Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
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Victorianist Prof @exeter.ac.uk. Cotton Famine Poetry. C19th working-class and provincial newspaper poetry. Director of @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social.
Also delusional multi-instrumentalist, veg grower, U12 football coach.
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Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
· May 6
‘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...
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Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
· Feb 16
Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
· Dec 23
Weaving History • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters
Uncover a forgotten piece of working-class history through poetry, newspapers, and more.
Join Ruth-Anne to explore the Lancashire Cotton Famine in a six-episode mini-series. Learn from Lancashire lo...
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Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
· Dec 2