#Belfast Cathedral

[greenbagjosh]

Days 3 to 5 - Belfast, Carrick a Rede, Giants Causeway and Bushmills

Hi everyone, Welcome to Day 3 of my visit to Europe in Summer 2004. Up to Monday the 26th July 2004, I had been staying at my parent's then-home in California. I was there for the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Now I had to move on to Belfast, in Northern Ireland. I planned to go on the city tour, and the next day a tour of the Carrick-a-Rede Bridge as well as the Bushmills distillery. Then lastly I rode the train from Belfast Botanic to Portadown Central. On 29th July 2004 I would go by train to Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. The weather was much cooler than in Texas, and I was fortunate enough to remain healthy.

Dia daoibh, Fáilte go Lá 3 de mo chuairt ar an Eoraip i Samhradh 2004. Suas go dtí Dé Luain an 26 Iúil 2004, bhí mé ag fanacht i dteach mo thuismitheoirí i gCalifornia ag an am. Bhí mé ann le haghaidh Féile Gairleoige Gilroy. Anois bhí orm bogadh ar aghaidh go Béal Feirste, i dTuaisceart Éireann. Bhí sé beartaithe agam dul ar chamchuairt na cathrach, agus an lá dár gcionn turas ar Dhroichead Charraig an Rí chomh maith le drioglann Bushmills. Ansin ar deireadh mharcaigh mé an traein ó Belfast Botanic go Port an Dúnáin Láir. Ar 29 Iúil 2004 rachainn ar an traein go Baile Átha Cliath, i bPoblacht na hÉireann. Bhí an aimsir i bhfad níos fuaire ná mar a bhí i Texas, agus bhí an t-ádh orm fanacht sláintiúil.

Ciao a tutti, Benvenuti al terzo giorno della mia visita in Europa nell'estate del 2004. Fino a lunedì 26 luglio 2004, ero stato ospite a casa dei miei genitori in California. Ero lì per il Gilroy Garlic Festival. Ora dovevo andare a Belfast, nell'Irlanda del Nord. Avevo programmato di fare il tour della città e il giorno dopo un tour del ponte Carrick-a-Rede e della distilleria Bushmills. Poi, infine, ho preso il treno da Belfast Botanic a Portadown Central. Il 29 luglio 2004 sarei andato in treno a Dublino, nella Repubblica d'Irlanda. Il clima era molto più fresco che in Texas e sono stato abbastanza fortunato da rimanere in salute.

Bonjour à tous, Bienvenue au troisième jour de ma visite en Europe cet été 2004. Jusqu'au lundi 26 juillet 2004, j'étais chez mes parents en Californie, où j'étais à l'époque. J'étais là pour le festival de l'ail de Gilroy. Je devais maintenant me rendre à Belfast, en Irlande du Nord. J'avais prévu de faire le tour de la ville, puis le lendemain, de visiter le pont de Carrick-a-Rede et la distillerie Bushmills. Enfin, j'ai pris le train de Belfast Botanic à Portadown Central. Le 29 juillet 2004, j'allais prendre le train pour Dublin, en République d'Irlande. Le temps était bien plus frais qu'au Texas et j'ai eu la chance de rester en bonne santé.

Hallo zusammen, Willkommen zu Tag 3 meiner Europareise im Sommer 2004. Bis Montag, den 26. Juli 2004, hatte ich im damaligen Haus meiner Eltern in Kalifornien gewohnt. Ich war dort zum Gilroy Garlic Festival. Nun musste ich weiter nach Belfast in Nordirland. Ich hatte vor, an einer Stadtrundfahrt teilzunehmen und am nächsten Tag die Carrick-a-Rede-Brücke sowie die Bushmills-Brennerei zu besichtigen. Anschließend fuhr ich mit dem Zug vom Belfast Botanic nach Portadown Central. Am 29. Juli 2004 wollte ich mit dem Zug nach Dublin in der Republik Irland fahren. Das Wetter war viel kühler als in Texas und ich hatte das Glück, gesund zu bleiben.

First I would like to apologize in advance, if some of the subject matter might cause distress. Part of today's adventure will contain the remnants of a conflict that started in the late 1960s, and lives were lost as a result. I will try very hard to keep that to a minimum, and focus on the more positive aspects of the events of the days concerned.

Monday the 26th July 2004, I had planned to fly to Belfast, Northern Ireland, making connections at Chicago O'Hare and London Heathrow. I would fly in first class from San Francisco to Chicago O'Hare, and Premium Economy the rest of the way. At the time, I had a United Premier Silver status, and consequently could spend time in the dedicated lounges. I woke up about 5:30 AM, took a shower, packed up, had a small breakfast, before my mother drove me to SFO. I checked in my rolling suitcase, and took my backpack along with me. The United lounge, at the time, in Terminal 3, allowed me in for an hour. I caught the 9 AM flight to Chicago O'Hare. I think I arrived about 3 PM Central. The flight to London Heathrow would not leave until maybe 5:30 PM. If you like Gerschwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" song, there was at the time, an underground passageway between Terminals B and C, and on the loudspeakers was a handbell version of "Rhapsody in Blue". There was also a neon light display just above the travellators, turning on and off along to the music. The walls had windows the same colors as the neon lights.

I was on a United flight to Heathrow from Chicago O'Hare in a sort of "premium economy" seat. It is different from the regular economy seats, since it has a few extra inches of legroom. On Monday 27th July 2004, I landed about 7:30 AM. First I went to the passport control, where I received a non-Schengen stamp in my passport. It said "Leave to enter for 6 months, employment and access to public funds prohibited". I would not need to have my passport stamped if I entered the Republic of Ireland by rail. My wheeled bag would be returned to me only after I had landed in Belfast. I was hungry, so I went to someplace in Terminal 3, the Cafe Rouge, that had a cafe serving "Full English Breakfast". I ordered it with coffee. I believe I had two fried eggs, sausage, tomatoes, a large mushroom and toast. Breakfast was very good, and cost only 9.50 pounds, including coffee.

After breakfast, I walked around Heathrow, even walking to the Underground station to see what had changed since my last visit in March 2000. Pretty much everything was the same from that time. I went back to the terminal, where I would catch the plane to Belfast. British Midland Airlines, known by its code "BMI", had a partnership with United Airlines, and welcomed those with a United Premier Plus status into their lounge at no charge. I spent an hour there, before my flight to Belfast. I listened to the BBC on my radio, and had a glass of Boddington's in a "nonic" glass.

About 10 AM, I boarded the flight to Belfast. It was on an Airbus A320, and it needed a jetway at Heathrow. The safety video had been prerecorded, and I would watch it again at least two more times on 31st July. The flight went over Isle of Man, before landing in Belfast City, east-northeast of downtown. The airport has since been renamed to the George Best Belfast City Airport. The international airport is west-northwest of downtown Belfast, close to Lough Neagh, and unlike the City Airport, it does not have a railway connection. Belfast City, if I remember correctly, did not have proper jetways, everyone had to alight by staircar. In later years, there might have been a couple installed.

At Belfast City Airport, I fetched my rolling suitcase. The rail link between Belfast City Airport and Downtown Belfast exists, but it is not particularly straightforward. You have to take a shuttle at the airport to the Sydenham Footbridge along the A2, go up and down the stairs, and go to the far side platform, not the near one, as trains would go to Bangor. There were no ticket machines, fares would be sold by the conductor. One thing I noticed at the corner of Inverary Drive and Station Road, was a house with a mural. In Sydenham, which I would learn later that day, the east part of Belfast tends to be loyalist, while the west part tends to be republican (unity with the Republic of Ireland). The mural was on behalf of the Ulster Volunteer Force. It has changed over time, probably three or four times, since I had last been to Sydenham. A train came in the direction of Bangor, likely a class 80. Arriving and departing sounded something like a helicopter landing and taking off. Since Northern Ireland's railways were not electrified then, they were served by diesel multiple unit trains, 80 class with the door handles on the outside, and 450 class that has electric door opening. Unlike in the UK, the Northern Ireland railways use the same gauge as in the Republic, namely 1,600 mm, known as "Irish Gauge". I rode a 450 class EMU from Sydenham to the terminus at Belfast Central, recently renamed to Belfast Lanyon Place, past the Titanic Quarter. I changed to an 80 class train, and rode for one stop to Botanic. The youth hostel was not very far. I think I arrived there about 10 AM. I checked in and signed up for the city tour for that day and the countryside tour for the next day. The countryside tour would include a lunch break where the city tour would not. The youth hostel was in the loyalist part of Belfast, the curbstones were painted red white and blue, and you could see hundreds of Union Jack flags strung along Donegall Road and Sandy Row. The "Orange Parade" had taken place two weeks prior.

At 11:30 AM, the city tour bus arrived, and only a few minutes later, it would end up at Belfast City Hall so that more passengers could board. We went first to the Gaeltacht Quarter on Falls Road. We spent maybe five minutes at Leeson Street, before going on to Shankill and the former Crumlin Road Gaol. The bus had stopped close to the Oliver Cromwell murals, at the time there were two. We were told by the tour guide, not to walk on the grass area due to "booby traps", basically meaning that many dogs do their business in random locations. Please bear in mind, it is difficult to exactly retrace the tour route, as over time, murals are covered and repainted, sometimes just simply covered with a solid color, or even the building can be demolished.

The bus left and we went on to see the Victoria Square and Belfast Cathedral. Belfast Cathedral is Episcopalian, more or less. It had opened in 1904. It is unique as it has two bishop's seats. It had a very nice interior, with corinthian columns and stained glass windows. They did not use benches, but they had individual wooden seats. They requested a visitor donation of about 2 pounds. They used the term "unwaged", for the local unemployed, which would have been maybe 1.00 pound.

The bus also passed by the Titanic construction grounds, and went as far east as Stormont, the location of the Local Assembly of Northern Ireland. The builidng itself was post-Georgian, had six ionian columns, and steps to the entryway. The lamp posts had moose heads on them. We did not have time to spend there unfortunately. The bus went past Queens's Square and the Albert Memorial Clock The tour ended at the City Hall square, and I was free to wander about. I must have wandered about for the last three hours, about as far east as the Albert Memorial Clock, but don't remember much else, as I felt jetlag and went to my bedroom to sleep. I used my UK adapter to charge my phone, which was a Siemens S40. The adapter I used was a "Type G", which worked fine. I went to sleep and woke up about 5:30 AM on Tuesday 28 July.

For some reason at 5:30 AM, I woke up, took a shower and then walked from the hostel to Belfast Central station. I took the first train somehow to Whiteabbey, wanting actually to go to Bangor, but by then it was too late. I was in a class 80 train. I happened to see an Iarnrod Eireann train, which I would take the next day to Dublin. The train also passed by Yorkgate. I remembered when I arrived at Whiteabbey, to put the window down and turn the handle to open the door. I did not spend much time at Whiteabbey. The only building of interest nearby was the hospital. I took another train back to Central Station and a bus to somewhere on Dublin Road. It was somewhere close to Wetherspoon Free House. I had a breakfast buffet for about 12 pounds. I could just pick the items that I wanted to eat. Then I took a bus back to the hostel, in time to catch the country tour bus.

The bus left the hostel about 10 AM. It went on the M2 to Glengormley, then north on the A8 to Carnlough Marina where we made our first stop. I remember the Herbert Street Bridge which had the maximum headroom sign of 13 feet and 3.8 meters. The bus went onwards to Carrick A Rede rope bridge. It was a pedestrian only bridge, and there was a charge of 1.00 pound to go over, returning was no charge. I had to walk from the car park on a trail to the bridge. I paid my one pound, and received a receipt for it. Once I returned, I received a signed certificate that I crossed the bridge. Crossing the bridge was not as scary as I had feared. It was going from a cliff to an island. I spent a few minutes there before going back.

The bus went on to the Giant's Causeway. It is said that the causeway goes as far as Fingal's Cave on the Scottish island of Staffa, past Islay. We stayed there for about ten minutes before going to lunch. We had lunch at a pub, and I think I had a thick cut bacon sandwich, salad and glass of local cider, something similar to Magner's. After lunch, we stopped at the Bushmill's distillery. They specialized in whiskey. I was picked to do a taste test at the end of the tour, I think I might have had seven shots of various Irish whiskeys, including Jameson, John Bower & Son, Black Bush and even Bushmills. After the tour ended, the bus drove down the A26 and M22 back to the hostel in Belfast. The tour arrived about 5 PM at the hostel.

I was not quite content to end the day just yet. I walked to Botanic, had a snack of chicken strips, fries and fizzy lemonade. Then I took a train to Portadown, just to look around. The train I rode over was a 80 class train. It made an intermediate stop at the former Great Victoria station, which has since been decomissioned. I walked from the station to High Street. At some point, there were gates that were due to close about 8 PM. Looking at recent Google photos of the same place, those gates would have been removed. I found some place to have fish and chips. About 9 PM, I took the train back to Botanic station. The train arrived at Botanic about 10:30 PM. When the train was at Finaghy, the lights had turned on. As it was a low pressure sodium light, otherwise a SOX light, it had a pinkish glow which would turn bright yellow. Ireland is in the GMT +1 zone, GMT +0 during winter, and the sun might rise and set later than in the UK. I went to my bed in the hostel and went to sleep. I would have to wake up fairly early to catch the bus to the rail station to go to Dublin.

I hope you will join me in tomorrow's adventure in the Republic of Ireland. I get to go on the self guided tour including a LUAS ride to Sandyford. You will kind of feel what it would be like to be in the film "The Commitments", particularly with Robert Arkins. See you then!

[rabbitcruiser]

The Partition of Ireland on May 3, 1921: The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

[streetsofdublin]

SPANISH CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL IN BELFAST AT WRITERS SQUARE

In the 1930s, nearly 1,000 Irishmen followed in the long tradition of foreign service by enlisting to fight in the Spanish Civil War;

SCULPTED BY ANTO BRENNAN A few years ago, while I was in the process of photographing this memorial, a passerby asked me why I was interested in a statue of an American soldier. There are a number of memorials to Belfast’s Spanish volunteers, from this bronze statue at Writers’ Square, opposite St Anne’s Cathedral, to the plaque in The John Hewitt bar. Note: Hewitt and his wife, Roberta, took…

[werewolfetone]

Actually the single best thing in belfast is the inside of st anne's cathedral where they have various stone carvings displaying the universal christian virtues which every good anglican should of course attempt to exhibit, including "honesty" "faith" "kindness" "industry" "shipbuilding" "linen" and so forth

[art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament]

Behold, a bracket!

Text form below the cut because trying to copy all the 256 into the alt text sounded.... horrifying. Warning for 128 matchups, seriously, this list is long, and so I've avoided adding the artists until the polls.

a note: the pinned post has started misbehaving, so only open polls will be directly linked. closed polls instead have the results page linked in the set header, all the polls are linked from there

Set 1

The Lament for Icarus (Miao He) vs The Lament for Icarus (Herbert Draper)

The angel came to me in a fever hallucination, perched upon my bed as I returned from the bathroom. vs Sweet Brown Snail

Figures vs A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery

Happy Shoppers vs Hubble Deep Field

Lovers Painting vs Bath Curtain

Dr. Helen Taussig vs Une Martyre

Orangoutang étranglant un sauvage de Bornéo (Orangutan strangling a Borneo savage) vs Can’t Help Myself

Rape vs Technicolor Hiroshima

Set 2

A Walk at Dusk vs Based on “Autoportrait with the Model” by Maria-Rayevska Ivanova

Diary Page vs Les Jours Gigantesques (The Titanic Days)

Dead of Night vs You Won't

Christina's World vs Bobby

Untitled (I’m Turning Into A Specter Before Your Very Eyes And I’m Going To Haunt You) vs Two Sisters (On the Terrace)

Sharecropper vs Lustmord

The Parca and the Angel of Death vs Untitled (Zdzisław Beksiński)

Stress vs The Fallen Angel

Set 3

Device to Root Out Evil vs Travelling Light

Diana vs Fifty Days at Iliam: The Fire that Consumes All before It

The Plains, from Memory vs Exotic Bodies

Doubting Thomas vs Self-Portrait in the Bathroom Mirror

Empty Nest vs Somebody Fell From Aloft

Anguish vs If I Died

Cat in Obsolete Bath vs You're Not Boring Anymore

Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) vs Untitled (billboard of an empty unmade bed)

Set 4

There Will Be No Miracles Here vs Symphony of the Sixth Blast Furnace

Fox Hunt vs Tarpaulin

Khajuraho Group of Monuments vs Ranakpur Jain Temple

ปราสาทสัจธรรม (The Sanctuary of Truth) vs Grande Panorama de Lisboa

Heroic Head of Pierre de Wissant, One of the Burghers of Calais vs The Weather

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit vs If this is art

Statue of Vincent and Theo van Gogh vs Jeanne d’Arc écoutant les voix (Joan of Arc listening to the Voices)

Fountain vs Judith Slaying Holofernes

Set 5

Cueva de las Manos (Cave of Hands) vs Cave of El Castillo

Chauvet Cave Bear vs Uffington White Horse

Laocoön and His Sons vs Winged Victory of Samothrace

Crouching Aphrodite vs Statue of Taweret

Guardian Figure vs Kūya-Shonin (Saint Kuya)

Ancient Greek doll vs Arena #7 (Bears)

Enbu (炎舞) (Dancing in the Flames) vs Yearning Shadows

Belfast to Byzantium vs Freedom

Set 6

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayan vs Portraits

The Blood Mirror vs Nighthawks

Electric Fan (Feel it Motherfuckers): Only Unclaimed Item from the Stephen Earabino Estate vs "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)

Lady Agnew of Lochnaw vs Forgotten Dreams

Saint Bride vs Pixeles (a group of 9 works)

War Pieta vs The Sunset

The Handmaidens of Sivawara Preparing the Sacred Bull at Tanjore for a Festival vs Ajax and Cassandra

Nāve (Death) vs Abstraction

Set 7

Yes vs Meeting on the Turret Stair

Hacked to Death II vs Stańczyk

Closeness Lines Over Time vs Voice of Fire

The Maple Trees at Mama, the Tekona Shrine and Tsugihashi Bridge vs Portrait of Sir Thomas More

Survival Series: In a Dream You Saw a Way vs Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre

Death blowing bubbles vs The Kitchen Table Series

Painting 1946 vs In the Grip of Winter

Untitled (Black and Gray) vs NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

Set 8

Blue Plate Special vs Red Cedar

Palace of Fine Arts vs Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

Le Château des Pyrénées (The Castle of the Pyrenees) vs Susanna and the Elders, Restored - X-Ray

Moby Dick vs Viva la Vida, Watermelons

Venus Envy Chapter One (Of the First Holy Communion Moments Before the End) vs how to look at art

St. Sebastian vs Untitled #12

Carroña vs The invincible one

Untitled (Two Dogs) vs The Dog

SECOND HALF

Set 9

David (Donatello) vs David (Michelangelo)

The Other Side vs The Temptation of St. Jerome

Seated Woman with Bent Knees vs Starry Night

Headdress - Shadae vs Untitled for the Image Flow's Queer Conscience exhibit

Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind) vs Les Amants (The Lovers)

Siroče na majčinom grobu (Orphan on Mother's Grave) vs You Make My World a Better Place to Find

Fighting Against SARS Memorial Architectural Scene (弘揚抗疫精神建築景觀) vs Fallingwater

Resting vs The Hull

Set 10

Olive Trees vs Worship

Glow vs Wheatfield with Crows

Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X vs Untitled (He Plays Very Badly)

D.I.Y. by John Wiswell vs The Tragedy

Judith and the Head of Holofernes vs Beethovenfries (Beethoven Frieze)

The Memory of Me (How Could I Forget) vs oh god i had a really big epiphany about love and personhood but i’m too drunk for words

I am happy because everyone loves me vs 瀕危形態 (Endangered Forms)

Three Scaffolders vs Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan

Set 11

San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk vs Water-Lilies, Reflection of a Weeping Willow

The Grief of the Pasha vs Monolith in Vigeland Sculpture Park

Passion vs Space Diner

Hamlet and Ophelia vs Two Earthlings

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth vs Seer Bonnets

Photograph from "SNAP OSAKA" Collection vs Clytemnestra after the Murder

“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers) vs The Lovers (TIE)

Kedai Ubat Jenun vs Orange Store Front

Set 12

The Apotheosis of War vs Portrait of the Dancer Aleksandr Sakharov

Julie Manet vs Mouth

The Icebergs vs Kaleidoscope Cats III

Maman vs Caza Nocturna (Night Hunt)

The Book of Kells Folio 188r: Luke carpet page vs Ardagh Chalice

Yusuf and Zulaikha vs Dome of the Rock mosaics

Rowan Leaves and Hole vs Untitled (prisonhannibal)

Le Désespéré (The Desperate Man) vs The Dedication

Set 13

Deimos vs Dog and Bridge

The Mocking of Christ vs Prudence

The Broken Column vs Siberian Ice Maiden shoulder tattoo

Transi de René de Chalon (Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon) vs Head of Christ

The Day vs Spirit of Haida Gwaii

Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571 vs Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban জাতীয় সংসদ ভবন (National Parliament House)

Juventud de Baco (Bacchus Youth) vs Barges on the Seine

Oath of the Horattii closeup vs Visit hos Excentrisk Dam (Visit to an eccentric lady)

Set 14

Christ Crucified (With Donor) vs St. Francis

Thunder Raining Poison vs Piazza d'Italia

The Grove vs Among the Waves

Pintura Mural de Alarcón vs Sagrada Família stained-glass windows

Noonday Heat vs La Dame à la licorne (The Lady and The Unicorn)

Matroser i Gröna Lund (Sailors in Gröna Lund) vs Gielda Plakatu

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks vs The Garden of Earthly Delights

Kuoleman puutarha (The Garden of Death) vs Haavoittunut enkeli (The Wounded Angel)

Set 15

i've wasted a lifetime pretending to be me vs da oracle

minus #37 vs Panel from Fun Home

Excerpt from illustrated edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner vs La Mort de Marat (The Death of Marat)

The Veil vs Düsseldorf 4 (Museum Kunst Palast)

Capriccio vs Zodiac calendar for La Plume

The official imperial portrait of empress dowager Cixi vs José y Maria

Blooming Lilacs vs Lágrimas De Sangre (Tears of Blood)

An Interlude vs Boy Staring at an Apparition

Set 16

Mermer Waiskeder: Stories of the Moving Tide vs The Gran Hotel Ciudad de México Art Nouveau interior

Unfinished Painting vs To Arms!

Memorial to a Marriage vs The Island

Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn vs A Few Small Nips

Saturn Devouring His Son vs Guernica

Fairy Princesses vs Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Mummy with An Inserted Panel Portrait of a Youth vs Little Girl Looking Downstairs at Christmas Party

Agnus vs The Cup Of His Murders Is Flowing Over And In His Coat Shall Be Many Curses

[tanith-rhea]

That I may be weak with you

"Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test." - Alain de Botton Dorothea Delilah Darcy is a woman in her mid to late twenties, struggling to find her place in the world. A recent job opportunity as a guidance counsellor at Nevermore Academy seems like a godsend, and she could not miss it for the life of her. Still, perhaps more problems will arise than she expected. Between bubbly, extroverted students and an uncharacteristically reactive principal, she'll be forced to overcome the limitations of her abilities or separate herself entirely from the place she'll grow to call home.

Author's note: this is... something that I'm willing to share at the moment. I hope you like it, it certainly is more of an indulgence on my part than anything else. This and Honey, You're a Keeper are what's keeping me sane lately (although more fantasizing about both the stories than writing them)

Chapter One

"There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship" — Franz Kafka

You never thought you would someday get the chance to go to Nevermore. Being home-schooled was very common for kids in your community, and the boarding high school experience seemed to you like one of those unachievable dreams you only read about in the countless novels in your library.

You ended up not going, of course. At least not as a student. Now you approached the Nevermore gates in a car driven by a charming middle-aged man responsible for maintaining the campus surroundings nifty and, apparently, chauffeuring new professors.

A soft drizzle cast everything in a foggish autumnal setting. The term would begin in a week, so true autumn wasn't very far away, but the contrast with your parents' house was welcomed; it reminded you of Belfast, only warmer and sealess.

"What do you think, Ser Barnabas?" you petted the dark-grey tabby in your lap, "Will they be able to help us?"

"What was that, Miss?" the driver asked amicably.

"Oh! Nothing, Mr Duch, sorry to disturb you."

"Nonsense, girl, you've been nothing but nice the entire trip," he turned the car left and you saw the castle beyond the trees "We're here."

Nevermore Academy was a castle-like boarding school for teenage outcasts to learn how to control and develop their powers as well as a myriad of other subjects. You would do something along those lines, you would help them with their troubles. As it appears, their count had gone up considerably since last semester.

The building itself was a gorgeous piece of architecture. You remembered studying similar structures while going over the Gothic movement in college almost seven years ago but looking at pictures was never the same as visiting a cathedral. It certainly was not the same as stepping out of the car to a fairy-tale courtyard and mystical-looking archways. The grandiosity of the place brought you the nostalgia of reading The Secret Garden for the first time; childish curiosity meets fantastical hidden marvel.

"Everything was strange and silent and she seemed to be hundreds of miles away from anyone..."

"But somehow she did not feel lonely at all," someone interrupted your mumbling in a soft, amicable tone.

A tall blond approached you by the car, dressed in a long-sleeved, cream-coloured dress. She was easily a foot taller than you and quite intimidating, but contrary to her height, her warm blue eyes only invited you in. You felt a surge of emotion in your chest and slightly panicked at the thought of having an episode then and there, and out of nowhere too. You were certain no one was touching you, and you knew none of the people around you personally.

"Are you all right?" the beautiful woman asked, and a small crease appeared between her brows. She went to touch your arm, but you quickly composed yourself and stepped away to deposit Ser Barnabas on the ground.

"I'm quite all right, yes!" you tried to smile, "I was only surprised you knew Ms Hogson's words."

"Hardly an uncommon read," Ser Barnabas went to her and walked between her legs, rubbing on her quite uncharacteristically.

"But you knew them exactly, Pride and Prejudice is not an uncommon read and yet most people won't be able to quote it if asked."

"Quite the debater, I see, but you do have a point," she arched one perfectly designed eyebrow at you "Pleasure to meet you, Miss Darcy, I'm Larissa Weems, the principal of Nevermore Academy," she held her hand out to you and of course you were being unnecessarily prickly to the one person that could fire you and send you away at any time.

"Oh, my, I'm so sorry!" you hastily recovered from your previous scare, putting on a well-practised mask of serenity, "We only talked through e-mails so I'm afraid I didn't recognize you," you took her hand confidently "I didn't realise you would be meeting me quite so soon."

"I prefer to give the tour myself to any new staff member. I believe it to be a good bonding opportunity," she smiled easily. She was so effortlessly gracious, you had to admit leadership suited her like her obviously tailored dress.

You tugged on your glove ends to distract yourself from her overwhelming warmth and turned to look at the kind gentleman that brought you there, "Mr Duch, could you open the truck for me? I'd like to bring my things along to save time."

"Oh, don't worry, darling. I'll ask some of the staff to do that for you. You can go, Mr Duch, and have a rest before getting back to work, I believe Philomena made hot chocolate about half an hour ago and there still might have some."

"Thank you, principal, have a good day," the man left through a side pathway and quickly was out of view beyond the archways.

You were left with the imposing figure, and there wasn't much you could do aside from accompanying her. Somehow, she made you more nervous than you anticipated. Meeting new people was always a complicated ordeal, but with Principal Weems the hairs on your arms seemed more charged than usual as if her energy already knew you, which was impossible.

Ser Barnabas, the traitor, was nowhere to be seen. After nuzzling her ankles, he just skipped away to explore. You were relieved she didn't seem to realize or mind your cat's affections, after all, pets could not be prohibited but it didn't mean other co-workers or your boss had to like yours.

"I'll show you your private accommodations and we'll have a look around the school. Your office is near the astronomy tower, just before the Desdemona Hall communal area."

Your rooms consisted of a large bedroom and office area with an adjoining bathroom equipped with a bathtub and separate shower space. It was similar to what your last place of employment offered, but the stone walls and gothic feel were an entirely different level of appeal.

The principal showed you the dining area, the quad — which was a pentagon — the teacher's breakroom and your own classroom. The rest she said you'd be quickly acquainted with during the next few weeks. She explained some basic rules of the academy and advised you to be cautious of students trying to trick you into giving them a Jericho pass, especially Ophelia Hall girls. You found it all quite simple to understand, but that was only when you could actually concentrate on what the woman was telling you and not the movement of her lips forming words.

She had a very articulate way of expressing herself, something expected from someone in such a position of power, but it was understandably charming accompanied by her melodic accent, low voice and powerful stance. She commanded discipline by simply being.

"I hope to see you very soon, Miss Darcy," the woman concluded with a winning smile, "Dinner is served at seven-thirty, as I already told you. If you would like to dine out, please notify Mr Duch before five and transportation back is on you," she nodded one final time before turning on her heels and walking down the corridor.

You surveyed your office once more. Now that you were alone, a sense of calm finally made its way to your bones. Being near other people wasn't unpleasant most of the time, but the principal seemed to have a particularly powerful presence and keeping yourself in check all the time while paying attention to her was exhausting. Not that you paid all that much attention to her, instead just ogling like a creep.

Your files were already organized in the first drawer of your desk; all the documents you sent through e-mails to the school board were printed and put together in a leather cover binder. Very aesthetically pleasing and organized. You loved whoever did that for taking their time to sort through everything so carefully.

Leaving the office behind, you went back to your rooms for a shower and change of clothes. Ser Barnabas somehow was inside, sleeping atop a suitcase as if he was protecting your belongings.

"Someone had a busy hour," you scratched behind his ear and he stretched, meowing for being woken up.

You unpacked and put your things away in drawers and armoires, leaving Ser Barnabas' teacup by the enormous arched window overlooking the quad for him to hydrate whenever he deemed necessary — sometimes you were convinced he drank mentally because the water would disappear and he would be sleeping in the exact same position as the one before you left — before having a long-awaited shower.

You didn't go to dinner that day, deciding on a series of one-person games of draughts before bed.

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

Timothy M. Dolan Archbishop of New York

Cardinal Dolan still on his pilgrimage to Ireland at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh! You all know I have a rock hard boner for Cardinal Dolan, but I want more of that priest in the background.

Cardinal Dolan visited St. Malachy’s, a vibrant parish in Belfast and was honored to use one of their Penal chalices.

Penal chalices. Hahaha… penis.

What? I'm a child sometimes.

Cardinal Dolan kissing the Penal chalices. Hahaha… penis.

[grandmaster-anne]

Coronation Music at Westminster Abbey

The Royal Family | Published 18 February 2023

Twelve newly commissioned pieces of music will be performed at The Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May 2023, showcasing musical talent from across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

A range of musical styles and performers blend tradition, heritage and ceremony with new musical voices of today, reflecting The King’s life-long love and support of music and the arts.

His Majesty The King has personally commissioned the new music and shaped and selected the musical programme for the Service.

Andrew Nethsingha, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey, will be overseeing all musical arrangements and directing the music during the Service.

Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director for the Royal Opera House, will be conducting the Coronation Orchestra which comprises a bespoke collection of musicians drawn from orchestras of The former Prince of Wales’ Patronages including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Six orchestral commissions, five choral commissions and one organ commission, have been specially composed for the occasion by world-renowned British composers whose work includes Classical, Sacred, Film, Television and Musical Theatre. Commissioned works include a new Coronation Anthem by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a Coronation March by Patrick Doyle, a new commission for solo organ embracing musical themes from countries across the Commonwealth by Iain Farrington plus new works by Sarah Class, Nigel Hess, Paul Mealor, Tarik O'Regan, Roxanna Panufnik, Shirley J. Thompson, Judith Weir, Roderick Williams, and Debbie Wiseman.

Soloists will include bass-baritone, Sir Bryn Terfel; soprano, Pretty Yende and baritone, Roderick Williams. The organ will be played by Sub-Organist, Westminster Abbey, Peter Holder, and Assistant Organist, Westminster Abbey, Matthew Jorysz.

The official Royal Harpist Alis Huws will perform as part of the Coronation Orchestra in recognition of The King’s long-standing and deeply held relationship and affiliation with Wales. One of the liturgical sections of the ceremony will also be performed in Welsh.

At the request of His Majesty, in tribute to his late father His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Greek Orthodox music will also feature in the Service performed by the Byzantine Chant Ensemble.

The Service will be sung by The Choir of Westminster Abbey and The Choir of His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, together with girl choristers from the Chapel Choir of Methodist College, Belfast and from Truro Cathedral Choir. The Ascension Choir, a handpicked gospel choir will also perform as part of the Service and The King’s Scholars of Westminster School will proclaim the traditional ‘Vivat’ acclamations.

Fanfares will be played by The State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry and The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Air Force.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner will conduct The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque soloists in a pre-Service programme of choral music. A small group of singers from The Monteverdi Choir will also join the main choral forces for the Service.

Music by the likes of William Byrd (1543–1623), George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941), Sir William Walton (1902–1983), Sir Hubert Parry (1848–1918) and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) has historically featured in the Service over the past four centuries and will be included in the programme along with the music of one of Britain’s most loved and celebrated living composers, Sir Karl Jenkins.

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 8 January:

1547 – Henry VIII suppresses the Chapter of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin; it will not be restored until 15 June 1555. 1779 – Birth in Newry of actress Julia Glover. 1860 – The Church of St Andrew in Suffolk Street, Dublin, is destroyed by fire. 1871 – James Craig, Ist Viscount Craigavon, Unionist politician and PM of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1940, is born in Belfast. 1873 – Home Rule…

[breitzbachbea]

tell me what have you seen in ireland? uwu

Oh my god. Oh myyy god. I'LL GLADLY TELL.

So, I did just stay in Dublin bc I like to really get to know one place on my own terms instead of hopping from place to place and only see a bit. I did spend one day in Derry, though.

In Dublin, I went to:

- Dublinia, a museum about medieval and viking Dublin. One of the students working there talked his whole shift away with me and became a friend.

- Christchurch Cathedral, where Strongbow is buried

- St. Patrick's Cathedral (even found two of the mismatched tiles, bc 'only God is perfect'!)

- Dublin Castle (Saw the River Puddle! Or is it Poddle? I'm so bad with Irish river names)

- Strolled through St. Stephen's once, but didn't explore much.

- Went to the see the Book of Kells and the Long Hall in Trinity College (their Cicero bust is so funny)

- Went to the Cobblestones pub with a tumblr mutual and it was a lovely evening

- Visited Henrietta Street 14, one of the old Georgian townhouses that tells the stories from the British High Life to Irish squalor in Dublin

- Just walked around in Grangegorman and Phibsboro, bc that is where Harry, Soph and Paddy live (DESPAIR. still have no clue where I want Charlie to reside.)

- Went to the 'Dead Zoo', the national natural science museum.

- Went to the national archaeological museum and saw a cool sword. And got more extra viking info, bc it was with my Dublinia friend.

- Went to the museum of Modern Irish Literature, which was 80% James Joyce. (One room encourages you to write down the beginning of a book and I just left the beginning of a Harry and Charlie One-Shot at the wall).

- Went to the National Gallery and saw some John Keats and Renaissance Era stuff

- Went to the General Post Office Museum with their great contextualization of the Easter Rising with what came before and after. (Love the poster walls that really embed you in the Zeitgeist).

- Went to EPIC The Museum of Irish Emigration. That one was fun, I think.

- What's it called, Merrion Square? Wherever the Oscar Wilde statue is. I went there.

- In Derry, I went to the Guildhall to see their exhibition on the Ulster Plantation. That was cool!

- I also went to the Free Derry Museum, which does such a good job of contextualizing the beginning of the Troubles.

- And I walked the entirety of Derry's walls once!!! And bc the busride didn't go through Belfast, I saw a lot of the countryside in Derry, Tyrone and Armagh.

- Went to St. Michan's to see the Crypt YEHAAAAW. (The bodies are mummified bc of the temperature staying the same, the limestone walls and the methane gas that comes up through the ground).

I honestly may have forgotten something, I'm not sure. It was all in all a great trip and I already ache to return, the same way I ache to return to Sicily. I know it's Scottish and there is no Ocean in sight but ... my bonnie lies over the ocean ...

[greenbagjosh]

[projectourworld]

You wouldn’t ask if they’re Catholic or Protestant’: the music festival bringing Belfast together.

Belfast TradFest unites young people who are often segregated. Its founders explain why traditional music belongs to all. Belfast is in many ways still a deeply divided city, but last week young people from Catholic and Protestant communities – who live apart and go to religiously segregated schools – played music together at Belfast Summer School of Traditional Music, as part of the weeklong Belfast TradFest. From the sound of bagpipes echoing in St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, to the first ever concert of Irish and Scottish music in Protestant east Belfast and primary school-age banjo players holding their own in an afternoon pub performance, the city is buzzing with the sound of traditional music everywhere you turn. More than 500 people of all ages are taking the summer school classes to learn traditional music, song and dance, and there are thousands more attending talks, sessions and concerts.

By Dave McNally. The Guardian #community #togetherness #unity

[beardedmrbean]

A man who died when his homemade bomb went off outside a hospital had a grievance against the British state because his asylum claim was rejected, a police investigation has found.

Emad Al Swealmeen's device exploded in a taxi outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on 14 November 2021.

The 32-year-old was killed, but driver David Perry escaped the blast.

Counter Terrorism Policing North West said his grievance "combined with mental ill health" led to the attack.

The force's report into the bombing said it was "most likely" that Al Swealmeen's grievance against the British state for failing to accept his asylum claim had "compounded his mental ill health, which, in turn, fed that grievance and ultimately a combination of those factors led him to undertake the attack".

Det Supt Andy Meeks said it was believed Al Swealmeen intended to go into the hospital and detonate his device, but it was likely that it had exploded earlier than planned.

He said there was no evidence anyone else was involved in the attack.

The explosion, which was captured on the hospital's CCTV, propelled ball bearings through the taxi, blowing out its front windscreen.

The glass hit a tree 52ft (16m) away and damage was caused to the hospital's windows.

Det Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen, who was born in Iraq, had gone to considerable lengths to stay in the country, including converting to Christianity, although the authenticity of his conversion was in doubt.

A previously confidential 2015 asylum judgment, released to the BBC in 2022, also revealed his claim of being a Syrian refugee had lacked basic facts.

The force said Al Swealmeen came to the UK in 2014, having applied for a visa in Abu Dhabi claiming he wanted to travel for a holiday and to watch the filming of Britain's Got Talent in Belfast.

He falsely claimed to be a Syrian national when interviewed by Home Office officials and his asylum claim was rejected.

Det Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen began a conversion to Christianity in 2015, when his asylum appeal rights were exhausted, and was baptised at Liverpool Cathedral in November that year.

He forwarded letters of support from members of the church community to the Home Office to support his asylum claim in 2017.

In January 2020, a further asylum claim was rejected on the basis he had not truly accepted the Christian faith and rejected others.

Det Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen's deterioration in mental health coincided with developments in his asylum case.

He said he was detained by police under the Mental Health Act in 2015 and was later sectioned.

The investigation into the attack found Al Swealmeen rented a flat in Rutland Avenue, about 1.5 miles (2.4km) from the hospital, with the "sole purpose" of building the bomb.

Officers found mixing bowls and bags of chemicals inside the flat, along with a mobile phone containing instructions on how to make explosives.

A search of his other address, which he shared with other asylum claimants in Sutcliffe Street, uncovered two unfinished improvised firearms.

A subsequent search of his mobile phones found they had been largely erased and he had taken precautions to conceal his intentions.

As a result, the report said officers would "never truly know why Al Swealmeen took the actions that he did that led to the explosion".

Following the report's publication, Merseyside Police's Assistant Chief Constable Jon Roy said the public's reaction to the attack had been "unbelievable", adding: "In the face of adversity, they were strong and determined and unbowed."

"Ultimately, the aim of terrorists is to create conflict, distrust and fear, but that didn't happen here and people across Liverpool stood shoulder to shoulder," he added.

[somediyprojects]

Mirabilia Designs #164: Cathedral Woods Goddess WIP stitched by seamingly.normal. Pattern designed by Nora Corbett.

“Update post on the beautiful Cathedral Woods Goddess. Slow and steady on the dress 😅😅 Pattern: Cathedral Woods Goddess by Mirabilia Fabric: 32 count Zweigart Belfast Linen in Gold Started: 6 Feb 23.”

[art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament]

ROUND 3

These are one day polls and two sets (four polls) will be posted in a day!

Text form and links below:

SET 1

MATCH ONE: Lament for Icarus vs Hubble Deep Field

MATCH TWO: Bath Curtain vs Can't Help Myself

SET 2

MATCH ONE: Diary Page vs Dead of Night

MATCH TWO: Untitled (I’m Turning Into A Specter Before Your Very Eyes And I’m Going To Haunt You) vs Untitled (Zdzisław Beksiński)

SET 3

MATCH ONE: Fifty Days at Iliam: The Fire That Consumes All Before It vs Doubting Thomas

MATCH TWO: Anguish vs Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World)

SET 4

MATCH ONE: Symphony of the Sixth Blast Furnace vs Khajuraho Group of Monuments

MATCH TWO: The Weather vs Judith Slaying Holofernes

SET 5

MATCH ONE: Cueva de las Manos (Cave of Hands) vs Winged Victory of Samothrace

MATCH TWO: Arena #7 (Bears) vs Belfast to Byzantium

SET 6

MATCH ONE: Nighthawks vs Electric Fan (Feel it Motherfuckers): Only Unclaimed Item from the Stephen Earabino Estate

MATCH TWO: Pixeles (a group of 9 works) vs Nāve (Death)

SET 7

MATCH ONE: Stańczyk vs Closeness Lines Over Time

MATCH TWO: The Kitchen Table Series vs NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

SET 8

MATCH ONE: Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba vs Susanna and the Elders, Restored - X-Ray

MATCH TWO: how to look at art vs Carroña

SET 9

MATCH ONE: The Other Side vs Starry Night

MATCH TWO: Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind) vs The Hull

SET 10

MATCH ONE: Wheatfield with Crows vs Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X

MATCH TWO: oh god i had a really big epiphany about love and personhood but i’m too drunk for words vs Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan

SET 11

MATCH ONE: The Grief of the Pasha vs Two Earthlings

MATCH TWO: Clytemnestra after the Murder vs "Untitled" (Perfect Lovers) and The Lovers

SET 12

MATCH ONE: Mouth vs Maman

MATCH TWO: Dome of the Rock mosaics vs Le Désespéré (The Desperate Man)

SET 13

MATCH ONE: Deimos vs Siberian Ice Maiden shoulder tattoo

MATCH TWO: The Day vs Juventud de Baco (Bacchus Youth)

SET 14

MATCH ONE: Thunder Raining Poison vs Sagrada Família stained-glass windows

MATCH TWO: Noonday Heat vs Kuoleman puutarha (The Garden of Death)

SET 15

MATCH ONE: Panel from Fun Home vs Düsseldorf 4 (Museum Kunst Palast)

MATCH TWO: José y Maria vs Lágrimas De Sangre (Tears of Blood)

SET 16

MATCH ONE: Unfinished Painting vs Memorial to a Marriage

MATCH TWO: Saturn Devouring His Son vs Agnus

[awesomefringey]

**I will keep updating this post, it’s pinned to my blog**

LIAM PAYNE MEMORIAL (Update)

Online

Virtual memorial | October 20 - 12pm EST

Meeting ID: 815 4938 9948

Passcode: 684974

Online Memorial | October 29 | Follow this blog for more info:

Digital Wall | Messages for Liam | this will stay up forever

Petition | Enact Legislation to Safeguard Artists' Mental Health in the Entertainment Industry

Europe

🇬🇧 🏠 Wolverhampton | October 18 - 6pm | The Halls, University of Wolverhampton

🇬🇧 Holmes Chapel | October 21 - Morning | Train Station

🇬🇧 London | October 20 - 2pm | Hyde Park meeting point at Peter Pan statue

🇬🇧 Liverpool | October 19 - 2pm | Docks on keel wharf bridge

🇬🇧 Glasgow | October 20 - 2pm | Sir Walter Scott Statue in George Square

🇬🇧 Manchester | October 20 - 6pm | Cathedral Gardens

🇬🇧 Birmingham | October 20 - 4pm | Chamberlain Square

🇬🇧 Belfast | October 20 - 4pm | Palm house at Botanic Gardens

🇬🇧 Edinburg | October 20 - 3pm | The Meadows

🇬🇧 Scotland | October 20 - 2pm | Beach front (across from Inoflate)

🇬🇧 Newcastle | October 20 - 2pm | Outside Church of St Thomas

🇬🇧 Bath | October 20 - 12pm | Bath Abbey

🇬🇧 Sheffield | October 20 - 3pm | Town Hall

🇮🇪 Dublin | October 19 /20 - 2pm | St Stephen’s Green

Link: https://t.co/SpzoWGMjX6

🇮🇪 Cork | October 20 - 4pm | Bishop Lucey Park

🇮🇪 Galway | October 20 - 4pm | Eyre Square |

Link: chat.whatsapp.com/FCjQMWN1B2U9iD…

🇫🇷 Paris | October 20 - 2pm | Jardins des Tuileries

🇫🇷 Toulouse | October 20 - 6pm | Jardin Royal

🇫🇷 Rennes | October 20 - 3:30pm | Parc du Thador

🇫🇷 Lyon | October 20 - 2pm | Place Antonin Poncet

🇫🇷 Montpellier | October 20 - 2pm | Jardin du Champ de Mars

🇫🇷 Lille | October 20 - 2pm | Parc de la Citadelle

🇫🇷 Bordeaux | October 20 - 2pm | Jardin public

🇫🇷 Nancy | October 20 - 2pm | Parc de la pépinière

🇫🇷 Marseille | October 20 - 2pm | En bas de Notre Dame de la Garde

🇫🇷 Strasbourg | October 20 - 2:30pm | Parc de l’Orangerie

🇫🇷 Rouen | October 20 - 2pm | Square Verdrel

🇫🇷 Nice | October 20 - 2:30pm | Jardin Albert 1er

🇫🇷 Dijon | October 20 - 2pm | Jardin de l’Arquebuse

🇩🇪 Munich | October 20 - 3pm | Olympiahalle

🇩🇪 Cologne | October 20 - 4pm | Cologne Cathedral

🇩🇪 Berlin | October 20 - 4pm | S Treptower Park (Ost)

🇩🇪 Frankfurt | October 20 - 3pm | Metzlerpark

🇩🇪 Düsseldorf | October 20 - 3pm | Rheinpark

🇩🇪 Hamburg | October 20 - 3pm | Amphitheater

🇩🇪 Dresden | October 20 - 2pm | Frauenkirche/Blaues Wunder

🇩🇪 Dortmund | October 20 - 2pm | Treffpunkt am Dortmunder Hauptbahnhof

🇩🇪 Hannover | October 20 - 5pm | Opernplatz

🇩🇪 Several cities around the country https://t.co/pJfzDfC4BL …

🇳🇴 Oslo | October 19 - 3pm | Utenfor Oslo Domkirk

🇫🇮 Helsinki | Olympiastadion (outside south entrance) | NO GATHERING

🇸🇪 Stockholm | October 19 - 6pm | Svartensgatan 8

🇩🇰 Odense | October 18 - 7:30pm | Odense Domkirke

🇳🇱 Utrecht | October 20 - 2pm | Central Station

🇳🇱 Utrecht | October 26 - 2pm | ?

🇧��� Brussels | October 19/20 - 2pm | Parc de Bruxelles

🇪🇸 Madrid | October 19 - 7pm | Parque Del Retiro

🇪🇸 Madrid | October 20 - 3pm | Plaza de Santa Ana

🇪🇸 Barcelona | October 20 - 4pm | Plaza Cataluña Al lado Primark

🇪🇸 Bilbao | October 20 - 4:30pm | Ayuntamiento

🇪🇸 Palma - Mallorca | October 19 - 6pm | Parc de la Mar

🇵🇹 Lisbon | October 27 - 6pm | Meo Arena, Oriente

🇵🇹 Oporto | October 20 - 3:30pm | Stadium of Dragão

🇮🇹 Milan | October 20 - 3pm | Piazza Duomo

🇮🇹 Rome | October 20 - 3pm | Villa Borghese

🇮🇹 Naples | October 27 - 5pm | Piazza Del Plebiscito

🇮🇹 Bologna | October 20 - 3pm | Piazza maggiore

🇮🇹 Bari | October 27 & November 3 - 5:30pm | Caserma Rossani

🇮🇹 Pisa | October 26 - 4pm | Giardino Scotto

🇮🇹 Udine | October 26 - 4pm | Piazza Primo Maggio

🇮🇹 Salerno | October 26 - 4pm | Piazza Della Liberta

🇮🇹 Catania | October 20 - 5pm | Villa Bellini

🇬🇷 Athens | November 2 - 12pm | OAKA stadium, "Eirini" metro station

🇬🇷 Thessaloniki | November 2 - 12pm | Pasha's Gardens

🇵🇱 Warsaw | October 20 - 1pm | 12 Kawalerii Street

🇩🇰 Skive | October 18 - 8pm | Skive Anlæg

🇭🇺 Budapest | October 20 - 5pm | Hero's Square

🇦🇹 Vienna | October 20 - 3pm | Ernst-Happel-Stadium

🇦🇹 Vienna | October 27 - 3pm | Ernst-Happel-Stadium

🇨🇭Zurich | October 19 - 2pm | Blatterwiese (next to Chinagarten)

🇨🇭Bern | October 20 - 2pm | Wankdorf Stadium

🇨🇿 Prague | October 20 - 4pm | Wenceslas Square

🇭🇺 Budapest | October 19 - 10am | Városliget

🇺🇦 Kiev | UK Embassy | NO GATHERING

South America, Oceania & Asia

South America:

🇧🇷 São Paulo | October 27 - 2pm | Parque Ibirapuera

🇧🇷 São Paulo Esalq | October 27 - 3pm | Piracicabara

🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro | October 27 - 1pm | Quinta de Bao Vista

🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte | October 20 - 2pm | Pampulha

🇧🇷 Curitiba | October 27 - 3pm | Jardim Botânico

🇧🇷 Belém | October 19 - 9am | Praça Batista Campos

🇧🇷 Brasília | October 25 - 5:30pm | Biblioteca Nacional

🇵🇪 Piura | October 18 - 8pm | Plazuela Ignacio Merino

🇵🇪 Arequipa | October 20 - 3:30pm | Campo de Marte

🇵🇪 Lima | October 19 - 6pm | Parque al costado del Club Internacional

🇧🇴 La Paz | October 18 - 6pm | Puerta de la embajada britanica, Av. Arce

🇧🇴 La Paz | October 19 - 4pm | Teatro al aire libre

🇧🇴 Santa Cruz | October 19 - 4pm | Parque los Mangales (Av. Beni, 4to anillo)

🇧🇴 Cochabamba | October 20 - 5pm | Parque del Arquitecto

🇧🇴 Sucre | October 19 - 5pm | Plaza 25 de Mayo

🇧🇴 Oruro | October 19 - 5pm | Parque ecológico

🇺🇾 Montevideo | October 20 - 2:30pm | Rambla Kibon

🇨🇱 Santiago | October 19 - 4pm | Av. El Bosque Nte. 125, Las Condes

🇵🇾 Asuncion | October 19 - 5pm | Costanera

🇸🇻 Salvador | October 19 - 3pm | Parque del Bicentenario

🇲🇽 Monterrey | October 20 - 4pm | Macroplaza

🇲🇽 Mexicali | October 20 - 12pm | Vicerrectoria UABC Campus Mexicali

🇲🇽 Juárez | October 19 - 3:30pm | Parque Central Pointe

🇲🇽 Guadalajara | October 19 - 2:30pm | Rotonda de los Jalisciences illustres

🇬🇹 Guatemala City | October 19 - 4pm | Plaza El Obelisco

Oceania:

🇳🇿 Auckland | October 20 - 2pm | Freyberg Square

🇳🇿 Wellington | October 20 - 5pm | Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park

🇦🇺 Sydney | October 20 - 11am | Hyde Park (Memorial fountain)

🇦🇺 Brisbane | October 20 - 3pm | ***Post Office Square Park

***RSVP : saturdays_ltw@outlook.com

🇦🇺 Brisbane | October 20 - 2:30pm | River Quay Green

🇦🇺 Melbourne | October 20 - 11am | Flagstaff Gardens

🇦🇺 Adelaide | October 20 | Elder Park - River Torrens

Asia:

🇮🇳 Mumbai | October 20 - 5pm | Marine Lines, Opposite Pizza by the Bay

🇮🇳 Bandra | October 23 - 6pm | Mont Mary Church

🇮🇳 Delhi | October 19/20 - 12pm | Lodhi Gardens

🇮🇳 Hyderabad | October 20 - 6pm | Sanjeevaiah Park

🇮🇳 Kolkata | October 20 - 1pm | Maidan (Opposite Victoria Memorial

🇵🇭 Manila | October 19 - 10am | Sun Garden - 5th Floor

🇯🇵 Tokyo | October 20 - 2pm | Yoyogi Park - central field

North America & Canada

🇨🇦 Canada:

▪️Toronto | October 20th - 6pm | High Park

▪️Montreal | October 20 - 1pm | 4601 R. Sherbrooke E (Close by the Olympic Stadium)

▪️Vancouver | October 20 - time tbd | Art Gallery (FB group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1081994593620682/)

🇺🇸 US:

▪️Newark - Delaware | October 19 - 4pm | Glasgow Park

▪️NYC | October 19 - picnic* at 11am and another event at 6pm | Washington Square Park

*Picnic RSVP : https://partiful.com/e/2WoJi0Onf8jWijlyFU8E

▪️Chicago | October 19 - 2pm | Gather at Grandmother’s Garden outside of Lincoln Park Zoo

▪️Los Angeles | October 19 - 4:30pm | La Cienaga** Park in Beverly Hills

**RSVP : https://partiful.com/e/P5qPcaZkgLizNYhzP0mm

▪️Bellingham - WA | October 19 - 5pm | Maritime Heratige

▪️Glendale - AZ | October 18 - 6pm | Glendale Heroes Reginal Park

▪️Louisville - KY | October 19 - 5pm | Cherokee Park

▪️San Francisco | October 18 - 6pm | Civic Center Plaza

▪️Long Beach - CA | October 18 - 6:30pm | Bixby Park

▪️Sacramento - CA | October 18 - 6:30pm | Memorial Auditorium

▪️Boston - MA | October 19 - 2pm | Boston Common

▪️Lewisville - TX | October 21 - 11am | On The Border

▪️Pittsburgh - PA | October 20 - 5pm | Schenley Park (Flagstaff Hill Pavilion)

▪️Fresno - CA | October 18 - 6:30pm | Save Mart Center

▪️La Jolla - CA | October 18 - 7pm | 12600 N Torrey Pines Rd

▪️Houston | October 20 - 5pm (picnic***) | Herman Park

***RSVP pls look at the IG @/1dlover904

▪️Philadelphia | October 20 - 1pm | The Lakes at FDR Park

▪️Atlanta - GA | October 19 - 2pm | Piedmont Park

▪️Minneapolis | October 20 - 5:30pm | The Common Park

▪️Orlando - FL | October 21 - 6:30pm | Lake Eola Park

▪️Seattle - WA | October 19 - 12pm | International fountain (Seattle Center)

▪️Cleveland - OH | October 20 - 6pm | Edgewater Park RVSP: https://partiful.com/e/TlvRTKsIVADl2AND1efp

Hi Sabine if you could please spread this, this account lists all the memorials planned for Liam across the world and regularly updates them, for those who wish and are able to attend https://x.com/HS_News_/status/1847077799942934740

Sending lots of love ❤️❤️❤️

LIAM PAYNE MEMORIAL

Europe:

🇬🇧 London | October 20 - 2pm | Hyde Park

🇬🇧Liverpool | October 19 - 2pm | Docks on keel wharf bridge

🇬🇧 Glasgow | October 20 - 2pm | Sir Walter Scott Statue in George Square

🇬🇧 Manchester | October 20 - 6pm | Cathedral Gardens

🇬🇧 Birmingham | October 20 - 4pm | Chamberlain Square

🇧🇪 Brussels | October 19/20 - 2pm | Parc de Bruxelles

🇫🇷 Paris | October 20 - 2pm | Jardins des Tuileries

🇩🇪 Munich | October 20 - 3pm | Olympiahalle

🇪🇸 Madrid | October 20 - 3pm | Plaza de Santa Ana

🇸🇪 Stockholm | October 19 - 6pm | Svartensgatan 8

🇵🇹 Lisbon | October 27 - 6pm | Meo Arena, Oriente

🇮🇹 Milan | October 20 - 3pm | Piazza Duomo

🇺🇸 US:

Newark - Delaware | October 19 - 4pm | Glasgow Park

NYC | October 19 - picnic* at 11am and another event at 6pm | Washington Square Park

*Picnic RSVP : https://partiful.com/e/2WoJi0Onf8jWijlyFU8E

Boston | October 19 - 2pm | Boston Common

Chicago | October 19 - 2pm | Gather at Grandmother’s Garden outside of Lincoln Park Zoo

Los Angeles | October 19 - 4:30pm | La Cienaga** Park in Beverly Hills

**RSVP : https://partiful.com/e/P5qPcaZkgLizNYhzP0mm

South-America:

🇧🇷 São Paulo | October 27 - 2pm | Parque Ibirapuera

Oceania:

🇳🇿 Auckland | October 20 - 2pm | Freyberg Square

🇦🇺 Sydney | October 20 - 11am | Hyde Park (Memorial fountain)

Asia:

🇮🇳 Mumbai | October 20 - 5pm | Marine Lines, Opposite Pizza by the Bay

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EDIT: added Boston