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Adrian / Aidan Coyle

@adriancoyle.bsky.social

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Irishman in Paris. Intermittent poet and occasional translator. Former academic: research on identity, psychology & religion, sexualities, and qualitative approaches.

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Adrian / Aidan Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · Feb 2

1/2 Delighted to have my poem “Opening the Way with Words” included in issue 3 of @thebelfastreview.bsky.social
thebelfastreview.wixsite.com/home/issues

It’s a tribute to my mother, Rosaleen Coyle, who encouraged me to read in my childhood and made sure I always had space and time to read.

A photo of page 1 of the poem “Opening the way of words” by Aidan Coyle in issue 3 of The Belfast Review.

A photo of page 2 of the poem “Opening the way of words” by Aidan Coyle in issue 3 of The Belfast Review.

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The Poetry Society @handle.invalid · 16d

Poets in Schools is The Poetry Society’s service for educators looking to bring a facilitator into their school to deliver poetry workshops and assemblies. We have been placing poets in schools for over 50 years.

Book your visit: bit.ly/PoetsInSchools

Photo: Emma Ledwith

Poster from The Poetry Society urging teachers to book a poet visit for National Poetry Day on Thursday 2 October. Includes a photo of a student writing and a link to the enquiry form at bit.ly/PoetsInSchools.

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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 16d

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Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...

Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · Apr 28

Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵

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Jenny Mitchell @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Delighted to have won the Southword Subscriber's Prize with my poem 'Overproof Jamaican Rum' about legacies. 🌿

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Adrian / Aidan Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · 17d

A lovely idea. Interesting to see the note about emphasis going on the first syllable of a word, the same as in Ulster Irish.

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Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 27

“I guess that’s what I must be, because I could/ not walk across a graveyard

without being assailed by old dead friends / wanting to tell me their latest gossip”

Today’s poem is Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis.

Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/do-you-...

Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis

Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? I guess that’s what I must be, because I couldnot walk across a graveyard without being assailed by old dead friendswanting to tell me their latest gossip...

www.dustpoetry.co.uk

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Dr Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · Aug 30

The wonderful Mary Shelley was born on this day in 1797. Here’s one of my poems that was published earlier this year in Magma (issue 91), in which I imagine us bonding over our shared experience of young widowhood.

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The Belfast Review @thebelfastreview.bsky.social · Aug 2

New blog post - we share the secrets of our Feedback Options & how it’s helped so many writers achieve their goals, the reason editing skills are so important for writers, and the realities of editing a literary journal.

Link below

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The Belfast Review @thebelfastreview.bsky.social · Aug 3

We’re open for submissions all month!

Very interested in seeing more scripts, art, and photography.

Submissions guidelines apply, link in bio

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · Jul 31

Here's a talk I gave as a keynote for the BPS @qmip.bsky.social conference (July 2025) - the result of @vicclarke.bsky.social & I recognising we needed to "dive in" & grapple with the beast that is GenAI & qualitative/(reflexive) thematic analysis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...

Dr Braun(love) - or: how I learned to stop worrying and love GenAI (yeah nah)

YouTube video by Virginia Braun

www.youtube.com

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · Apr 28

Do you ever read qualitative social science; sociology, psychology, criminology, and the like, and get a sense that the methods just don't give enough insight into what actually happened? Yep, me to, esp in relation to where scholars' ideas came from. More here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Abstract
This essay takes aim at normal academic practice in interpretative analysis. Specifically,
the ways methodological discussions are often stilted, wooden and don’t sufficiently
attempt to trace the intellectual journeys which scholars have traveled to arrive at their
understandings. Based on this I consider some of the epistemological under-laboring
that sits at the foundation of social scientific analysis of much qualitative data. With a
sound understanding of what it means to understand, we can grasp something of the
“rational shadow” that is often cast over the realities of human knowledge production.
That is because, while we scholars might organize our time so that we can have a
moment when we are “doing our analysis,” such a moment, when understood as a
bounded, linear and rational event or series of progressive steps, is an epistemological
fiction. It is, then, more rational to acknowledge the diffuse, tacit, and non-rational
features of human understanding, and build methodological and analytic strategies
which lean into these realities. And, in that regard, we can provide a more rational
analysis of our relatively rational analysis.
Keywords
interpretative analysis, research philosophy, understanding, epistemology, knowledge

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Adrian / Aidan Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · Jul 22

3/3 to the Arvon Foundation and to our tutors on that week, Jenny & Roy, for bringing us together, creating space for magic to happen and for a lasting, creative, supportive group to form. You just never know what unexpected delights await on and from an @arvonfoundation.bsky.social course!

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Adrian / Aidan Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · Jul 22

2/3 We’ve chosen themes, written individual poems, shared them, learned from each other and relished each person’s individual style and voice - delightfully comic, brooding gothic, swirling free verse, tight forms, and much more. On this anniversary, we want to say a huge thanks

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Adrian / Aidan Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · Jul 22

1/3 Exactly one year ago today, a group of intrepid poets embarked on an exhilarating @arvonfoundation.bsky.social online course led by @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social & Roy McFarlane. During that intense week, poems were crafted and bonds created, so much so that 6 of us have met monthly since then.

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The Belfast Review @thebelfastreview.bsky.social · Jul 17

We’ve been keeping it on the down low, but we re-open for submissions 1 August to 1 September.

And we’ll be announcing a new online masterclass…hint, it’s for editors……

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Jul 7

1/10 On this day 20 years ago, I was with @chriscocking.bsky.social and Steve Reicher at the Royal Society summer exhibition in London, presenting our work on how people behave in emergency evacuations. As I tried to travel to the exhibition venue, I was part of a crowd of

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · Jul 7

If you would like to read the article the presentation was based on, it’s in the current issue of @ispp-pops.bsky.social

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Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · Jun 26

How has Brexit reshaped what it means to be Irish abroad? In our June issue, Marc Scully explores how members of the Irish diaspora in Britain are rethinking identity, belonging, and citizenship in a shifting political landscape. Read the full article open-access: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

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Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 7

Issue 14 of Dust Poetry is now live ✨

And you can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...

Issue 14

www.dustpoetry.co.uk

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Adrian / Aidan Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · May 4

A poem as delicious as “a rich chocolate ganache tart, garnished with the season’s first strawberries”.

If younger folk are wondering who “Iggy” refers to… en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iggy_Pop

Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · May 3

Oh, this poem by Anne Tannam in @irishtimes.com
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Celia Kitzinger @kitzingercelia.bsky.social · May 4

It's more than sixteen years since my sister Polly Kitzinger was profoundly brain-injured in a car crash. Yet again today I've had to explain to someone that, yes, she is still alive.... Write your Advance Decision today.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories...

Doctors wouldn’t let my sister die

A car crash left Polly Kitzinger with devastating brain injuries. Her family was unable to persuade doctors to let her die.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · Apr 17

Our 5th county poet for our #PoetryDayIRL on the #poetry #podcast is Seamus McDermott for Derry

Seamus Mc Dermott is an active member of ‘The Diamond Writers’ and ‘This Writing Thing’.

Tune in 1 May
32 poets, 32 poems, 32 poems

@poetryireland.bsky.social

On most podcast platforms

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · Apr 19

Our 8th county poet for #PoetryDayIRL on the #poetry #podcast is Michelle Dennehy for Tyrone.

Michelle is the 2024 winner of the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing.

Tune in 1 May
32 poets, 32 poems, 32 poems,

supported by @poetryireland.bsky.social

On most podcast platforms

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · Apr 23

Our 16th poet for #PoetryDayIRL on the #poetry #podcast is @trishbennettwriter.bsky.social for Fermanagh

Trish is an award-winning writer & performer. Her debut collection is ‘Stench’ (Arlen House, 2024)

Tune in 1 May
32 poets, 32 poems, 32 poems
@poetryireland.bsky.social

On most platforms

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · Apr 26

Our 20th poet for #PoetryDayIRL on the #poetry #podcast is @catherinekay.bsky.social for Donegal

Catherine was long listed for Cúirt New Writing 2022 and highly commended for the Frances Browne Festival.

Tune in 1 May
32 poets, 32 poems, 32 poems
@poetryireland.bsky.social

On most platforms

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · Apr 24

Huge thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times, for using this piece on my project with Leeds Irish Health and Homes and Leeds Museums on the historical context of anti-Irish prejudice in this city.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Fewer secrets: less harm - A poetic history of the Irish in Leeds

Ian Duhig on an anthology he co-edited inspired by Leeds Museums’ 19th-century Irish holdings

www.irishtimes.com

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Adrian / Aidan Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · Apr 24

I guess that reference now only hits those of us of a certain age, Richard! You could have had the country vegetable soup (“What country? Taiwan?”) or even two soups. I just hope your meal wasn’t disturbed by anyone smelling of Ma Griffe. 🤷🏻‍♂️