Heather writes:
One of my web design e-newsletters had a link to the indoors Google Street View of the British Museum. So I wandered around a bit and found this… Celtic Life in Iron Age Britain: A British Museum exhibition of Iron Age objects from collections across the UK.
Yes, that’s right, the bathroom is grouted.
Also, we went and saw Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill at the Queen last night, which was excellent. Four pints of stout and a superb Celtic session really helps you relax after a day rubbing the floor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkxtRbQ_0ZE
Something that’s really obvious live, and becomes noticeable about halfway through this video, is that a set of Irish brogues and a hardwood stage can be substituted for a bodhran.
Nice write up of Edward I and his successors, at an interesting site called History Notes.
If you want to compose proper Ogham (and not just do some sort of questionable gardenerian casting of runes) it would probably be a good idea to keep in mind that it’s an alphabet of trees.
