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Celebrating Brigit/Bride’s Day, Fire & Well Goddess: 1st February

by Leona Graham 1 February 2010

This website is dedicated to Brigit!
We honour Her and What She Signifies, The Healing of Our World
Last night, on the 31st January, the Eve of Brigit’s Day, I moved into action, re-invigorating a very ancient tradition of honoring the ancient ‘Celtic’ fire Goddess Brigit: Her name may be spelt variously, especially as regards the use [...]

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Join Us for this Findhorn Workshop: ‘Paths to Inner Guidance’

by Leona Graham 12 January 2010

Join us at the Findhorn Community in NE Scotland for a workshop, ‘Paths to Inner Guidance’ 5-11 June, 2010. Presented by Leona Graham and Rhiannon Hanfman.

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In Memoriam: Florence Boyd-Graham

by Leona Graham 29 November 2009
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An obituary for Leona’s mother, who passed away on Tuesday November 24 at the age of 95.

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Ballet mécanique in Cambridge

by Richard Elen 25 November 2009
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Sunday 22 November saw the performance of a seldom-performed avant-garde composition from the 1920s – George Antheil’s Ballet mécanique, a cacophony of electric bells, sirens, aircraft propellers, percussion, piano and one or more synchronised player pianos. This occasion featured the version for single player piano, performed by Rex Lawson on the Pianola. Here’s some of the background to the piece and the performance.

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“Only Remembered” – Coope Boyes & Simpson

by Richard Elen 14 November 2009

Leading British folk musicians Coope Boyes and Simpson provide the music in this overview of the University of Oxford’s First World War Poetry Digital Archive in Second Life. This three-and-a-half-minute segment is the closing sequence from the 10 November edition of the TV programme “Designing Worlds”, produced by Treet.TV.

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Working at the World Wilderness Congress

by Leona Graham 4 November 2009
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Leona worked at the 9th World Wilderness Congress, a project of her former employers, the WILD Foundation, in Merida, Mexico. Read about the Conference and its goals.

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Oxford University’s virtual First World War site opens in Second Life

by Richard Elen 1 November 2009
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An exciting new project in interactive education will launch on 2nd November 2009, drawing together the resources and expertise of the University of Oxford, and the possibilities for immersion and interactivity offered by the virtual world of Second Life.

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Steampunk in Oxford

by Richard Elen 1 November 2009
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This weekend I had the pleasure of spending a day with a colloquy of friends in the venerable University city of Oxford, centred around a visit to the Museum of the History of Science to see their Steampunk Art exhibition. An excellent exhibition: it’s on until February 21, 2010.

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“…And each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds.”

by Richard Elen 26 October 2009
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I was recently commissioned to record an audio tutorial on aspects of the First World War, and read a selection of four poems by some of the “War Poets”, as part of a project by the University of Oxford’s First World War Poetry Digital Archive. The project is based around a re-creation of a Great War battlefield in the virtual world of Second Life.

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Ironbridge Gorge Museums

by Richard Elen 1 October 2009
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Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a wealth of museums and attractions that tell the story of Britain’s early industrial heritage. Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, this is where the technique for smelting iron ore using coke was discovered, and the site of the world’s first cast-iron bridge, erected in 1779.

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