Mark Doyle
Historian & writer. Britain, Ireland, empire, music. Latest book is on John Cale's Paris 1919 for 33 1/3. Next: histories of African people/music in Ireland. “Pipe-sucking radical”-Mail on Sunday. Views here are my own, not my employer's.
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- Do you know what seedcorn is? It's the portion of corn, usually of good quality, set aside to use for seeds for the future rather than for food (or animal feed) now. Killing off the Washington Post's books and arts coverage to save money now is very much like eating the cultural seedcorn.
- Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges Regional and community colleges professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions. bit.ly/4tlEtUq #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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- Briefly considered and then I think wisely rejected telling the checker at Dillons how my day actually is going
- if I give up social media entirely, maybe will wander my local grocery store, handing out my printed short stories like flyers or post them on cafe bulletin boards saying here, please read this
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- A Dawn — Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, ca. 1915
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- Don’t make me tap the sign again.
- "Riddley Walkers ben to show Riddley Walkers on the go Dont go Riddley Walkers track Drop Johns ryding on his back Stil I wunt have no other track." Happy birthday Russell Hoban.
- Drawing created during the midC20th in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital, Surrey, by an individual who was compelled to live there, whose identity is currently unknown to us. This image is from art therapist Edward Adamson’s lecture slides & the original is missing presumed lost
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- Just snagged some tickets to see them in March. I'm eager to see if he can remember all those lyrics.
- Oh you're lucky! I only found out about him in the aftermath of a gig he played here last September! The lad must have a prodigious memory alright! By all accounts it'll be a great night.
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I have the privilege of trying to participate in the national shutdown / economic blackout tomorrow/Friday. I think it’s a privilege and don’t know what will come from it- worth a try- [Not loaded yet]
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