Patrick O'Connor
@drpatoc.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Philosophy. Kerryman in Manchester. MCFC.
Views belong to my replicant. Neither Citizen nor Alien
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Views belong to my replicant. Neither Citizen nor Alien
Podcast Host: Thales' Well- http://goo.gl/Ax52Ly
Could not handle him at all today!
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Could not handle him at all today!
I miss that pub a lot. It was a great spot.
October 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I miss that pub a lot. It was a great spot.
He was at his absolute best, in my view, when reflecting on the contradictions of being educated and working class.
'Book Ends'
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'Book Ends'
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Book Ends - Poetry Archive
Baked the day she suddenly dropped dead we chew it slowly that last apple pie. Shocked into sleeplessness you’re scared of bed. We never could talk much, and now don’t try. You’re like book ends, the ...
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September 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
He was at his absolute best, in my view, when reflecting on the contradictions of being educated and working class.
'Book Ends'
poetryarchive.org/poem/book-en...
'Book Ends'
poetryarchive.org/poem/book-en...
Harrison also did journalist poetry.
"The Cold Coming" was about the first Gulf War.
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"The Cold Coming" was about the first Gulf War.
www.theguardian.com/theguardian/...
A cold coming
The Guardian ran this specially commissioned poem by Tony Harrison in 1991.
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Harrison also did journalist poetry.
"The Cold Coming" was about the first Gulf War.
www.theguardian.com/theguardian/...
"The Cold Coming" was about the first Gulf War.
www.theguardian.com/theguardian/...
Harrisson was politically committed - laureate blocked!
His poem 'Laureate's Block' happily scuppered his own chances of becoming Poet Laureate.
His poem 'Laureate's Block' happily scuppered his own chances of becoming Poet Laureate.
Laureate's block
I'm appalled to see newspapers use my name as 'widely-tipped' for a job I'd never seek. Swans come in Domestic, Mute, and Tame and no swan-upper's going to nick my beak
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Harrisson was politically committed - laureate blocked!
His poem 'Laureate's Block' happily scuppered his own chances of becoming Poet Laureate.
His poem 'Laureate's Block' happily scuppered his own chances of becoming Poet Laureate.
'V' is a great poem, and it also happens to be one of the great poems about football culture. 👇
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www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
Tony Harrison · Poem: ‘V.’
www.lrb.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
'V' is a great poem, and it also happens to be one of the great poems about football culture. 👇
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
Thanks Chris! Yeah, that's him.
September 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thanks Chris! Yeah, that's him.
He left the other guy take the pen to get a hatrick. Which was sound of him
September 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
He left the other guy take the pen to get a hatrick. Which was sound of him