Simon Rennie

GIG: Recovered Songs from the Crimean War Featuring Benji Kirkpatrick, Saul Rose, Granny’s Attic, Jackie Oates, Nina Zella, and Anna and Kate Pyshniuk from the Kozachky Choir, this unique performance showcases brand new musical settings of lo...

GIG: Recovered Songs from the Crimean War | Performances | Halsway Manor - National Centre for Folk Arts share.google/jiyMHXcmNE6L...

A few tickets still avaliable for this one-off concert featuring the biggest names in English folk and Ukrainian musicians adapting Crimean War poems.

GIG: Recovered Songs from the Crimean War Featuring Benji Kirkpatrick, Saul Rose, Granny’s Attic, Jackie Oates, Nina Zella, and Anna and Kate Pyshniuk from the Kozachky Choir, this unique performance showcases brand new musical settings of lo...

This is very exciting - a unique concert featuring British and Ukrainian folk musicians playing songs adapted from Crimean War poems. There aren't many tickets so get them while you can.
www.halswaymanor.org.uk/event/gig-re...

My new book is out in November. Ten years of research.

‘Gooin t’ schoo’: The Subject of Adult Education in Dialect Poetry from the Lancashire Cotton Famine 1861–65 ‘The Beddin’s Goan’, published in the Blackburn Times in November 1862 by W. A. Abram, begins with the lines ‘EH! Robbut! th’ lan’lord’s bin tu-day, | Whol tha wor deawn at th’class’, encapsulating li...

Here is a link to my latest article on adult education and dialect poetry during the Lancashire Cotton Famine. 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...

Digital Bookcase | University of Exeter

@exeter.ac.uk English and Creative Writing Department has just posted a Digital Bookcase with links to profiles and publishers. It's fascinating to browse selections of the work of the department, including members of the CVS in the Long Nineteenth Century category.

english.exeter.ac.uk/literature/

A poster advertising an upcoming talk at the Centre for Victorian Studies, featuring the front cover of the verse drama 'World at Auction' by Michael Field.

🗓️ Join us on Wednesday 26 March as we welcome @carolyndever.bsky.social to speak on "Speculative Biography: What Edith Knew" - a paper that explores the ethical challenges of reading the poet couple Michael Field not as one, but as two.

Open to all!
Please message if you would like a teams link.

LITFEST: Simon Rennie and Ruth-Anne Walbank: Cotton Famine Poetry VENUE: Lancaster Library

The Director of the Exeter CVS, Simon Rennie @simonrennie.bsky.social and Ruth-Anne Walbank @ruthannereads.bsky.social will discuss the Lancashire Cotton Famine at the Lancaster Literature Festival @litfest.bsky.social on Sunday March 16th at 2pm - tickets here: dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...

Do you call it 'tatter ash'? Interesting. We always pronounced it 'tater ash' when I grew up in Manchester. From 'Potato Hash'.

I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Brian Maidment this week. Brian and I collaborated for years on the Cotton Famine Poetry project, and it was a privilege to get to know a scholar whose work on labouring-class C19th culture was foundational. He will be much missed by many.

Maybe she means they built the wall with turkey carcasses left over from Xmas?

@pascaleexeter.bsky.social
After a moderately challenging hike from sea level to 1500ft up the Temescal Canyon Trail north of LA, we made it to the spot described as 'The Falls'.

'Majestic', commented an admirably sardonic young man from another walking party.

This is a great introduction to the subject of the Cotton Famine created by @ruthannereads.bsky.social

creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wea...

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.

I never knew how it was spelled, but in North Manchester we called it 'Ralivo'.