Talked to the long-talented Ian McEwan about his new novel, Lessons. Fascinating guy and book. Still thinking about both weeks later. https://t.co/p0OLycb021 pic.twitter.com/gsGw43A8cb
— Ian Brown (@BrownoftheGlobe) October 1, 2022
Ian McEwan on ageing, legacy and the attack on his friend Salman Rushdie: ‘It’s beyond the edge of human cruelty’ @LisaAllardice @guardian https://t.co/FaZLUzRPva
— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) September 7, 2022
Thread... Thomas Piketty’s new book tracks an arc bending to greater socioeconomic equality over the last 200 years, a trend advanced by activist social movements and historic upheavals, revolutions. https://t.co/lEo2IFdCG6
— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) June 18, 2022
Worldwide life expectancy at birth has risen from 26yrs on average in 1820 to 72yrs in 2020. The literacy rate in the world population 15yrs or older 1820-2020 has risen from 12% to 85%. — A Brief History of Equality, Thomas Piketty. pic.twitter.com/B119bj93Sb
— The Economic Garden (@Economicgarden1) June 13, 2022
Purchased: in Dublin, June 1975. Read: finally cover to cover in Nanaimo, October 2016.
— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) June 16, 2022
Ulysses. Ireland journal 1975. https://t.co/HTqgnPchzX pic.twitter.com/VbWrQWdwlI
“If you write anything truly personal, some people are bound to turn it into a soap opera with you as a character.” —Mavis Gallant https://t.co/LCOQAr1GkQ
— The Paris Review (@parisreview) April 9, 2022
“Since I was home alone most evenings, I did whatever I pleased after school.”
— The Paris Review (@parisreview) July 11, 2020
From “I Was a Public Schooler” by Ottessa Moshfegh, issue no. 233, Summer 2020: https://t.co/x9wVlTbYgt pic.twitter.com/uitWERqyG5
Allow me to introduce my granddaughter. This is Rhiannon. She is, yes, the attending nurse assured me, the most beautiful baby anyone has ever seen. pic.twitter.com/w9KScljij9
— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) February 2, 2022
🚨📘#ULYSSES100📘🚨
— Shakespeare&Company (@Shakespeare_Co) January 31, 2022
Prepare for Episode 1 of #SandCoUlysses this Wednesday with #Bloomcast, a #bookclub / primer with @AliceMcCrum, Lex Paulson & S&Co’s Adam Biles. Episode 1: Telemachus, Nestor and Proteus. Listen here: https://t.co/BQoG2FeQpj https://t.co/p0Kof7tV9p pic.twitter.com/69bpNAhqnP
Pity the Beast by Robin McLean review – a work of crazy brilliance @sannewman @guardian https://t.co/rhAp4rOjr2
— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) January 2, 2022
