be releasin a new album o contemporar Scots +sangs titled _Leid_. It will be comin early in the new year, sae haud tuned in! + +For tae whet your appetite, you can +lug in til the title track on YouTube. +Ye can forby pree the muisical wark o his group, +the Bowhill Players on +Bandcamp. + +## New lug-in guide at Lithgae Pailace + +This winter, the guid fowks at Historic Environment Scotland hae owerset their +lug-in guides for veisitors intil Scots for the first time. The aim is tae +promuive the status o the Scots leid as weill as tae gie veisitors the +opportunitie tae hear the vyces o the court in somethin like their ain leid. + +Ye can read mair +about the new lug-in guides on the Historic Environment Scotland wabsteid. + +As faur as we ken, this is first sic ventur, no juist bi Historic Environment +Scotland, but frae ony major tourist attraction. Can onybody mind o ocht +similar? Answers on a postcaird pleise! + +## No received Lallans 103 yet? + +It haes cam tae the notice o George, our membership secretar, that thare haes +been a mishanter wi the postin o _Lallans_ 103. Twa memmers, baith subscribers +awed _Lallans_ 103, didnae receive thair copies. + +Gin ye haenae yet received yer copy o _Lallans_ 103, that he postit out on +Wadnesday 7th o November, pleise email George at + georgetwatt@hotmail.com an +mak us ken o it. A copy o _Lallans_ 103 will be postit out tae ye straucht awa! + +## New format for Eiks an Ens + +Auld freinds will mind that _Eiks an Ens_ haes formerlie been a leiterar magazine +tae accompanie _Lallans_. We on the Comatee felt that this didnae gie Eiks an +Ens the distinct purpose that it deserved, and it didnae tak fu advauntage o +the opportunitie _Eiks_ affuirdit tae jeel our communitie thegether. + +Sae this is the first issue o _Eiks_ tae tak a new format, whaur we’ll be +ettlin tae skair current affairs i the warld o Scots leid and leitratur, +especially whaur it effeirs directly til our membership. + +Sae send us in your inside information! Gin ye’ve spottit somethin you think +we shuid skair in the neist _Eiks_, send it til lallans@hotmail.co.uk. diff --git a/src/lib/newsUtils.ts b/src/lib/newsUtils.ts index aa711e3..bffc7d6 100644 --- a/src/lib/newsUtils.ts +++ b/src/lib/newsUtils.ts @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ +import locales from '$i18n/locales'; import type Locale from '$types/Locale'; -import { CollectionEntry, getCollection } from 'astro:content'; +import { getCollection, type CollectionEntry } from 'astro:content'; export async function getMostRecentNewsItem(locale: Locale) { const allNews = await getCollection('news'); @@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export async function getMostRecentNewsItem(locale: Locale) { if (!someNewsItem) { return null; } - return allNewsInLocale.reduce((prev, curr) => (isBefore(curr, prev) ? curr : prev), someNewsItem); + return allNewsInLocale.reduce((prev, curr) => (isBefore(prev, curr) ? curr : prev), someNewsItem); } export function getLocale(newsItem: CollectionEntry<'news'>) { @@ -18,7 +19,13 @@ export function getLocale(newsItem: CollectionEntry<'news'>) { export function getHref(newsItem: CollectionEntry<'news'>) { const locale = getLocale(newsItem); - return `/${locale}/news/${newsItem.slug.replace('/', '-')}`; + return `/${locale}/news/${getSlug(newsItem)}`; +} + +export function getSlug(newsItem: CollectionEntry<'news'>) { + const toLowerCase = (s: string) => s.toLowerCase(); + const matchLocales = new RegExp(`(${locales.map(toLowerCase).join('|')})/`); + return newsItem.slug.replace(matchLocales, ''); } export function isNewsItemInLocale(newsItem: CollectionEntry<'news'>, locale: Locale) { @@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ export function isNewsItemInLocale(newsItem: CollectionEntry<'news'>, locale: Lo return newsItemLocale === locale; } -function isBefore(item1: CollectionEntry<'news'>, item2: CollectionEntry<'news'>) { +export function isBefore(item1: CollectionEntry<'news'>, item2: CollectionEntry<'news'>) { const date1 = getDate(item1); const date2 = getDate(item2); if (!date2) { @@ -39,6 +46,7 @@ function isBefore(item1: CollectionEntry<'news'>, item2: CollectionEntry<'news'> } export function getDate(newsItem: CollectionEntry<'news'>) { - const match = newsItem.id.match(/(?<=(en-GB|sco))\/(\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d)/)?.[2]; - return match ? new Date(match) : null; + const matchDate = new RegExp(`(${locales.join('|')})/(\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d)`); + const date = newsItem.id.match(matchDate)?.[2]; + return date ? new Date(date) : null; } diff --git a/src/pages/[locale]/news/[...slug].astro b/src/pages/[locale]/news/[...slug].astro index e3b8b36..a24e65a 100644 --- a/src/pages/[locale]/news/[...slug].astro +++ b/src/pages/[locale]/news/[...slug].astro @@ -1,28 +1,13 @@ --- -import locales from '$i18n/locales'; import Article from '$layouts/Article.astro'; -import type Locale from '$types/Locale'; -import { CollectionEntry, getCollection } from 'astro:content'; +import { getCollection } from 'astro:content'; +import { getLocale, getSlug } from '$lib/newsUtils'; export async function getStaticPaths() { - function localeFromSlug(slug: CollectionEntry<'news'>['slug']): Locale | undefined { - const lowerCaseLocale = new RegExp(`^(${locales.map((l) => l.toLocaleLowerCase()).join('|')})`); - const matchedLowerCaseLocale = slug.match(lowerCaseLocale)?.[1]; - switch (matchedLowerCaseLocale) { - case 'sco': - return 'sco'; - case 'en-gb': - return 'en-GB'; - default: - console.warn('Could not find locale in slug %s', slug); - return undefined; - } - } - return (await getCollection('news')).map((entry) => ({ params: { - slug: entry.slug.replace('/', '-'), - locale: localeFromSlug(entry.slug), + slug: getSlug(entry), + locale: getLocale(entry), }, props: { entry }, })); diff --git a/src/pages/[locale]/news/index.astro b/src/pages/[locale]/news/index.astro index 37e7dd6..112f87b 100644 --- a/src/pages/[locale]/news/index.astro +++ b/src/pages/[locale]/news/index.astro @@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import Page from '$layouts/Page.astro'; import { getLocaleFromPathOrThrow } from '$lib/getLocaleFromPath'; import localeStaticPaths from '$lib/localeStaticPaths'; import { getCollection } from 'astro:content'; -import { isNewsItemInLocale } from '$lib/newsUtils'; +import { isBefore, isNewsItemInLocale } from '$lib/newsUtils'; import NewsIndex from '$components/NewsIndex/NewsIndex.astro'; const allNews = await getCollection('news'); const locale = getLocaleFromPathOrThrow(Astro.url.pathname); -const allNewsInLocale = allNews.filter((item) => isNewsItemInLocale(item, locale)); +const allNewsInLocale = allNews + .filter((item) => isNewsItemInLocale(item, locale)) + .sort((a, b) => (isBefore(a, b) ? 1 : isBefore(b, a) ? -1 : 0)); const t = translate(locale); export async function getStaticPaths() { -- cgit v1.2.3