Karl Whitney
@karlwhitney.ie
Writer // Books: HIDDEN CITY (Penguin) and HIT FACTORIES (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) // http://www.karlwhitney.ie
That album was much more full-on than I remember (me accidentally listening to an instrumental jazz album at 45rpm)
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
That album was much more full-on than I remember (me accidentally listening to an instrumental jazz album at 45rpm)
Oscars will surely favour Shakespeare In Mourning.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Oscars will surely favour Shakespeare In Mourning.
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My Beatles’ film book A Hard Day’s Night event in Liverpool is ON! Tix available now..
EVENT: Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social discusses A Hard Days Night at @waterstoneslpl.bsky.social, marking the launch of her new BFI Film Classic book on the film.
📅Thursday 16th April 2026
📍Waterstones, Liverpool
Tickets available now! Book your place: www.waterstones.com/events/samir...
📅Thursday 16th April 2026
📍Waterstones, Liverpool
Tickets available now! Book your place: www.waterstones.com/events/samir...
Samira Ahmed Discusses A Hard Days Night | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Samira Ahmed Discusses A Hard Days Night today.
www.waterstones.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My Beatles’ film book A Hard Day’s Night event in Liverpool is ON! Tix available now..
Home Alone 2. Despite advances in his consciousness (soft focus chats with Brenda Fricker) Kevin MacAllister fails once more to unite with the lumpenproletariat (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) to bring down capitalists/his parents.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Home Alone 2. Despite advances in his consciousness (soft focus chats with Brenda Fricker) Kevin MacAllister fails once more to unite with the lumpenproletariat (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) to bring down capitalists/his parents.
This has gone too far.
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This has gone too far.
Banter podcast presented by Eric Cantona and the Crystal Palace fan he kung-fu kicked, interviewing unlikely pairs (preferably other podcast hosts) about how they met.
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Banter podcast presented by Eric Cantona and the Crystal Palace fan he kung-fu kicked, interviewing unlikely pairs (preferably other podcast hosts) about how they met.
Suddenly it's Bob Dylan Christmas album time again.
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Suddenly it's Bob Dylan Christmas album time again.
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Reading on the importance of the hyphen, I encounter the phrase 'first hand job experience'.
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Reading on the importance of the hyphen, I encounter the phrase 'first hand job experience'.
Have a Great Philosophers Christmas.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx5p
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx5p
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Have a Great Philosophers Christmas.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx5p
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx5p
20% of Dublin traffic jams caused by taxis turning around at the Long Hall.
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
20% of Dublin traffic jams caused by taxis turning around at the Long Hall.
'What I always explore is complexity' says a TV historian, having given a relatively context-free description of the assassination of Marat (bad guy!) by Charlotte Corday .
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
'What I always explore is complexity' says a TV historian, having given a relatively context-free description of the assassination of Marat (bad guy!) by Charlotte Corday .
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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My best books films 2025 open.substack.com/pub/aonchial...
Year in Books, Films, Tunes
The final volume in Peter Weiss’ trilogy about anti-fascism and the relationship between art and freedom appeared in English this year, so I am now in a position to verify that it is definitively the ...
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My best books films 2025 open.substack.com/pub/aonchial...
Interesting to know how this went. Any fatalities?
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Interesting to know how this went. Any fatalities?
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Thinking about the burden and joy of writing about real people...
Do subscribe. It's free. Or you can buy me a cuppa if you fancy it. 🍵
tobiasjones.substack.com/p/the-ethics...
Do subscribe. It's free. Or you can buy me a cuppa if you fancy it. 🍵
tobiasjones.substack.com/p/the-ethics...
The Ethics of Writing about Real People
(it's not "befriend and betray")
tobiasjones.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Thinking about the burden and joy of writing about real people...
Do subscribe. It's free. Or you can buy me a cuppa if you fancy it. 🍵
tobiasjones.substack.com/p/the-ethics...
Do subscribe. It's free. Or you can buy me a cuppa if you fancy it. 🍵
tobiasjones.substack.com/p/the-ethics...
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#philsky
30-minute interview with me on Dublin City FM
about The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
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30-minute interview with me on Dublin City FM
about The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
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www.mixcloud.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#philsky
30-minute interview with me on Dublin City FM
about The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
::
30-minute interview with me on Dublin City FM
about The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
::
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The sound of Anglesey '82
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The sound of Anglesey '82
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Me and @eireannmor.bsky.social have a few words on @rte.ie about small presses, the "rich forest of independent publishing," and the Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social (28/29 November, Pearse St library):
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
In praise of small presses: Ireland's indie publishers celebrated
Ahead of the inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair this November, co-founders Tim Groenland and Éireann Lorsung salute a golden age for independent publishing in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Me and @eireannmor.bsky.social have a few words on @rte.ie about small presses, the "rich forest of independent publishing," and the Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social (28/29 November, Pearse St library):
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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“When faced with greed, envy, calumny, perfidy, or lies, people […] say indulgently, ‘That's human!’ With an excuse like that, they clearly show that they are renouncing any expectations of generosity or greatness from man.”
—Simone de Beauvoir
In this new 🐧 📕 ed. @jonathanwebber.bsky.social 👏 👇
—Simone de Beauvoir
In this new 🐧 📕 ed. @jonathanwebber.bsky.social 👏 👇
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“When faced with greed, envy, calumny, perfidy, or lies, people […] say indulgently, ‘That's human!’ With an excuse like that, they clearly show that they are renouncing any expectations of generosity or greatness from man.”
—Simone de Beauvoir
In this new 🐧 📕 ed. @jonathanwebber.bsky.social 👏 👇
—Simone de Beauvoir
In this new 🐧 📕 ed. @jonathanwebber.bsky.social 👏 👇
An Expressway bus being towed.
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
An Expressway bus being towed.
The celeb speaking tour phenomenon is very strange.
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The celeb speaking tour phenomenon is very strange.
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The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
is published today in the UK!
(Australia and North America publication is next February.)
✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
is published today in the UK!
(Australia and North America publication is next February.)
✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
'Superb ... I can't imagine a better way of meeting the existentialists in all their variety' - Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Café
‘We are thrown into the world at every moment, an...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
is published today in the UK!
(Australia and North America publication is next February.)
✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
is published today in the UK!
(Australia and North America publication is next February.)
✨✨