The Orkney News“Culture is not only a victim of war, it is also a source of resilience, dignity and hope.”
Assoc for Scottish LiteratureThe last residents of St Kilda were evacuated by their own request in 1930, bringing to an end about 4000 years of human occupation. It is one of the few World Heritage Sites to hold mixed status for its cultural & natural qualities.
I pulled all my mother’s expectations
with me, like a child’s kite, giddy with stir
of spring…
—Lynn Valentine, “St Kilda Crossing”
from DON’T. EVEN. ASK. TOO. HOT. New Writing Scotland 42 (ASL, 2024)
But Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream,
Fitful and dark,
Unseizable in Leith
And wildered by the Forth…
—Hugh MacDiarmid, “Midnight”
published in The Complete Poems (1978)
Today, 18 April, is World Heritage Day. Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town & Georgian New Town form one of Scotland’s UNESCO World Heritage sites
#Scottish #Literature #WorldHeritageDay #architecture #builtenvironment #poem #poetry #Edinburgh #MacDiarmid
The Ghost Monk"History began badly and hav steadily got worse."
- Nigel Molesworth
#BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #WorldHeritageDay #RonaldSearle
Mathrubhumi EnglishStay ahead of the curve! Check out the top news headlines for your morning assembly today, April 18, 2026. From planetary alignments to the NBA playoffs, we’ve got you covered! https://english.mathrubhumi.com/education/news/stay-updated-top-school-assembly-news-headlines-for-april-18-2026-njeu1z1i?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SchoolAssemblyNews #CurrentAffairs2026 #WorldHeritageDay
NewsletterTFHeritage Day Acknowledged With Varied Events
World Heritage Day on April 18 features events in Andhra Pradesh's NTR District, including a toy fair and music, focusing on disaster protection for cultural sites.
#WorldHeritageDay, #AndhraPradesh, #NTRDistrict, #CulturalHeritage, #DisasterProtection
https://newsletter.tf/andhra-pradesh-world-heritage-day-april-18-events/
Andhra Pradesh is holding special events for World Heritage Day on April 18, including a toy fair and a musical night. This is a new initiative to highlight cultural preservation.
#WorldHeritageDay, #AndhraPradesh, #NTRDistrict, #CulturalHeritage, #DisasterProtection
https://newsletter.tf/andhra-pradesh-world-heritage-day-april-18-events/
WerkstattGeschichteZum 20. #UNESCO-#Welterbetag heute ein Lesetipp aus dem #Heftarchiv:
➡ Stefanie Samida (@st_samida), #Kulturerbe als Herausforderung: Reflexionen zum ›Heritage-Boom‹ aus fachübergreifender Perspektive, #WerkstattGeschichte 64/2014, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-64-stefanie-samida/
@histodons @historikerinnen @culturalheritage
#Histodons #CulturalHeritage #WorldHeritageDay #WorldHeritage #Welterbe #WelterbeVerbindet #Kulturwissenschaft #CulturalStudies #DarkHeritage
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