Simon Rennie
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Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
Victorianist Prof @exeter.ac.uk. Cotton Famine Poetry. C19th working-class and provincial newspaper poetry. Director of @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social.
Also delusional multi-instrumentalist, veg grower, U12 football coach.
Do you call it 'tatter ash'? Interesting. We always pronounced it 'tater ash' when I grew up in Manchester. From 'Potato Hash'.
February 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Maybe she means they built the wall with turkey carcasses left over from Xmas?
January 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We can do better. This is the basis of P B Shelley's conception of 'perfectibilty'. There is no good reason to stop trying to improve society.
December 8, 2024 at 12:54 PM
I never knew how it was spelled, but in North Manchester we called it 'Ralivo'.
December 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM