Dr Richard Scriven
@richardscriven.bsky.social
Cultural and Legal Geographer focusing on disability, human rights, heritage, and pilgrimage
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Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
UN Committee Against Torture's findings on Israel includes 'reports indicating a de facto State policy of organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment during the reporting period, which had gravely intensified since 7 October 2023'
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
UN Committee Against Torture's findings on Israel includes 'reports indicating a de facto State policy of organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment during the reporting period, which had gravely intensified since 7 October 2023'
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Sadden to hear of Manchán Magan's passing, he was a champion of cultural and natural heritages. I was lucky enough to have worked with him an on arts project centring on Croagh Patrick. His knowledge and respect for the landscape was palpable.
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Pilgrimage Project :: Croagh Patrick
YouTube video by Pilgrimage Project
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October 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Sadden to hear of Manchán Magan's passing, he was a champion of cultural and natural heritages. I was lucky enough to have worked with him an on arts project centring on Croagh Patrick. His knowledge and respect for the landscape was palpable.
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Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
Independent International Commission confirms that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip.
"As such, the Commission concludes that the actus reus and mens rea of
‘killing members of the group’ under article II(a) of the Genocide Convention are established"
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
"As such, the Commission concludes that the actus reus and mens rea of
‘killing members of the group’ under article II(a) of the Genocide Convention are established"
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
September 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Independent International Commission confirms that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip.
"As such, the Commission concludes that the actus reus and mens rea of
‘killing members of the group’ under article II(a) of the Genocide Convention are established"
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
"As such, the Commission concludes that the actus reus and mens rea of
‘killing members of the group’ under article II(a) of the Genocide Convention are established"
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
Very engaging session on Geographies of Loneliness at the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference. I presented on how the institutionalisation of disabled people results in significant isolation and segregation in breach of their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
September 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Very engaging session on Geographies of Loneliness at the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference. I presented on how the institutionalisation of disabled people results in significant isolation and segregation in breach of their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Calf, Cow, and Bull Rocks off Dursey Island at the end of the Beara Peninsula.
August 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Calf, Cow, and Bull Rocks off Dursey Island at the end of the Beara Peninsula.
'According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform, two out of three famine thresholds for food consumption have been breached across most of Gaza, with acute malnutrition levels in Gaza City confirming aid agencies’ repeated warnings'
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,” UN-backed food security experts said on Tuesday, in a call to action amid unrelenting conflict, mass displacement and the near-tot...
news.un.org
July 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
'According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform, two out of three famine thresholds for food consumption have been breached across most of Gaza, with acute malnutrition levels in Gaza City confirming aid agencies’ repeated warnings'
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Nice article on OS Benchmarks - those crow's feet markers you notice around the place
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The story behind the benchmarks hiding in plain sight in Ireland
The Ordnance Survey benchmarks chiselled into buildings, walls and bridges were originally used to measure height across Ireland
www.rte.ie
July 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Nice article on OS Benchmarks - those crow's feet markers you notice around the place
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are increasingly being subjected to forced displacement and land seizures, the UN human rights office, OHCHR
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are increasingly being subjected to forced displacement and land seizures, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Thursday.
news.un.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are increasingly being subjected to forced displacement and land seizures, the UN human rights office, OHCHR
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
The Promise of Cultural Geography is a great example of an open access publication. Thanks to @benandersongeog.bsky.social
and @vickiezhang.bsky.social for making this happen. I have a piece reflecting some thoughts on our subdiscipline: research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
and @vickiezhang.bsky.social for making this happen. I have a piece reflecting some thoughts on our subdiscipline: research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
June 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Promise of Cultural Geography is a great example of an open access publication. Thanks to @benandersongeog.bsky.social
and @vickiezhang.bsky.social for making this happen. I have a piece reflecting some thoughts on our subdiscipline: research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
and @vickiezhang.bsky.social for making this happen. I have a piece reflecting some thoughts on our subdiscipline: research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
“This is one of the most ostentatious and merciless manifestations of the desecration of human life and dignity,” UN human rights experts said.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
End unfolding genocide or watch it end life in Gaza: UN experts say States face defining choice
GENEVA – Escalating atrocities in Gaza present an urgent moral crossroads and States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza – an out...
www.ohchr.org
May 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
“This is one of the most ostentatious and merciless manifestations of the desecration of human life and dignity,” UN human rights experts said.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Gallarus Oratory, an upturned boat-shaped structure on the Dingle Peninsula, is extant stone church dating from the 11th or 12th century.
April 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Gallarus Oratory, an upturned boat-shaped structure on the Dingle Peninsula, is extant stone church dating from the 11th or 12th century.
Stone walls in the Burren are a testament to vernacular craft. Functional and sympathetic to the landscape.
March 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Stone walls in the Burren are a testament to vernacular craft. Functional and sympathetic to the landscape.
Wood Anemone, or Lus na gaoithe, a spring time flower often found in woodlands or riparian locations
March 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Wood Anemone, or Lus na gaoithe, a spring time flower often found in woodlands or riparian locations
Altar wedge grave, on the Mizen Peninsula, is megalithic tomb dating from the late Stone Age. It is also believed to have been used as a mass rock in the 18th Century.
February 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Altar wedge grave, on the Mizen Peninsula, is megalithic tomb dating from the late Stone Age. It is also believed to have been used as a mass rock in the 18th Century.
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War crimes and the protection of cultural heritage
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International Law and Protecting World Heritage
by Richard ScrivenThe International Criminal Court Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi case in 2016 was a landmark ruling as it was solely concerned with the destruction of cultural heritage as a war crime. It was...
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January 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
War crimes and the protection of cultural heritage
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