Philip Casey

Author of THE FABULISTS, THE WATER STAR, THE FISHER CHILD, currently writing history of the Irish. Tweets on art, literature, history, politics, tech, ecology.

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

Thanks, Terry. Appreciated. https://t.co/jozyusW3nU

[Terry McDonagh @TerryMcDonagh2]

@Philip_Casey I have read all threeof Philip's novels and each one, in its own way, remains unforgttable...I return to them again and again...

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

It's the SMEs, stupid! Prof Morgan Kelly is always worth listening to. https://t.co/O97xxniDkw

[melreynolds @MaoiliosaRey]

Take 30min to watch "Whatever happened to Ireland?" Prof Morgan Kelly UCD Economics Soc
https://t.co/8kY78ehtv2

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

Wonderful New Year #poem by Sara Berkeley Tolchin https://t.co/kN5iKhBaOZ

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

Fine poem from a fine poet. https://t.co/dqa2wrfE5m

[UCD Poetry @UCDPoetry]

Hear @PoetrySiobhan read "When All This is Over", for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive @ucdspeccoll - a poem for these times #irishwomenpoets #borderpoems @ucddublin
https://t.co/27lrJmBz8X via @YouTube

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

The Sore Tooth and the Broken Umbrella: #Brexit and the Crisis of Nationalism - @fotoole 's brilliant and compassionate examination of English nationalism https://t.co/DHinQVgs8m

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

Some years ago I called it holistic accounting. Perhaps this is better: #Wellbeing accounting. GDP accounting is what keeps #capitalism on life support. https://t.co/tpwo8nH7WT

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

He is indeed one of the best poets out there -heroic, to boot. https://t.co/OGYShuAjpl

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

Damien Shiels continues his magnificent research into the Irish in the American Civil War. This account is particularly gripping. Good to see Meagher coming out of it so well. https://t.co/adW1XcJ44h

[Damian Shiels @irishacw]

John Donovan of the 69th New York endured the Irish Brigade's hellish advance towards Marye's Heights. His account remains one of the most evocative: https://t.co/yfiwUlLTJa #IrishDiaspora #ForgottenIrish #Fredericksburg155

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

#Euro commissioners, Bundeskanzlerin, Taoiseach, everyone, please read this simple primer on the rise of popular #fascism. https://t.co/l5r3nnGJix

[The New York Review of Books @nybooks]

Marx expected the crisis of capitalism to end in worker revolt and communism. Karl Polanyi saw that the greater likelihood was fascism. https://t.co/Gs1MrjKyxH

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

This is wonderful. #islamic #art #mathematics https://t.co/JEvCOU8YM8

[Open Culture @openculture]

New Iranian Video Game, Engare, Explores the Elegant Geometry of Islamic Art https://t.co/Q9tXbs4IJC

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

For my Jewish friends, I'll let Mr Corbyn say what I couldn't say as well. https://t.co/QevV1Ub7FJ

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

As Jewish people here in Britain and all over the world light the first candle of the menorah this evening, I want to wish you all a very happy #Hanukkah.

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

Sublime. The look on the presenter Sean O'Rourke's face says it all. https://t.co/X2UdBXw5M2

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

We're a relatively small tribe, but if you're one of those whose @libreoffice Writer started acting up after the upgrade to @ubuntu 17.10, this short, simple solution may be of interest https://t.co/7ob3cv1YFM

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

Yes, and my rambling poem about her is here, just scroll down to Waking to the Plain. So less portraits now, though still one or two plus a few books ;-) https://t.co/4nZ90K93Hx https://t.co/j3BJPIM81S

[Kaite O'Reilly @kaiteoreilly]

@Philip_Casey @sisofrida @disabilitydiva @sarabeer_ but i remember Frida's portraits all over your home back in the early 90's, when I visited.... perhaps, given that, you don't need to see a TV programme!

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

All stereotypes. https://t.co/pSKcRENezU

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

@kaiteoreilly @sisofrida @disabilitydiva @sarabeer_ Thanks, @kaiteoreilly. Alas I don't watch tv.

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

'This is a neat way to retain and reshape the past. An Italian town that sought to deal with a #fascist frieze.' https://t.co/zHTnlMOfkw

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

Prime Minister- in-waiting @jeremycorbyn invokes Sankara, Pinochet, a just world. https://t.co/QFeXoEz6Rl

[Jacobin @jacobin]

On International Human Rights Day Jeremy Corbyn makes the case for a fundamental break with the world order. https://t.co/DHvNRojMQk

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

What Is to Be Done with the Art of Monstrous Men? Good point, though I hope no one finds any dirt on #Tarkovsky https://t.co/f7K3i1Klbn

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

At the University of Zurich, 1946, Churchill delivered one of his most famous speeches, advocating a United States of Europe and forgiveness between France & Germany. https://t.co/Z3HMvZmzKM

[Philip Casey @Philip_Casey]

A few years later my parents were selling soft fruit here. #strawberries #raspberries https://t.co/kuuqhQ7hmW

[RTÉ Archives @RTEArchives]

WATCH: A visit to Dublin's Victorian fruit and vegetable market #OnThisDay in 1962 https://t.co/HMjQyGPXQp