J. A. Robinson-Brown

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‘Let not the oppressed be forgotten, O Lord, Nor the hope of the poor be taken away…’ Psalm 9.18 ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

It is the last Friday of the month, which means the Cathach of Columcille (RIA MS 12 R 33) is on display from 10am - 4.30pm. The Cathach is the oldest extant Irish manuscript of the Psalter and very likely the earliest example of the form of Irish writing known as insular majuscule script.

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Wolverhampton are slashing lit courses, Durham are allowing student work to be marked using gen AI, Edinburgh are on strike again next week, Oxford have entered some unholy partnership with Chat GPT. The prospect of a future without functioning higher education is starting to feel really frightening