Ragged Trousered Philanderer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ragged Trousered Philanderer

If you’d like to read ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ by Robert Tressell... there’s a free audio version at the following link. Every person who reads this book, is another person who will never vote Tory again ❤️ https://t.co/XnuvMCPuJz https://t.co/nme4zOw4zi

Ragged Trousered Philanderer

"I think we should try to cultivate a little more respect of our own families and to concern ourselves a little less about 'Royal' Families. I fail to see any reason why we should worry ourselves about those people" Robert Tressell: 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' (1910) https://t.co/neE4dIqUmP

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Ragged Trousered Philanderer

On 31st August 1913 during the ‘Dublin Lock-Out,’ Dublin Police attacked a union meeting on Sackville Street as James Larkin was about to speak. Two workers, James Nolan and John Byrne were killed. Later Alice Brady was shot dead and Michael Byrne was tortured to death by police. https://t.co/7ZV38oAU1W

Ragged Trousered Philanderer

@MiddxMinxx The 'Heart of Midlothian' is nothing to do with the football club, it's a reference to the novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott... and marks the location of the Tolbooth Prison mentioned in the novel. It's traditionally good luck to spit on the heart when you pass by.

Ragged Trousered Philanderer

@Paul_King_Tours I can't remember. Take a trip down memory lane: Harold Wilson visits Leith 5th Oct 1974. https://t.co/5aE6CMfKhx

Ragged Trousered Philanderer

@MiddxMinxx The 'Heart of Midlothian' is nothing to do with the football club, it's a reference to the novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott... and marks the location of the Tolbooth Prison mentioned in the novel. It's traditionally good luck to spit on the heart when you pass by.

Ragged Trousered Philanderer

"The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia." George Orwell, 1984 https://t.co/0My60VXAig

Ragged Trousered Philanderer

I suggested James Connolly: 'Labour in Irish History' but she just looked at me as though I was mad 🤷‍♂️

Ragged Trousered Philanderer

@MiddxMinxx The 'Heart of Midlothian' is nothing to do with the football club, it's a reference to the novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott... and marks the location of the Tolbooth Prison mentioned in the novel. It's traditionally good luck to spit on the heart when you pass by.