Rest in Power Shane MacGowan
“There were six men in Birmingham
In Guildford there's four
That were picked up and tortured
And framed by the law
And the filth got promotion
But they're still doing time
For being Irish in the wrong place
And at the wrong time
In Ireland they'll put you away in the Maze
In England they'll keep you for seven long days
God help you if ever you're caught on these shores
The coppers need someone
When they walk through that door
You'll be counting years
First five, then ten
Growing old in a lonely hell
Round the yard and a stinking cell
From wall to wall, and back again
A curse on the judges, the coppers and screws
Who tortured the innocent, wrongly accused
For the price of promotion
And justice to sell
May the judged be their judges when they rot down in hell”
I wrote an obituary for my literary father, Cormac McCarthy for @Spectator.
Cormac McCarthy is gone — but his works remain brilliantly alive https://t.co/3RoPuWHFAl
“It was opened in 1854 and is the oldest saloon in the city”: Joseph Mitchell’s classic 1940 story about McSorley’s Old Ale House. #NewYorkerArchive https://t.co/tO5WMJ5uad
Ian Hamilton has died at the age of 97. He was a standout figure in p/w Scotland who changed who are collectively & the stories we tell of ourselves & once told me:"What binds our nation is not birth but love." Below: Ian & the story of the Stone.
https://t.co/ZxyTAAUxLl
And finally, how helpful: the supercut of all Liz Truss’s local radio interviews today. Fill yer boots with excruciating clips: https://t.co/ObpbeAsoYl
"We are talking about a People - that fundamental component of modern politics the world over - that quite simply does not know how to speak for itself". Extraordinary piece from @shirkerism on why we're enthralled to the glamour of backwardness: https://t.co/DoHhHzI52P
Whatever new chapters are written in the history of Wales, Dafydd Iwan's place is assured
This is the story of a man whose love of his country has forever fired his passion and how one song spawned a football anthem
Brilliant long read by @JervisEvans
https://t.co/8NgGeb9D2T