Siobhan McAndrew
@siobhanmcandrew
Policy economist, here for methods/cultural updates Ex-Sheffield Methods Institute; U. Bristol; U. Manchester; HMT Former V. Prof, Policy Institute, KCL Honorary SL, U. Sheffield Maigh Eo Ag atosú
Cartoon by my sister, years ago The little girl is now 28 and did get to see them win in her lifetime!
The child who can feud in an empty room has just brought me breakfast 😯😍 (I've sent her down for butter 😂)
This just turned up on Google memories - eldest kid with a visitor a few years ago (eldest kid now at high school 🤯)
You'll never guess where Philippa Dunne grew up 😂😂😂 💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Lunchtime learning via @nativedialogsga.bsky.social Which generates a few phrases a day automatically, takes about 5 minutes Today it was language for the internet
I read this out of context and was wondering why we're talking humanism this morning Slow on the uptake Very much here for the Desiderius fandom though
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha 🙏 agus ár bpócaí freisin 😭💸 Mo fhrása an lae, mar foghlaimeoir:
I just looked for a map/network graph of flight connections between the relevant cities Great graph from a January 2025 transport economics paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
All good fun I have to admit I love this tiny museum - I first visited when I was being induced and nothing much was happening
To the Four Illustrious Masters of the Franciscan Order Michael O'Cleary, Fearfeasa O'Maolconry Peregrine O'Cleary, Peregrine O' Duigenan by whose untiring labours at a time when hatred and persecution raged against the Catholic religion the ancient Annals of Ireland were saved from destruction
A constant in Irish history is catastrophic data loss: the pulped Censuses, the burning of the PRO, the household records lost with the Big Houses And most of Cleary's manuscripts. A tragedy - after all his work to preserve them!
I was amused when I found his name in my grandmother's family tree I'm going to assume he is the same Cú Choigcríche (the DIB isn't certain) I like the poem, both its railing at the world and its striving for acceptance
Always good to get a broader perspective - for example from the Irish newspaper of record today:
Younger child has just given me a thank-you card with a caveat
I'm pretty sure this is 'antics', not 'aunties'. From: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...