Bradley and other US players bear a big responsibility for having incited the ugly behaviour in advance of the tournament.

A sad reflection on the state of the USA today. The constant insulting shouts to put the Europeans off their stroke was not just blatant interference. It was also vile personal abuse of the players and their families. The American PGA did not seem capable of controlling the situation.

Peter Lerner is British, born in London, as is fairly obvious when he speaks. What's he doing invading Palestine? Isn't about time we extradited British citizens involved in Zionist genocide?

Hello? Yet another British invader of Palestine, along with David Mencer, Peter Lerner, etc. Isn't about time we extradited British supporters of Zionist war crimes?

Very true. Is he a rabbi at all? Does he have any religion? Seriously? You would think that some with the title of Chief Rabbi of the UK would occupy himself with the spiritual welfare of Jews in the UK. Instead, he is a political lobbyist, constantly banging on about Israel. Apologist for genocide.

Conference was excellent. They are always good, but this one was particularly stimulating. Unfortunately, I was not in great form. I had a cold beforehand and it developed into a chest infection, so I couldn't join in with the evening social activities. Otherwise, great.

Yes, 2024, based on a 2016 lecture. Argues that Fortrose contains the Pictish population name Fortriu and this is evidence of the Picts being north of the Mounth until defeating Northumbrians at Dún Nechtain / Nechtansmere in AD 685, as per Alex Woolf.

Trump's USA is becoming more like Putin's Russia every day. Very depressing to see, but it is good that Harvard is pushing back. A university's credibility stands or falls with its independence. And let's be clear: legitimate criticism of Zionist genocide is not anti-Semitism.

Picked up a copy of this at the conference.

Very interesting. I'll have to pick your brains on this some time.

There's a book launch for vol. 1 of Place-Names of Berwickshire which Simon has co-authored with Eila Williamson and Carole Hough

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Will do, Allie. There's a good chance he'll be there. What was your subject at St Andrews?

Ah, poor fella!

Reminds me of when I found out that harper Donncha Ó hAmhsaigh / Denis Hempson was born in the 17th century and died in the 19th. He appears to have fathered a child at the age of 77 and played at the Belfast Harp Festival of 1792 at the age of 96. He died aged 111 or 112.

I totally agree, and I have deleted my accounts with Twitter, Amazon Prime and Netflix to keep these malign influences out of my personal space.