richard alan barlow
@richardalanbarlow.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer at the University of St Andrews: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/people/rab44/
Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: https://academic.oup.com/book/44829?login=false
Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: https://academic.oup.com/book/44829?login=false
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Hi everyone! This year I’m starting a new job @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and a new role as a Trustee of the International James Joyce Foundation. I’ll be dividing my time between St Andrews, Dundee, and Limerick. Hope to see some of you around!
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Ahhh Project Fear beginning already re departitioning of Ireland! V similar to the fearmongering that appearing around Scotland’s indyref - but strangely it was not as pronounced with Brexit, despite conflation - the status quo’s response to progressive change. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A united Ireland referendum must not be ‘another Brexit’, analysts say
Two leading journalists from both sides of the border warn against another ‘vague, thumbs up-thumbs down’ vote
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ahhh Project Fear beginning already re departitioning of Ireland! V similar to the fearmongering that appearing around Scotland’s indyref - but strangely it was not as pronounced with Brexit, despite conflation - the status quo’s response to progressive change. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Went to see Dylan in Killarney last night and visited the Torc Waterfall on the way back to Limerick 💯
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Went to see Dylan in Killarney last night and visited the Torc Waterfall on the way back to Limerick 💯
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We can't wait for Winter Graduation in St Andrews next Tuesday and Wednesday. 🎓 🙌
Find out everything you need to know, from when the ceremonies are taking place to how to watch online ⬇️
https://ow.ly/xTII50XwOkX
#EverToExcel #ForeverSaints
Find out everything you need to know, from when the ceremonies are taking place to how to watch online ⬇️
https://ow.ly/xTII50XwOkX
#EverToExcel #ForeverSaints
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We can't wait for Winter Graduation in St Andrews next Tuesday and Wednesday. 🎓 🙌
Find out everything you need to know, from when the ceremonies are taking place to how to watch online ⬇️
https://ow.ly/xTII50XwOkX
#EverToExcel #ForeverSaints
Find out everything you need to know, from when the ceremonies are taking place to how to watch online ⬇️
https://ow.ly/xTII50XwOkX
#EverToExcel #ForeverSaints
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Come along to our virtual postgraduate open week from 24 to 28 November to learn about:
🎓 Schools and programmes
🫶 Student life
🏠 Accommodation
📝Application process
💷 Fees, funding and scholarships
https://ow.ly/4s3950XwRtk
#EverToExcel
🎓 Schools and programmes
🫶 Student life
🏠 Accommodation
📝Application process
💷 Fees, funding and scholarships
https://ow.ly/4s3950XwRtk
#EverToExcel
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Come along to our virtual postgraduate open week from 24 to 28 November to learn about:
🎓 Schools and programmes
🫶 Student life
🏠 Accommodation
📝Application process
💷 Fees, funding and scholarships
https://ow.ly/4s3950XwRtk
#EverToExcel
🎓 Schools and programmes
🫶 Student life
🏠 Accommodation
📝Application process
💷 Fees, funding and scholarships
https://ow.ly/4s3950XwRtk
#EverToExcel
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Well done that student. I hope this rebellion spreads. University managements are hell-bent on stripping out experts to save money, and students deserve better. However awful my lectures are, they’re 100% organic. www.theguardian.com/technology/v...
Staffordshire student confronts lecturer for using AI-generated slides – video
Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel 'robbed of knowledge and enjoyment' after their turned out to be taught in large part by AI
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Well done that student. I hope this rebellion spreads. University managements are hell-bent on stripping out experts to save money, and students deserve better. However awful my lectures are, they’re 100% organic. www.theguardian.com/technology/v...
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A reminder that this year's Canna Lecture will take place on tomorrow evening (Friday) in Edinburgh! Bidh an Dr Màrtainn MacGriogair a-mach air bàrdachd agus eachdraidh nan Gàidheal anns an 19mh linn.
llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...
llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...
Canna Lecture | Celtic & Scottish Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture
Join The Gaelic Texts Society and Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh for their annual Canna Lecture by Dr Martin Macgregor (University of Glasgow), entitled ‘“Ach thèid an cran...
llc.ed.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A reminder that this year's Canna Lecture will take place on tomorrow evening (Friday) in Edinburgh! Bidh an Dr Màrtainn MacGriogair a-mach air bàrdachd agus eachdraidh nan Gàidheal anns an 19mh linn.
llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...
llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...
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People in Scotland want an asylum system that is controlled, that they have confidence in, and that shows compassion.
The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: ow.ly/Er6w50Xublv
The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: ow.ly/Er6w50Xublv
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
People in Scotland want an asylum system that is controlled, that they have confidence in, and that shows compassion.
The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: ow.ly/Er6w50Xublv
The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: ow.ly/Er6w50Xublv
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Sradagan san Iarmailt / Sparks in the Firmament
Ginealach Ùr Bhàrd Gàidhealach / A New Generation of Gaelic Poets
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium.
#Gaelic
Ginealach Ùr Bhàrd Gàidhealach / A New Generation of Gaelic Poets
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium.
#Gaelic
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sradagan san Iarmailt / Sparks in the Firmament
Ginealach Ùr Bhàrd Gàidhealach / A New Generation of Gaelic Poets
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium.
#Gaelic
Ginealach Ùr Bhàrd Gàidhealach / A New Generation of Gaelic Poets
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium.
#Gaelic
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I am delighted that my essay on Ossianic images, theories of the Earth, & modern ideas on air pollution—as exemplified by Turner’s & Carus’s depictions of Staffa—has been published in "Picturing the Romantic" @manchesterup.bsky.social. #HybridRomanticism #VisualTranslations #EcocritcalArtHistory
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I am delighted that my essay on Ossianic images, theories of the Earth, & modern ideas on air pollution—as exemplified by Turner’s & Carus’s depictions of Staffa—has been published in "Picturing the Romantic" @manchesterup.bsky.social. #HybridRomanticism #VisualTranslations #EcocritcalArtHistory
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My review of ‘Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings – Conversations with Mark Carruthers’ from the weekend. A deep and beautiful book, and the paintings of Belfast are masterly.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings - A rich study of one of Ireland’s great contemporary artists
Study of Colin Davidson’s art from the beginning to the present has many surprises
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My review of ‘Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings – Conversations with Mark Carruthers’ from the weekend. A deep and beautiful book, and the paintings of Belfast are masterly.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🏴
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I've joined Substack! open.substack.com/pub/brianlim...
I've joined Substack!
Will this be yet another waste of fucking time?
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I've joined Substack! open.substack.com/pub/brianlim...
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The St Andrews Chronicles, one of the most important manuscript histories of Scotland, is going on public display for the first time in its 500-year history. The book will be on display at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social from 21 November to 7 December
#BookHistory
news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-...
#BookHistory
news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-...
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The St Andrews Chronicles, one of the most important manuscript histories of Scotland, is going on public display for the first time in its 500-year history. The book will be on display at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social from 21 November to 7 December
#BookHistory
news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-...
#BookHistory
news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-...
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RALLY TOMORROW!
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
RALLY TOMORROW!
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
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Question from @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social in the Scottish Parliament on cuts and job losses at Edinburgh University as @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social take third day of strike action this week #SaveHE #StopTheCuts www.heraldscotland.com/news/2563152...
SNP minister told to intervene in Edinburgh University crisis to protect 1,800 jobs
SNP ministers have been warned they must intervene in the University of Edinburgh's dispute with staff amid fears 1,800 jobs could be lost.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Question from @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social in the Scottish Parliament on cuts and job losses at Edinburgh University as @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social take third day of strike action this week #SaveHE #StopTheCuts www.heraldscotland.com/news/2563152...
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Yet again the honest folk of the Cotswolds and other lightly-populated places the rich live are denied the opportunity to work with dangerous materials. Such things are for Northerners and the Celtic fringe.
MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
Disused refineries and chemical plants considered as part of a multibillion-pound investment in defence
Defence officials have identified at least a dozen disused oil refineries and chemical plants as possible sites to make explosives and ammunition, including Grangemouth, Southampton and Teesside.
The Ministry of Defence has been scouring Britain for places to build at least six new munitions factories as part of a £6bn programme to increase its supplies as part of a Nato-wide rearmament push. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yet again the honest folk of the Cotswolds and other lightly-populated places the rich live are denied the opportunity to work with dangerous materials. Such things are for Northerners and the Celtic fringe.
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In a week's time, please join us for the next @iassl.bsky.social webinar celebrating the legacy of Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill | Finlay J. Macdonald (1925–1987), held to mark the centenary of his birth. Tuesday 25 November, 7 pm UK time, on ZOOM. Bidh fàilte bhlàth romhaibh uile / All welcome!
Finlay J Macdonald at 100 | Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill aig 100
Tuesday 25 November 2025, 7 pm UK time, ZOOM. This year marks the centenary of the birth of Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill | Finlay J. Macdonald (1925–1987). The webinar explores his rich legacy as a…
scotlit-iassl.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In a week's time, please join us for the next @iassl.bsky.social webinar celebrating the legacy of Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill | Finlay J. Macdonald (1925–1987), held to mark the centenary of his birth. Tuesday 25 November, 7 pm UK time, on ZOOM. Bidh fàilte bhlàth romhaibh uile / All welcome!
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#Edinburgh colleagues, remember to contact your MSPs and MP to make them aware of the vandalism senior management are threatening at UoE through compulsory redundancies! #UKHE
Don't cross the picket line!
We are on strike because of UoE's budget cuts that have and will affect students and staff.
We are striking for a better university, join us!
#StopTheCuts
We are on strike because of UoE's budget cuts that have and will affect students and staff.
We are striking for a better university, join us!
#StopTheCuts
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#Edinburgh colleagues, remember to contact your MSPs and MP to make them aware of the vandalism senior management are threatening at UoE through compulsory redundancies! #UKHE
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EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish university has been accused of 'losing the plot' as bosses threaten staff and students with disciplinary action in the event of protests at graduation ceremonies this winter
‘Losing the plot’: Scottish university under fire over escalating protests crackdown
www.thenational.scot
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish university has been accused of 'losing the plot' as bosses threaten staff and students with disciplinary action in the event of protests at graduation ceremonies this winter
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Gaelic Futurisms
Launching 21 Nov, Glasgow – free
A multimedia contemporary art exhibition examining the endangerment of Gaelic language as a collective loss of shared knowledge, heritage, & culture, echoed throughout all people who have lost their native tongues
www.eventbrite.com/e/gaelic-fut...
Launching 21 Nov, Glasgow – free
A multimedia contemporary art exhibition examining the endangerment of Gaelic language as a collective loss of shared knowledge, heritage, & culture, echoed throughout all people who have lost their native tongues
www.eventbrite.com/e/gaelic-fut...
Gaelic Futurisms
What has gone won’t come back. Now, what can we create together?
www.eventbrite.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Gaelic Futurisms
Launching 21 Nov, Glasgow – free
A multimedia contemporary art exhibition examining the endangerment of Gaelic language as a collective loss of shared knowledge, heritage, & culture, echoed throughout all people who have lost their native tongues
www.eventbrite.com/e/gaelic-fut...
Launching 21 Nov, Glasgow – free
A multimedia contemporary art exhibition examining the endangerment of Gaelic language as a collective loss of shared knowledge, heritage, & culture, echoed throughout all people who have lost their native tongues
www.eventbrite.com/e/gaelic-fut...
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Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
Scotland never win when I’m watching
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Scotland never win when I’m watching