Jack Common

Working class novelist, essayist, poet, socialist & friend of George Orwell from Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1903-1968. #JackCommon

[Jack Common @JckCmmn]

"He was always, with the exception of Orwell, much closer to the realities of life in the 30s than the literary figures around him."

Watch John Mapplebeck's essential 1974 documentary on the life of Jack Common. https://t.co/FN22BJvto8

[Heaton History Group @OldHeaton]

#onthisday 1915 writer Jack Common was born at 44 Third Avenue.

You can read about the Heaton of his childhood here

https://t.co/3HsqFjdDCI

[Jack Common @JckCmmn]

#Election2024 #UKElection

[Jack Common @JckCmmn]

#Tory voter: A poor man who thinks that the rich will be kind to the poor some day; a rich man who is damn sure they won't. #GE2017

[Luke McKernan @lukemckernan]

Kiddar's Luck and an Americano #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking

[Dan Jackson @northumbriana]

Latest haul from the peerless @keelrowbookshop

[CWU COVENTRY HUBS @CWUCOVENTRYHUBS]

#BookoftheWeek #BookHub #Kiddarsluck #JackCommon #WorkingClasswriter

[Steve Ellwood @TyneSnapper]

@adberginwriter @mebe1979 @undercoverncl Explanation of who can consider themselves a Geordie as penned by Jack Common:

"Geordie goes beyond mere geography and is a quality of heart"

[John McCarthy @Danford2013]

@gm_stone Jack Common territory. Kiddars Luck and The Ampersand. @JckCmmn

[John McCarthy @Danford2013]

@JckCmmn

[Brian Thompson @EyeOfJapetus]

Here's a short piece I wrote for a local magazine about Jack Common and his masterpiece 'Kiddar's Luck'
'Hallo, Kidder's! How's yor luck?'

[Just Joyce @johnstonglenn]

Jack Common, chronicler of the English working class, died OTD in 1968. He worked for John Middleton Murry and Alan Clutton-Brock, both prominent critics. His novel Kiddar's Luck was issued by Turnstile Press, which also published Joyce's From A Banned Writer To A Banned Singer.

[Heaton History Group @OldHeaton]

It was a pleasure to show Laure who has translated @JckCmmn ‘s ‘Kiddar’s Luck’ into French (‘Contre Mauvaise Fortune’)around the streets brought to life in the book.

[Reading Sheffield @readsheffield]

Read my review of Jack Common's wonderful book about his childhood in Newcastle upon Tyne, Kiddar's Luck.

https://t.co/LFSQVpFaQc

[Jack Common @JckCmmn]

A brilliant piece by @sheffhallamuni's @ValHewson deconstructing Jack Common's seminal novel Kiddar's Luck. https://t.co/vKaqGjfU9y

[John Appleby @JohnApplebyLD]

@travisakers Jack Common, in 'Kiddar's Luck' (1951, reissued 1990) describes sitting in the outdoors toilet, desperately reading the cheap paperbacks (used as toilet paper), trying to get far enough ahead so he'd not miss anything before his next visit.

[Jack Common @JckCmmn]

"The Newcastle novels of the working-class socialist Jack Common, Kiddar’s Luck (1951) and The Ampersand (1954), are nimble, arch, clear-thinking and fun." - @RSmythFreelance

[Prospect @prospect_uk]

To assess the health of the northern novel, we need a clearer idea of what it is—and isn’t. https://t.co/TXIN4RXFKi @RSmythFreelance

[Working Class Literature @workingclasslit]

#OtD 15 Aug 1903, British novelist, scriptwriter and essayist, Jack Common, was born. Described "the authentic voice of the ordinary working man" by Orwell, he led a life of literary obscurity and material poverty. This is a great documentary about him: https://t.co/b6IlxytI35

[Colchestersoup @colchestersoup]

@MySpanishCity the beauty of reading old books is that every so often something real has survived. Kiddars luck- jack common mentions you guys :)

[Colchestersoup @colchestersoup]

@RosieP4 1913 kiddars luck - jack common - Newcastle