#Elgin Award

[angela-yuriko-smith]

“The Gates of Katharion” by Maxwell I. Gold

Please welcome Maxwell I. Gold into the Poetry Spotlight reading “The Gates of Katharion” originally published in Weird Tales Magazine #366, Sword and Sorcery Issue.

Iron mouths smiled with teeth of rust and blood,while Katharion waited,with hinges so black and doomful.On amethystine nights, there collecteda mass of death and pride as the armies of tomorrowrotted and decayed on fields of someday.Old bones, so gray and dusty,withered under shadows aghast,expelled from garish, crooked towers,while Katharion waited;where cities fell, banners wilted in the…

[cnu-newurbanism]

Integrating new and historic in affordable housing

Larkin Place in Elgin, Illinois, is the adaptive reuse of a historic orphanage, on a block with affordable missing middle housing. Full Circle Development and Cordogan Clark won a CNU 2023 Charter Award in the Block, Street, and Building category.

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[laurenscharhagwrites]

I am simply thrilled to share that my poetry collection, Moonlight and Monsters, has been nominated for an Elgin Award. BIG THANKS to the Gnashing Teeth Publishing folks for this honor! Gnashing Teeth https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/product/moonlight-and-monsters-by-lauren-scharhag-2/

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[stephensmithuk]

The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Retrospection

It was common to refer to foreigners by the foreign versions of their titles; much less common today.

Costa Rica declared its independence from the defunct Federal Republic of Central America in 1838. Bar three small exceptions, most of Latin America was independent by 1889.

It was much easier for people to establish new identities back then - documents were much easier to forge.

The British Museum opened in June 1753; its two most controversial exhibits, the Elgin Marbles and Rosetta Stone had long been present by this time.

Dr Mortimer would be facing a professional conduct hearing today - he's blabbed about a man's heart condition to a stranger with no good reason!

Fulham Road, aka the A304, runs from the bottom end of Chelsea to Fulham Palace, then the home of the Bishop of London and now a museum. It passes Stamford Bridge, home ground of Chelsea FC.

Ross and Mangles sounds a rather on-the-nose name for somewhere that sells big, vicious dogs.

The "West Country" is an area covering SW England; precise definitions vary, but it would include Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, along with the city of Bristol. There is an ITV region called ITV West Country that covers this area, with its own local news programme.

One assumes that the page survived despite Stapleton/Baskerville shooting him like that.

"It is suggestive that Anthony is not a common name in England" - although there have been quite a few well-known people with that name since, such as Anthony "Tony" Blair or Anthony Ainley, the latter being the Master in Doctor Who from 1980 to 1989.

I can't find a white jessamine, but there are several plants called "white jasmine".

Les Huguenots is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer that premiered in Paris in 1836. It's about the events leading up to the 1572 St Bartholomew's Day Massacre, which was the mass murder of Protestants by Catholics in that country. A 2018 production can be viewed here:

The de Reszkes were three opera singers from this period who came from what was then the Russian-ruled "Congress Poland" - Josephine had retired at this point (and would die in 1891 aged 35), but Édouard and Jean were hugely acclaimed, making popular performances in London and later being honoured by Queen Victoria with the Royal Victorian Order.

That award, created in 1896, was and is at the sole discretion of the monarch; it is typically given for personal service to the monarch. Justin Welby, the current Archbishop of Canterbury, was made a Knight Grand Cross in that order in 2023 by Charles III, basically for doing the Coronation. Needing to adjust the Crown on his head clearly didn't count againat him.

That wraps The Hound of the Baskervilles. Onto The Valley of Fear!

[therainbowwillow]

Academy Awards for my 18th-21st Century English Literature class:

Poem that made me cry the most: Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats

Book that made me cry the most: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Most delightful (and relatable) poem: Nutting by William Wordsworth

Poem that made me have the most gay feelings: Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti

Poem that traumatized me the most: Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen

Poem that made me go “heheheahah that’s fucked up” the most /pos: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

Poem that most represented my semester: On Seeing the Elgin Marbles by John Keats

Poem that most made me want to irrationally kill someone: Tithonus: 46 minutes in the life of the Dawn by Alice Oswald

Poem that led me to read the most fanfiction about Lord Byron’s sexcapades: Darkness by Lord Byron

Poem that led me to learn that Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned at 29 while steering a boat very poorly after repeatedly almost drowning, being rescued, and refusing to ever learn to swim: Ozymandius by Percy Shelley

Most punchable character: Peter Walsh from Mrs. Dalloway. Stop stalking women with your pocket knife. What the fuck.

Least punchable character: Lucie Manette from A Tale of Two Cities

Character whose brain I would most like to study: Sula from Toni Morrison’s book, Sula.

Overall favorite book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Overall favorite poem: Nutting by Wordsworth

[scotianostra]

Harbourne Mackay Stephen was born in Elgin on 18th April 1914.

Harbourne was the son of a bank manager. He was initially educated privately, but then went to schools in Edinburgh and later at Shrewsbury School in Shropshire. He finished his schooling when he was 15-years-old and soon afterwards shifted to London to work in the newspaper industry. His first job was copy boy with Allied Newspapers and later he moved to the advertisement staff of the Evening Standard.

Stephen joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in April 1937 as an and learned to fly. Having achieved the required standard and number of flying hours, Stephen was offered the chance to train with the regular RAF for six months and was given six months leave of absence from his job.

He was offered a full Commission in April 1940 Stephen was posted to 74 Squadron at Hornchurch Over Dunkirk on 24th May he shared in destroying several German aircraft.

Pilot Officer Stephen shot down his first German plane on July 28 1940, and in the next 14 days he shot down 11 more. His score of eight victories in one day came on August 11th when he destroyed three Me109s and two Me110s, probably destroying another and damaging two more. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Flying Spitfires with 605 squadron he took part in the air battles over France and Dunkirk and throughout the thick of the Battle of Britain. He was one of the top scoring R.A.F. pilots at the end of 1940 with 22 and a half air victories

Harbourne Mackay Stephen was the first airman to be awarded a DSO, )Distinguished Service Order)in the field As one of the ''Tigers'' (74 Squadron) he shared the honour of shooting down the 600th aircraft to be destroyed by fighters from a single RAF. After the Battle of Britain, Stephen was posted to Turnhouse , Edinburgh as Chief Flying Instructor; but this was not his idea of active service, and he soon volunteered to go to the Far East in 1942 where he took command of 166 wing, remaining in fighters until the end of the war.

After the war he had a successful career in newspapers where he became managing Director of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. He died on 20th August 2001.

[jamieroxxartist]

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[the-bridgehunters-chronicles]

Mystery Bridge Nr. 229: The Bridge in Marywell, Scotland

Nick Hodgson brought this bridge to my attention recently as he submitted his candidates for the 2024 Bridgehunter Awards. This is one of them: a bridge spanning the River Lossie near the village of Marywell, Elgin in Scotland. The bridge features a Howe pony truss design with a belly-arch underside. Nothing is known about this bridge except it’s probably between 20 and 30 meters in length. Only…

[lboogie1906]

Elgin Gay Baylor (September 16, 1934 - March 22, 2021) was a former basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the NBA for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, appearing in eight NBA Finals. He was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer. Renowned for his acrobatic maneuvers on the court, he regularly dazzled Lakers fans with his trademark hanging jump shots. The #1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the All-NBA first team, he is regarded as one of the game’s all-time greatest players. In 1977, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

He spent 22 years as general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers. He won the NBA Executive of the Year Award in 2006 before being relieved of his duties shortly before the 2008–09 season began.

His popularity led to appearances on the television series Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In in 1968, the Jackson Five’s first TV special in 1971, and a Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode, “Olympiad”. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #kappaalphapsi

[samwaverley]

Book Review: "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo

Elgin Award-winning speculative poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" is a masterful exploration of the supernatural with the spine-chilling essence of Halloween.

Elgin Award-winning speculative poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s “Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems” is a masterful exploration of the supernatural with the spine-chilling essence of Halloween. Review This collection of poems explores themes of hauntings and the supernatural and offers readers a journey through ghostly encounters and eerie tales steeped in history. Each poem is meticulously crafted and…

[sallymajors]

Book Review: "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo

Elgin Award-winning speculative poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" is a masterful exploration of the supernatural with the spine-chilling essence of Halloween.

Elgin Award-winning speculative poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s “Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems” is a masterful exploration of the supernatural with the spine-chilling essence of Halloween. Review This collection of poems explores themes of hauntings and the supernatural and offers readers a journey through ghostly encounters and eerie tales steeped in history. Each poem is meticulously crafted and…

[rachellepryce]

Book Review: "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo

Elgin Award-winning speculative poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" is a masterful exploration of the supernatural with the spine-chilling essence of Halloween.

Elgin Award-winning speculative poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s “Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems” is a masterful exploration of the supernatural with the spine-chilling essence of Halloween. Review This collection of poems explores themes of hauntings and the supernatural and offers readers a journey through ghostly encounters and eerie tales steeped in history. Each poem is meticulously crafted and…

[thechrysalisbrewproject]

Book Review: "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo

Elgin Award-winning speculative poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" is a masterful exploration of the supernatural with the spine-chilling essence of Halloween.

Elgin Award-winning speculative poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s “Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems” is a masterful exploration of the supernatural with the spine-chilling essence of Halloween. Review This collection of poems explores themes of hauntings and the supernatural and offers readers a journey through ghostly encounters and eerie tales steeped in history. Each poem is meticulously crafted and…

[frontmezzjunkies]

The 2024 #TAPA's #DoraAward Winners Were Announced Last Night at a historic Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre ceremony hosted by the wonderful #RyanGHinds #TheaTO

The 2024 Winners of TAPA's #DoraAwards

  https://frontmezzjunkies.com/2024/06/25/the-2024-winners-of-tapas-dora-awards/ 

(via The 2024 Winners of TAPA's Dora Awards)