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New app to support Manx language revival

The BBC has reported on a new app launched to help people learn the ancient Manx language. Since being declared extinct in 2009 by UNESCO, the past three years have seen a revival in Manx Gaelic, one of the six Celtic languages alongside Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. The design for the Learn Manx app is based on a current course run by the Manx Heritage Foundation. It is hoped that the app will bring the language into the 21st Century and encourage more people to learn it. Continue reading →

New app to support Manx language revival

The BBC has reported on a new app launched to help people learn the ancient Manx language. Since being declared extinct in 2009 by UNESCO, the past three years have seen a revival in Manx Gaelic, one of the six Celtic languages alongside Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. The design for the Learn Manx app is based on a current course run by the Manx Heritage Foundation. It is hoped that the app will bring the language into the 21st Century and encourage more people to learn it. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Prendimi l’anima (2002)

The Italian film, Prendimi l’anima (Roberto Faenza, 2002) will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, at 6.30pm on Monday 19th November. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Paola Visconti. Il film racconta la storia vera di Sabine Spielrein, una giovane ebrea di origine russa che viene ricoverata nella clinica di Jung nel 1904 per una grave forma di isteria. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Prendimi l’anima (2002)

The Italian film, Prendimi l’anima (Roberto Faenza, 2002) will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, at 6.30pm on Monday 19th November. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Paola Visconti. Il film racconta la storia vera di Sabine Spielrein, una giovane ebrea di origine russa che viene ricoverata nella clinica di Jung nel 1904 per una grave forma di isteria. Continue reading →