Adrian / Aidan Coyle
@adriancoyle.bsky.social
Irishman in Paris. Intermittent poet and occasional translator. Former academic: research on identity, psychology & religion, sexualities, and qualitative approaches.
Pinned
I’m never sure if my published poetry reaches many people so I’m delighted to see “Bealtaine Fire” appear in the current issue of an east Donegal newspaper, Finn Valley Voice. I hope the farmer narrator’s voice is carried far! (BTW The last stanza is a translation into Irish of the penultimate one.)
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"Irish is part of the solution and I would encourage all of you in most positive way to learn the Irish language. Not in any way that says you have to, quite the opposite, because it's an absolute gift to us and it's an invitation to look at the world through a different eye," she said.
The Irish language has been a central part of President Connolly's political life and of her election campaign for the presidency
President Connolly urges dignitaries to learn Irish
The Irish language has been a central part of President Connolly's political life and of her election campaign for the presidency.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Irish is part of the solution and I would encourage all of you in most positive way to learn the Irish language. Not in any way that says you have to, quite the opposite, because it's an absolute gift to us and it's an invitation to look at the world through a different eye," she said.
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The cover has arrived! Emotionography!
Emotions studied as they’re done in interaction - displayed, taken up, used.
@alexahepburn.bsky.social
Emotions studied as they’re done in interaction - displayed, taken up, used.
@alexahepburn.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The cover has arrived! Emotionography!
Emotions studied as they’re done in interaction - displayed, taken up, used.
@alexahepburn.bsky.social
Emotions studied as they’re done in interaction - displayed, taken up, used.
@alexahepburn.bsky.social
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-- Call for Papers --
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> is an international journal publishing impactful basic and applied social psychological research from all parts of the world.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
-- Call for Papers --
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
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On this day, November 4th 1918, a week - almost to the very hour - before the Armistice, the poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action. He was 25.
Here is my recording of one of his most famous poems.
Dulce Et Decorum Est
#warpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Here is my recording of one of his most famous poems.
Dulce Et Decorum Est
#warpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
On this day, November 4th 1918, a week - almost to the very hour - before the Armistice, the poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action. He was 25.
Here is my recording of one of his most famous poems.
Dulce Et Decorum Est
#warpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Here is my recording of one of his most famous poems.
Dulce Et Decorum Est
#warpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
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Melissa McCallum's important research using qualitative surveys, interviews, focus groups & reflexive thematic analysis (supervised by me) -
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK
Background
Discussions around racial disparities and injustice have gained increasing prominence in psychotherapy and counselling research. However, research in this area has been criticised for its.....
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October 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Melissa McCallum's important research using qualitative surveys, interviews, focus groups & reflexive thematic analysis (supervised by me) -
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...
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I'll be running my most generative workshop, on prose poetry series and sequences, online 7-9:30 p.m. GMT, on November 16 and 24th. Interested? Email me at carrie.etter at gmail dot com for more information.
a woman sits at a table writing with a pen
ALT: a woman sits at a table writing with a pen
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Very pleased to see ‘My father at prayer’ published in ‘Pennine Platform’, a longstanding, independent, self-supporting poetry magazine.
The poem presents a childhood memory that surfaced in a weekly ‘cercle de silence’ in Paris during the assault on Gaza.
pennineplatform.com
The poem presents a childhood memory that surfaced in a weekly ‘cercle de silence’ in Paris during the assault on Gaza.
pennineplatform.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very pleased to see ‘My father at prayer’ published in ‘Pennine Platform’, a longstanding, independent, self-supporting poetry magazine.
The poem presents a childhood memory that surfaced in a weekly ‘cercle de silence’ in Paris during the assault on Gaza.
pennineplatform.com
The poem presents a childhood memory that surfaced in a weekly ‘cercle de silence’ in Paris during the assault on Gaza.
pennineplatform.com
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Poets, if they're lucky, end up having signature poems. But they don't choose them for themselves.
Instead, certain poems take on lives of their own once they're published. The Last Carry is one such example. When I first posted it here, I didn't have a clue it would reach so many people...
Instead, certain poems take on lives of their own once they're published. The Last Carry is one such example. When I first posted it here, I didn't have a clue it would reach so many people...
As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
September 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Poets, if they're lucky, end up having signature poems. But they don't choose them for themselves.
Instead, certain poems take on lives of their own once they're published. The Last Carry is one such example. When I first posted it here, I didn't have a clue it would reach so many people...
Instead, certain poems take on lives of their own once they're published. The Last Carry is one such example. When I first posted it here, I didn't have a clue it would reach so many people...
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As we hurtle towards November, step into our time machine…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Our November time machine | BPS
We delve into the archive to pick out some highlights from this month in past years.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
As we hurtle towards November, step into our time machine…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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If you need a small amount of funding to kick off a project or disseminate findings, check out @qmip.bsky.social qualitative research pump priming and dissemination fund!
Deadline: 1 December 2025
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Deadline: 1 December 2025
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October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
If you need a small amount of funding to kick off a project or disseminate findings, check out @qmip.bsky.social qualitative research pump priming and dissemination fund!
Deadline: 1 December 2025
www.bps.org.uk/member-netwo...
Deadline: 1 December 2025
www.bps.org.uk/member-netwo...
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Opening our minds…
An extract from 'Noticing: How we attend to the world and each other', by @ziyadmarar.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
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An extract from 'Noticing: How we attend to the world and each other', by @ziyadmarar.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Opening our minds | BPS
An extract from 'Noticing: How we attend to the world and each other', by Ziyad Marar.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Opening our minds…
An extract from 'Noticing: How we attend to the world and each other', by @ziyadmarar.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
An extract from 'Noticing: How we attend to the world and each other', by @ziyadmarar.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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The latest iteration of The Children's Society's 'Good Childhood Report' is now out and it tells a familiar but concerning story of the impact of poverty, cuts to services and family struggles impacting on children and young people. An essential read
www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
The Good Childhood Report 2025 | The Children's Society
Our Good Childhood Report 2025, shows the latest trends in children's wellbeing.
www.childrenssociety.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The latest iteration of The Children's Society's 'Good Childhood Report' is now out and it tells a familiar but concerning story of the impact of poverty, cuts to services and family struggles impacting on children and young people. An essential read
www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
I’m never sure if my published poetry reaches many people so I’m delighted to see “Bealtaine Fire” appear in the current issue of an east Donegal newspaper, Finn Valley Voice. I hope the farmer narrator’s voice is carried far! (BTW The last stanza is a translation into Irish of the penultimate one.)
October 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I’m never sure if my published poetry reaches many people so I’m delighted to see “Bealtaine Fire” appear in the current issue of an east Donegal newspaper, Finn Valley Voice. I hope the farmer narrator’s voice is carried far! (BTW The last stanza is a translation into Irish of the penultimate one.)
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There's no need for anyone to feel shame or embarrassment about not speaking Irish.
Past traumas: colonialism, "famine", poverty; & an education system that taught Irish as a subject, are valid.
But if we see every word of Irish we have as liberating, then any bit we possess be healing and hopeful
Past traumas: colonialism, "famine", poverty; & an education system that taught Irish as a subject, are valid.
But if we see every word of Irish we have as liberating, then any bit we possess be healing and hopeful
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
There's no need for anyone to feel shame or embarrassment about not speaking Irish.
Past traumas: colonialism, "famine", poverty; & an education system that taught Irish as a subject, are valid.
But if we see every word of Irish we have as liberating, then any bit we possess be healing and hopeful
Past traumas: colonialism, "famine", poverty; & an education system that taught Irish as a subject, are valid.
But if we see every word of Irish we have as liberating, then any bit we possess be healing and hopeful
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Poets in Schools is The Poetry Society’s service for educators looking to bring a facilitator into their school to deliver poetry workshops and assemblies. We have been placing poets in schools for over 50 years.
Book your visit: bit.ly/PoetsInSchools
Photo: Emma Ledwith
Book your visit: bit.ly/PoetsInSchools
Photo: Emma Ledwith
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Poets in Schools is The Poetry Society’s service for educators looking to bring a facilitator into their school to deliver poetry workshops and assemblies. We have been placing poets in schools for over 50 years.
Book your visit: bit.ly/PoetsInSchools
Photo: Emma Ledwith
Book your visit: bit.ly/PoetsInSchools
Photo: Emma Ledwith
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Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...
Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...
Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵
September 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#1
Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...
Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...
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Delighted to have won the Southword Subscriber's Prize with my poem 'Overproof Jamaican Rum' about legacies. 🌿
August 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Delighted to have won the Southword Subscriber's Prize with my poem 'Overproof Jamaican Rum' about legacies. 🌿
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“I guess that’s what I must be, because I could/ not walk across a graveyard
without being assailed by old dead friends / wanting to tell me their latest gossip”
Today’s poem is Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/do-you-...
without being assailed by old dead friends / wanting to tell me their latest gossip”
Today’s poem is Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/do-you-...
Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis
Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? I guess that’s what I must be, because I couldnot walk across a graveyard without being assailed by old dead friendswanting to tell me their latest gossip...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“I guess that’s what I must be, because I could/ not walk across a graveyard
without being assailed by old dead friends / wanting to tell me their latest gossip”
Today’s poem is Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/do-you-...
without being assailed by old dead friends / wanting to tell me their latest gossip”
Today’s poem is Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/do-you-...
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The wonderful Mary Shelley was born on this day in 1797. Here’s one of my poems that was published earlier this year in Magma (issue 91), in which I imagine us bonding over our shared experience of young widowhood.
August 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The wonderful Mary Shelley was born on this day in 1797. Here’s one of my poems that was published earlier this year in Magma (issue 91), in which I imagine us bonding over our shared experience of young widowhood.
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New blog post - we share the secrets of our Feedback Options & how it’s helped so many writers achieve their goals, the reason editing skills are so important for writers, and the realities of editing a literary journal.
Link below
Link below
August 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New blog post - we share the secrets of our Feedback Options & how it’s helped so many writers achieve their goals, the reason editing skills are so important for writers, and the realities of editing a literary journal.
Link below
Link below
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We’re open for submissions all month!
Very interested in seeing more scripts, art, and photography.
Submissions guidelines apply, link in bio
Very interested in seeing more scripts, art, and photography.
Submissions guidelines apply, link in bio
August 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We’re open for submissions all month!
Very interested in seeing more scripts, art, and photography.
Submissions guidelines apply, link in bio
Very interested in seeing more scripts, art, and photography.
Submissions guidelines apply, link in bio
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Here's a talk I gave as a keynote for the BPS @qmip.bsky.social conference (July 2025) - the result of @vicclarke.bsky.social & I recognising we needed to "dive in" & grapple with the beast that is GenAI & qualitative/(reflexive) thematic analysis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...
Dr Braun(love) - or: how I learned to stop worrying and love GenAI (yeah nah)
YouTube video by Virginia Braun
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July 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Here's a talk I gave as a keynote for the BPS @qmip.bsky.social conference (July 2025) - the result of @vicclarke.bsky.social & I recognising we needed to "dive in" & grapple with the beast that is GenAI & qualitative/(reflexive) thematic analysis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...
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Do you ever read qualitative social science; sociology, psychology, criminology, and the like, and get a sense that the methods just don't give enough insight into what actually happened? Yep, me to, esp in relation to where scholars' ideas came from. More here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
April 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Do you ever read qualitative social science; sociology, psychology, criminology, and the like, and get a sense that the methods just don't give enough insight into what actually happened? Yep, me to, esp in relation to where scholars' ideas came from. More here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/3 Exactly one year ago today, a group of intrepid poets embarked on an exhilarating @arvonfoundation.bsky.social online course led by @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social & Roy McFarlane. During that intense week, poems were crafted and bonds created, so much so that 6 of us have met monthly since then.
July 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
1/3 Exactly one year ago today, a group of intrepid poets embarked on an exhilarating @arvonfoundation.bsky.social online course led by @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social & Roy McFarlane. During that intense week, poems were crafted and bonds created, so much so that 6 of us have met monthly since then.