horreo.org - stuart mudie wanders the web

Jan
25th

Wed

The people who live in Scotland are the best people to make decisions about Scotland’s future. They gave the Scottish Government an overwhelming majority in May 2011 because of a record of good government, a clear vision of the future and the promise of a referendum on independence.

The referendum will be held in autumn 2014 in the same way as any Scottish election, to the same standards and with the same guarantee of fairness. We will decide our future in a vote which is beyond challenge or doubt.

— Your Scotland, Your Referendum

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Jan
18th

Wed

Forte de 45 000 membres, la LPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux) est aujourd’hui l’une des premières associations de protection de la nature en France. Elle agit au quotidien pour la sauvegarde de la biodiversité, à partir de sa vocation de protection des oiseaux.

— LPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux

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Jan
16th

Mon

To the Spanish left, Fraga was a reviled and outspoken reminder of a right-wing regime that kept Spain isolated from Europe and the rest of the world for decades. In Galicia, critics say, he ruled despotically, manipulating a conservative political culture based on patronage to stay in power.

— Manuel Fraga, Franco’s last man standing, dead in Madrid - Telegraph

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Jan
12th

Thu

This website contains over 26,000 oral recordings made in Scotland and further afield, from the 1930s onwards. The items you can listen to include stories, songs, music, poetry and factual information.

— Tobar an Dualchais - index

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Jan
11th

Wed

Fae the inbringin o Soothron conventions o spelling tae Scotland – muckle o it no richt for the Scots-speakin fowk o the kintra – fowk haes been in a richt swither ower spellin the wrutten leid. In 1996 a nummer o Scots leid organisations an screivars in Scots held an open gaithering in Perth for tae discuss the maiter o Scots spelling. The heidmaist idea wis tae bring aboot some greement anent spellin the common forms o Scots, in parteeclar for narrative an formal wrutten prose.

— Scots spelling report - Scots Language Centre

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Jan
9th

Mon

Pippi Longstocking Theme Song in Swedish (by SynchroTotal)

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From the Archives

Online versions of out-of-print publications from the Guggenheim anyone? They’re worth looking at for their beautiful design as well as for their fascinating content.

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Jan
2nd

Mon

New Years Day Dook Broughty Ferry Harbour Dundee Scotland 2012 (by tourscotland)

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Woody Guthrie's New Years Rulin's

“Stay glad” is one that I’ll be trying to follow.

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Dec
20th

Tue

It is scandalous that Google Maps fails to respect legislation which lays down that the only official forms of street and placenames in Catalonia (at least) are in the Catalan language. Recently Spanish translations have replaced many of these names. We call on Google Maps not to follow in the footsteps of the General Franco dictatorship and to rectify at once!

— Google, Respect Catalan street and place names at once! - PetitionBuzz

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