PhD on Northern Irish poetry @QUBelfast / interested in the relationship between literature and mass media (yes, even Twitter)
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Delighted to have my article on Ciaran Carson and the news out with @IrishStudiesRev - please do have a read!
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Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: 'As I become increasingly aware of my diminishing attention span, I find myself drawn to Heaney’s poems of concentration.' Why Seamus Heaney's best poems remind us to go slow. By @jamescoreilly @QUBelfast @qub_ael #SeamusHeaney rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0828/…
Ahead of the tenth anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s death, I wrote something for @RTEBrainstorm on slowness, ‘Sunlight’, and Leontia Flynn’s ‘August 30th 2013’
As the 10th anniversary of his death approaches, @jamescoreilly @QUBelfast @qub_ael writes about why Seamus Heaney's best poems are those that remind us to go slow rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0828/…
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And great to hear @jamescoreilly give a stunningly astute paper, '"Full of conversation"?' on dialogue, peace, politics & poetry. Can't wait to read James's thesis--on poetry & the news--in full; it's such good work!
Such a brilliant week in Cairo for the @IASIL3 conference! Whether in the heat of the desert or the cool of the lecture theatre, so many wonderful things to see and hear. And many thanks to @QUBScholarships for sending me!
Had a brilliant time in Valencia last week courtesy of
@aedei_es ! We had such a friendly welcome and it was great to hear some really interesting papers. Already looking forward to next year!
Happy #IASILPostgrad day everyone! I work on contemporary Northern Irish poetry and I’m interested in how writers absorb/negotiate/respond to mass media and the news. Would be great to hear from anyone doing something similar!
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NI Teachers Wanted!!!
Research Interview
If you're a school teacher in NI and would like to share your teaching experience during Covid-19 to help educators gain priceless insights, please contact me on twitter or email: [email protected].
Many thanks!!!
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A headline I never thought I would write
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“But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d;
His glassy essence, like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven,
As make the angels weep.”
Health Secretary Matt Hancock becomes emotional hearing the words of the first man in the world to receive the vaccine, William Shakespeare.
He tearily says ‘it makes you so proud to be British’.
@piersmorgan| @susannareid100
Watch the full interview👉bit.ly/2MLB661
Keep it coming, Biden. At this rate I'll have a cushy column in the Guardian by 2024 theguardian.com/books/booksb…
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Today's the day. 🚀📚
On behalf of the UK team, thank you for everyone's good wishes, support and helping to spread the word. Now let's go and support bookshops. #BookshopDotOrg #ILoveBookshops
"This is revolutionary" - theguardian.com/books/2020/n…
This bloke was my landlord a couple of years ago, and he refused to get rid of our mice infestation even after the pest control guy called the house "a mouse farm". Now he has an opinion on public health, apparently
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in 1981 census, a return was received from someone who described their profession as "sculptor of stone lions". In answer to supplementary question "Describe what your job entails," responder wrote: "I chip away all stone which is not lions"
(anonym, reminds of Michelangelo)
The library at the southbank centre is a national treasure - and especially important for widening access to poetry. Please sign if you can!
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As somebody with 14 years of Football Manager experience under my belt, I can confirm that it has quite a significant influence on nearly every aspect of your life
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On the contrary Holy Father, the darkness brings to the bat precisely that which it DOES want to face, not what it doesn’t. Bats are not under the cover of night committing crimes for which it should be ashamed, but providing invaluable services to our ecosystems and communities.