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The light in this autochrome is absolutely stunning! This study of three ladies of Lyon picking fruit during the Golden Hour, 112 years ago, was taken by Professor Fernand Arloing around 1910. It looks like a most exquisite painting but is actually a colour photo, not colourised.

8. One of the first cat clips ever, 1899. "Little girl and cat" by the French Lumiere brothers. Colorized and speed adjusted. Everything is the same, yet nothing is the same.

Next Tuesday! cmc.ie/events/2024/no…

CMC Composer Siobhán Cleary presents a lecture on musical storytelling at 1pm on 19 Nov Trinity Long Room Hub Trinity College Dublin Using historic and contemporary examples, including her own music, Siobhan will explore the importance of myth and the enduring connection between narrative & sound. 🎟️Free

Many thanks to the composer Siobhán Cleary for her fascinating lecture, to Trinity Long Room Hub for the warm hospitality and to everyone who attended!

Pouring the foundation of the Eiffel Tower, 1887.

Catherine Martin has been the most consequential minister for culture since Michael D Higgins – my column today. irishtimes.com/culture/2024/1…

There are as many Jameses in the new cabinet as there are women.

UCD Classical Museum was the venue for an extraordinary night of music born of a collaboration between Zsuzsanna Ardo and Siobhan Cleary. The poem 'In the Library of Ephesus' was inspired by the 1st century CE epitaph of Seikilos. Cleary's music was sung by the superb Cantando!

Word of the day is 'spuddle' (19th century): to be extremely busy whilst achieving absolutely nothing.

// This is the Arts Council's 'RTÉ Moment' and Serious Change Must Follow // ow.ly/w5YO50UZhEj The Arts Council has written off €5.3m while artists try to make ends meet. This has to be the beginning of real change, writes Toner Quinn.

The Arts Council is about to enter a world of pain. It could be even worse for the artists it’s meant to help irishtimes.com/culture/2025/0…

As a fan of pettiness and jesuitical arguments, I was thinking a lot about An Taoiseach's letter on the "ag insint bréaga" row. And, as far as I can see, it's all nonsense. A short thread...

My son Luke. "I suffered a life-threatening brain injury...and spent five weeks in a coma. I had to retrain my body to do everything, from moving my fingers to walking....With incredible difficulty and determination, I trained myself to write again. allanhudson.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-st…

Evlana Ensemble & @newmusicdublin present “A Memory”💫with special guest Paula Meehan💫 6 April 5.30pm @nationalconcerthall Music by Siobhán Cleary Gemma Peacocke, Judith Ring, Keiko Abe, Deborah Cheetham, Joan Tower & a world premiere by Stephen Gardner newmusicdublin.ie

Delighted to receive this video of Jimmy Goeijenbier, in a beautiful performance from earlier this year, of my Chaconne commissioned by Dublin International Piano Festival in 2007. 💫 youtu.be/lUtVgwf0iho?fe…

Delighted that my SleepSong will feature at this fabulous sounding festival in London performed by Elizabeth Hilliard. eavesdropping.london/activity/festi… , The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon The Journal of Music New Music Dublin Irish Times Culture

Luke bravely writing about his injury for CBC News (where he now works): "I wrote two novels, then a traumatic brain injury forced me to learn to write all over again." cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

"...and who was the author of Jane Eyre?" "Emily Brontë?" "Turn the engine off and step out of the truck for me, sir."