Mark Doyle
@markdoyle.bsky.social
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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Mark Doyle
@markdoyle.bsky.social
· Oct 19
This is an essay I wrote about music and grief and sunsets and water and grief and brothers and grief. It’d mean a hell of a lot if you set aside a little time to read it.
The Consolations of Waterloo Sunsets
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The Consolations of Waterloo Sunsets
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Is there a word for the panic that sets in when you finish one book and don't know what to read next? It's a sort of fugue state of dashing from bookshelf to bookstack to desk to table, picking up and discarding and reconsidering, writhing, soul-searching, self-doubting... the worst.
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Is there a word for the panic that sets in when you finish one book and don't know what to read next? It's a sort of fugue state of dashing from bookshelf to bookstack to desk to table, picking up and discarding and reconsidering, writhing, soul-searching, self-doubting... the worst.
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Dylan Marlais Thomas died on this day in 1953 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, NYC. He was just 39 years old.
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dylan Marlais Thomas died on this day in 1953 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, NYC. He was just 39 years old.
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
Annual reminder that once it gets gloomy and Novembersome out, you're required to play this album. davidajaycock.bandcamp.com/album/murder...
Murder, And The Birds, by David A. Jaycock
10 track album
davidajaycock.bandcamp.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Annual reminder that once it gets gloomy and Novembersome out, you're required to play this album. davidajaycock.bandcamp.com/album/murder...
Got to see Booker T Jones tonight. It ruled.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Got to see Booker T Jones tonight. It ruled.
Looks like our pal JC is about to have A Moment. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Charli XCX Teases Eerie New Song 'House' With John Cale for 'Wuthering Heights'
Charli XCX announced she will release "House" featuring John Cale on Monday, ahead of her album for the film 'Wuthering Heights'
www.rollingstone.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Looks like our pal JC is about to have A Moment. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Big day around here. Sat down to grade, found the very first essay was written by AI, threw my laptop off a very high building, walked off into the sea.
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Big day around here. Sat down to grade, found the very first essay was written by AI, threw my laptop off a very high building, walked off into the sea.
This is quite interesting if you want to drill down into how some of the new NYC mayor's policy proposals have worked elsewhere (while bearing in mind that NYC is not Waco or Vienna or Alexandria).
How Zohran Mamdani's Big Goals Could Transform Life in New York City
The NYC mayoral candidate has made history. Learn more about the groundbreaking measures he’s proposing, from free buses to city-owned supermarkets.
reasonstobecheerful.world
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is quite interesting if you want to drill down into how some of the new NYC mayor's policy proposals have worked elsewhere (while bearing in mind that NYC is not Waco or Vienna or Alexandria).
#NowPlaying, obviously
LOU REED - NEW YORK [FULL ALBUM] 1989
YouTube video by AmirSuperTube
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November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#NowPlaying, obviously
We're nearing the time of the semester when I get to tell my students about what Eric Clapton spewed into the audience at the Birmingham Odeon on August 5, 1976.
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We're nearing the time of the semester when I get to tell my students about what Eric Clapton spewed into the audience at the Birmingham Odeon on August 5, 1976.
Good morning. Here's an antifascist anthem in case you need one. youtu.be/4QDLXZRhqAA?...
Fite Dem Back
YouTube video by Linton Kwesi Johnson - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Good morning. Here's an antifascist anthem in case you need one. youtu.be/4QDLXZRhqAA?...
Just dropped the eldest off at the airport for her class trip to Washington DC. They've had to scrap their Smithsonian visits because of the shutdown, but their photos of the mangled White House are going to make a hell of a yearbook spread.
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Just dropped the eldest off at the airport for her class trip to Washington DC. They've had to scrap their Smithsonian visits because of the shutdown, but their photos of the mangled White House are going to make a hell of a yearbook spread.
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This is a perfect spooky season song love it @brosaleigh.bsky.social www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premier...
Premiere: Josaleigh Pollett Shares New Single “Radio Player”
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October 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is a perfect spooky season song love it @brosaleigh.bsky.social www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premier...
Finally watched Reds. Thinking about rewatching Reds.
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Finally watched Reds. Thinking about rewatching Reds.
It's a cliche to say that any book is the product of many hands, but it's a true cliche, and this book certainly wouldn't have taken the shape it did without Pat's aid and enthusiasm. 🙏
I helped author Mark Doyle with a bit of archival research which he graciously thanked me for inside this new book - I’m reading it now and it brings a wealth of fresh perspectives, thoughtful discussions and more.
John Cale fans need this!
John Cale fans need this!
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's a cliche to say that any book is the product of many hands, but it's a true cliche, and this book certainly wouldn't have taken the shape it did without Pat's aid and enthusiasm. 🙏
Woke president destroys mansion built by slaves.
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Woke president destroys mansion built by slaves.
I'm showing this to my Resisting Fascism class tonight. It's about women in the Italian Resistance and is especially interesting on the ways women squared their resistance activities with the gender norms of the era. youtu.be/1PBsF60aS-c?...
Women of the Resistance (1965)
YouTube video by Fire Storm
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'm showing this to my Resisting Fascism class tonight. It's about women in the Italian Resistance and is especially interesting on the ways women squared their resistance activities with the gender norms of the era. youtu.be/1PBsF60aS-c?...
DMs open, if you want those links from AAUP.
Fellow US faculty, it might be a good idea to begin drafting resolutions opposing the Trump loyalty oaths, if you haven't already. Happy to share some resources sent around by the AAUP yesterday, if interested--just DM me.
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
DMs open, if you want those links from AAUP.
Fellow US faculty, it might be a good idea to begin drafting resolutions opposing the Trump loyalty oaths, if you haven't already. Happy to share some resources sent around by the AAUP yesterday, if interested--just DM me.
October 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fellow US faculty, it might be a good idea to begin drafting resolutions opposing the Trump loyalty oaths, if you haven't already. Happy to share some resources sent around by the AAUP yesterday, if interested--just DM me.
I am reading about William Dudley Pelley and am pretty sure that if he were around today he'd be Secretary of Homeland Security or something. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet...
The Screenwriting Mystic Who Wanted to Be the American Führer
William Dudley Pelley and his Silver Shirts were just one of many Nazi-sympathizers operating in the United States in the 1930s
www.smithsonianmag.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I am reading about William Dudley Pelley and am pretty sure that if he were around today he'd be Secretary of Homeland Security or something. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet...
I'd just been wondering about the overlap (or, perhaps more accurately, relay race) between British imperialism and British fascism, when lo and behold this article by @liamliburd.bsky.social showed up in my inbox. Turns out Black activists & intellectuals were connecting these dots decades ago.
The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s - Volume 64
www.cambridge.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'd just been wondering about the overlap (or, perhaps more accurately, relay race) between British imperialism and British fascism, when lo and behold this article by @liamliburd.bsky.social showed up in my inbox. Turns out Black activists & intellectuals were connecting these dots decades ago.
This is anecdotal (based on 100% of my interactions with colleagues over the last 10 months) but the professoriate is pretty demoralized, y'all.
October 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is anecdotal (based on 100% of my interactions with colleagues over the last 10 months) but the professoriate is pretty demoralized, y'all.
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The AHA has sent a letter to the Rutgers University president & chancellor expressing deep concern about recent threats made against history professor Mark Bray. “The threats & calls for his firing have no place in an intellectual community governed by mutual respect & constructive criticism.” 🗃️
AHA Sends Letter to Rutgers University Addressing Threats Made to History Faculty Members
The American Historical Association (AHA) expresses deep concern about recent threats made against Professor Mark Bray that extended to his partner, Professor Yesenia Barragan, both faculty members in...
www.historians.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The AHA has sent a letter to the Rutgers University president & chancellor expressing deep concern about recent threats made against history professor Mark Bray. “The threats & calls for his firing have no place in an intellectual community governed by mutual respect & constructive criticism.” 🗃️
Dangerously close to finishing the first draft of a book I've been avoiding for probably 5 yrs. While procrastinating on this, I've written 3 other books (1 published) and a bunch of articles and stories (some published). Tempted to never finish this stupid book so my productivity doesn't collapse.
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Dangerously close to finishing the first draft of a book I've been avoiding for probably 5 yrs. While procrastinating on this, I've written 3 other books (1 published) and a bunch of articles and stories (some published). Tempted to never finish this stupid book so my productivity doesn't collapse.
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surrealist world map (1929)
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
surrealist world map (1929)