Tag Archives: Mary Quaile Club

My review of “Isaac and I: A Life in Poetry” and “The World is in Our Words” by Chris Searle.

Posted on August 19, 2023 by lipstick socialist

Chris Searle is a poet and a teacher. This is his autobiography, spread over two books.   In the first book he writes about his greatest influence the East London Jewish poet Isaac Rosenberg. Chris, unlike Isaac, came from a lower … Continue reading →

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My review of “The House that Jill Built” by Ethel Carnie Holdsworth

Posted on July 23, 2022 by lipstick socialist

      As a socialist feminist I am always looking around for books and authors to inspire me. I was introduced to Ethel Carnie  by  Ruth and Eddie Frow of the Working Class Movement Library. She was a northern … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of the Irish in Britain Representation Group continues …..

Posted on March 1, 2021 by lipstick socialist

IBRG as a functioning organisation did not exist after 2005.  Pat Reynolds did continue to be active in campaigns such as Christy McGrath and  put out statements from time to time in the name of IBRG. He continued both personally … Continue reading →

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Reasons to be cheerful in 2016!

Posted on December 24, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Dear Friends This is my last post of 2015, a year in which I had my first book published; Northern ReSisters Conversations with Radical Women. The women in my book have changed their lives and the history of this country … Continue reading →

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Dare to be Free ; the life of Irish Trade Unionist Mary Quaile

Posted on October 22, 2015 by lipstick socialist

The film Sufragette gives a very sanitised and selective view of the lives of working class women in this country. The main character, Maud, is a victim of her husband and her exploitative employer, and when she gets involved with … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on September 27, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch Tangerines a fascinating film set in eastern Europe about a war that barely made the international headlines. Between 1992 and 1993 a war took place in Abkhazia in Georgia where separatists wanted to create an independent state. The film … Continue reading →

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