Simon Kővesi
@kovesi.bsky.social
Professor of English & Scottish Literature, Head of the School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
Research working-class literature & Romantic-period cultures.
Editor, John Clare Society Journal.
Seems important to add, son of a political refugee.
Research working-class literature & Romantic-period cultures.
Editor, John Clare Society Journal.
Seems important to add, son of a political refugee.
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My annual post about how the Morning Star reported the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
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November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My annual post about how the Morning Star reported the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
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www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Excellent news
Excellent news
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Excellent news
Excellent news
This is today at 1pm! Free event online & in person.
Very excited to host writer Kristie De Garis for a reading and a talk in the Chapel @uofglasgow.bsky.social on Monday starting 1pm - in person and on Zoom - discussing her first book "Drystone: A Life Rebuilt":
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
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@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
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Creative Conversations: Kristie de Garis
Author and Dry Stone Waller Kristie de Garis in conversation
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December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This is today at 1pm! Free event online & in person.
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If you can't attend my event tomorrow at University of Glasgow, it s available to live stream at the link below
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8484798525...
It's going to be an interesting and lively conversation.
1pm start.
#Scotland #Glasgow #Reading #WritingCommunity #Books #Events #Accessibility
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8484798525...
It's going to be an interesting and lively conversation.
1pm start.
#Scotland #Glasgow #Reading #WritingCommunity #Books #Events #Accessibility
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you can't attend my event tomorrow at University of Glasgow, it s available to live stream at the link below
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8484798525...
It's going to be an interesting and lively conversation.
1pm start.
#Scotland #Glasgow #Reading #WritingCommunity #Books #Events #Accessibility
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8484798525...
It's going to be an interesting and lively conversation.
1pm start.
#Scotland #Glasgow #Reading #WritingCommunity #Books #Events #Accessibility
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You can expect conversation about my book Drystone - A life Rebuilt, writing, publishing, life. Chaired by the brilliant @kovesi.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
You can expect conversation about my book Drystone - A life Rebuilt, writing, publishing, life. Chaired by the brilliant @kovesi.bsky.social
Utterly depressing. HE needs to show some ethical spine.
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Utterly depressing. HE needs to show some ethical spine.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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West Ham United v Liverpool: Premier League – live
West Ham United v Liverpool: Premier League – live
⚽ Premier League updates from the 2.05pm GMT kick-off
⚽ Billy Bonds dies aged 79 | Top scorers | Email John
Andy Flintoff gets in touch: “Looking at that Liverpool line-up, the two players with squad numbers >11 could so easily be switched with Endo & Salah with not a lot of positional changes required, which would leave it with a very retro looking 1-11.”
Arne Slot has been explaining his team selection to Sky Sports. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
West Ham United v Liverpool: Premier League – live
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Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
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Bonds made a record 799 appearances for the Hammers
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Took the club into Premier League as a manager
The former West Ham captain and manager Billy Bonds has died at the age of 79, the Premier League club have announced.
Bonds was the longest-serving player for the Irons, making 799 appearances across a 21-year career in which he lifted the FA Cup twice as well as winning the old Second Division. Continue reading...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
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Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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Very excited to host writer Kristie De Garis for a reading and a talk in the Chapel @uofglasgow.bsky.social on Monday starting 1pm - in person and on Zoom - discussing her first book "Drystone: A Life Rebuilt":
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
Creative Conversations: Kristie de Garis
Author and Dry Stone Waller Kristie de Garis in conversation
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November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Very excited to host writer Kristie De Garis for a reading and a talk in the Chapel @uofglasgow.bsky.social on Monday starting 1pm - in person and on Zoom - discussing her first book "Drystone: A Life Rebuilt":
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
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Racist
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Racist
Very excited to host writer Kristie De Garis for a reading and a talk in the Chapel @uofglasgow.bsky.social on Monday starting 1pm - in person and on Zoom - discussing her first book "Drystone: A Life Rebuilt":
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
Creative Conversations: Kristie de Garis
Author and Dry Stone Waller Kristie de Garis in conversation
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Very excited to host writer Kristie De Garis for a reading and a talk in the Chapel @uofglasgow.bsky.social on Monday starting 1pm - in person and on Zoom - discussing her first book "Drystone: A Life Rebuilt":
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
@kristiedegaris.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
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Delighted to welcome this into the world. Paperback for £9.99 or kindle for £8.99.
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Delighted to welcome this into the world. Paperback for £9.99 or kindle for £8.99.
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
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If you like working-class writing and theatre, please join our book launch! #BirminghamHistory
Where? National Trust Back to Backs Museum @NTBirmingham, 11 Dec, 6-8pm.
For further details & tickets:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
@midlandhistory.bsky.social @theironroom.bsky.social
Where? National Trust Back to Backs Museum @NTBirmingham, 11 Dec, 6-8pm.
For further details & tickets:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
@midlandhistory.bsky.social @theironroom.bsky.social
British Working-Class and Radical Writing Since 1700 Book Launch | National Trust
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November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
If you like working-class writing and theatre, please join our book launch! #BirminghamHistory
Where? National Trust Back to Backs Museum @NTBirmingham, 11 Dec, 6-8pm.
For further details & tickets:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
@midlandhistory.bsky.social @theironroom.bsky.social
Where? National Trust Back to Backs Museum @NTBirmingham, 11 Dec, 6-8pm.
For further details & tickets:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
@midlandhistory.bsky.social @theironroom.bsky.social
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‘It is abundantly clear that corporate social responsibility was and is a myth. Even if firms claim to recognise their social and environmental responsibilities, profitability always trumps them when they clash.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
‘It is abundantly clear that corporate social responsibility was and is a myth. Even if firms claim to recognise their social and environmental responsibilities, profitability always trumps them when they clash.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The UK is a local shop for local people, there's nothing for you here.
Armchair activism: why not buy a SO IMMIGRANT top - 10% of sales go to Refugee Action:
www.soimmigrant.com
www.refugee-action.org.uk
Armchair activism: why not buy a SO IMMIGRANT top - 10% of sales go to Refugee Action:
www.soimmigrant.com
www.refugee-action.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The UK is a local shop for local people, there's nothing for you here.
Armchair activism: why not buy a SO IMMIGRANT top - 10% of sales go to Refugee Action:
www.soimmigrant.com
www.refugee-action.org.uk
Armchair activism: why not buy a SO IMMIGRANT top - 10% of sales go to Refugee Action:
www.soimmigrant.com
www.refugee-action.org.uk
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It's sublime! Did you know that Hass also adapted, in 1986, James Hogg's Private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner? (There was a sold-out retrospective of his films here about 8 or 9 years ago: we felt very lucky!)
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It's sublime! Did you know that Hass also adapted, in 1986, James Hogg's Private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner? (There was a sold-out retrospective of his films here about 8 or 9 years ago: we felt very lucky!)
Finally a Romantic-period gothic novel film adaptation to be excited about. Jan Potocki's sprawling 1805 novel is surely unfilmable, but this attempt looks like a riot. There's wonders to be found far beyond the canon.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
The Saragossa Manuscript review – cult Polish period-costume comedy is outrageous head-spinner
Wojciech Has’s slice of 1960s surrealism is set in 18th-century Spain, as an officer careens through farcical encounters and erotic episodes in a wild ride that could be a series of Monty Python sketc...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Finally a Romantic-period gothic novel film adaptation to be excited about. Jan Potocki's sprawling 1805 novel is surely unfilmable, but this attempt looks like a riot. There's wonders to be found far beyond the canon.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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The gentlest, firmest, weapon for us to use in the culture wars, from Goethe:
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The gentlest, firmest, weapon for us to use in the culture wars, from Goethe:
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
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What a wonderful opportunity!
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What a wonderful opportunity!
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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Hungarian-Austrian, Georg Trakl, was just 27 when he died in 1914. When a wealthy patron gave him 20,000 crowns so he focus on his writing, he vomited.
Again, what a poet.
Again, what a poet.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Hungarian-Austrian, Georg Trakl, was just 27 when he died in 1914. When a wealthy patron gave him 20,000 crowns so he focus on his writing, he vomited.
Again, what a poet.
Again, what a poet.
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Vladimir Mayakovsky was only 36 when he died in 1930. His "funeral was attended by around 150,000, the third largest event of public mourning in Soviet history, surpassed only by those of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin". Superstar but what a poet. 36.
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Vladimir Mayakovsky was only 36 when he died in 1930. His "funeral was attended by around 150,000, the third largest event of public mourning in Soviet history, surpassed only by those of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin". Superstar but what a poet. 36.
Vladimir Mayakovsky was only 36 when he died in 1930. His "funeral was attended by around 150,000, the third largest event of public mourning in Soviet history, surpassed only by those of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin". Superstar but what a poet. 36.
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Vladimir Mayakovsky was only 36 when he died in 1930. His "funeral was attended by around 150,000, the third largest event of public mourning in Soviet history, surpassed only by those of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin". Superstar but what a poet. 36.