Frank Smith
@franksmith56.bsky.social
📤 95
📥 183
📝 104
When you die, be buried with your favourite book # booksky Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy
share.google/D0iNwZAbgWOc...
loading . . .
Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy
The Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission, run by the Institute of Ancient Near East Studies (IPOA) at the University of Barcelona and led by Maite Mascort and Esther Pons, has identified a papyrus conta...
https://share.google/D0iNwZAbgWOcSmTzB
26 days ago
0
1
0
The Power of Light What a great event in @thedockarts for the 20th anniversary of the death of John McGahern With
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@mylesdungan.bsky.social
,wonderful reading by Jane Brennan ,chaired by Vincent Woods,presented by the Iron Mountain Literature Festival
#booksky
about 2 months ago
2
8
2
@hollycairns.bsky.social
and
@paulmurphy.pbp.ie
again doing their best to convince me why they should never be in government. "Opposition unimpressed by Taoiseach’s failure to ‘call out’ US president"
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
loading . . .
Opposition unimpressed by Taoiseach’s failure to ‘call out’ US president
Irish reaction: A ‘missed opportunity’ to confront Trump over ‘bellicose’ foreign policy
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/03/17/opposition-unimpressed-by-taoiseachs-failure-to-call-out-us-president/
2 months ago
0
1
0
Get on with it!!
#OSCARS
2 months ago
0
0
0
The great Irish writers, John McGahern, died on March 31st 2006. I showed some stuff I had boxed away to our local librarian in Portarlington, County Laois, and she decided to make a display, and track down all his books.
#booksky
2 months ago
0
2
0
#birdoftheday
today in our garden
3 months ago
0
9
0
Art
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
0
0
0
Saw the movie One Battle After Another. Could have been watching an extended documentary about US today.
#minnesota
#ICE
4 months ago
0
0
0
Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value definitely up there with the best movies. Loved it. Stellan Starsgard is magnificent, as are the actors playing his two daughters. 5 stars.
5 months ago
0
1
0
The wonderful Turner exhibition is open at the
@nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social
My annual look at where Sherlock Holmes met his end ...or did he?
5 months ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Frank Smith
John Self
5 months ago
Here is my Personal Anthology of twelve short stories, including Bruce calling from Mulholland, a daughter leaving for Rhodesia, a washed-up hack in Hollywood (by a washed-up hack in Hollywood) and a story from the Dubliners of 20C Jewish-American life. Ta
@jonathangibbs.bsky.social
for asking me.
loading . . .
A Personal Anthology, by John Self
At first I thought of choosing the shortest stories I could, and some of those remain in the list below, but in the end I broadened my thinking as some stories kept pushing their way in.
https://apersonalanthology.substack.com/p/a-personal-anthology-by-john-self
10
136
24
reposted by
Frank Smith
Led By Donkeys
7 months ago
Farage: epic grifter
loading . . .
218
7959
4873
reposted by
Frank Smith
Lux 🌸 Alptraum
7 months ago
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
33
4967
1485
The old L&H has lost its mojo Students ain't what they used to be. What a crowd of eejits. John Boyne ‘disappointed’ at withdrawal of UCD James Joyce award
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
loading . . .
John Boyne ‘disappointed’ at withdrawal of UCD James Joyce award
Literary and Historical Society planned to honour ‘one of Ireland’s most celebrated and courageous literary voices’
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/09/12/john-boyne-disappointed-at-withdrawal-of-ucd-james-joyce-award/
8 months ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Frank Smith
Aaron Rupar
9 months ago
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
loading . . .
1294
21115
8215
Great thread
add a skeleton here at some point
9 months ago
0
0
0
For the weekend that's in it, a throwback to
@writingandideas.bsky.social
2023 when Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack brought the house down with their readings of Molly and Leopold Bloom from
#Ulysses
Photo by me
#Borris
#booksky
#ulysses
#leopoldbloom
#mollybloom
#Bloomsday
11 months ago
0
4
0
On his first visit to
@writingandideas.bsky.social
James Rebanks brought us to the islands off Norway for a profound meditation on slow living and closeness to nature in his wonderful book The Place of Tides Photo by me
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social
#booksky
#ThePlaceOfTides
#eiderduck
#eider
11 months ago
0
4
0
John Banville = National Treasure No doubt about it,
#booksky
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
loading . . .
Your summer reading list
Your summer reading list with Authors Naoise Dolan, John Banville & Emer McLysaght
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/brendan-oconnor/stories/2025/0531/1516116-your-summer-reading-list/
12 months ago
0
3
0
reposted by
Frank Smith
David Priess
12 months ago
John Tyler became US president in 1841. His youngest grandson just died this past weekend.
www.richmonder.org/harrison-ruf...
loading . . .
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. president and longtime Richmonder, dies at 96
The Richmond resident, preservationist and chemical engineer, for whom William & Mary’s history department is named, also had the distinction of being the grandson of a man who became U.S. president i...
https://www.richmonder.org/harrison-ruffin-tyler-grandson-of-10th-u-s-president-and-longtime-richmonder-dies-at-96/
12
260
109
@kevinmarkham.bsky.social
Thank you for the great review of
www.portarlingtongolfclub.ie
in the latest issue of
#TheIrishGolfer
. Our Open Week runs from 6th-15th June. Only €25 for visitors.
loading . . .
Portarlington Golf Club – Portarlington Golf Club – one of Ireland's hidden gems featuring in the Top 100 Golf Courses in Ireland
Portarlington Golf Club – one of Ireland's hidden gems featuring in the Top 100 Golf Courses in Ireland
https://www.portarlingtongolfclub.ie
about 1 year ago
1
0
1
Looking forward to being back taking photos at
@writingandideas.bsky.social
in Borris in June. Here are some photos from last year. All photos by me.
#booksky
#TomHolland
@katherinerundell.bsky.social
#SimonArmitage
#PoetLaureate
#OceanVuong
about 1 year ago
0
4
1
reposted by
Frank Smith
Will Pollock 🏳️🌈 🫘 ➡️ turn 🔔 on
about 1 year ago
staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
this is A MOMENT.
#MustWatch
🧢
@trumpfile.org
loading . . .
1354
31306
12146
@news.rte.ie
@rteradio1.bsky.social
Where is John Bowman when we need him?
#rte
#popeleoiv
about 1 year ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Frank Smith
WuTangIsForTheChildren
about 1 year ago
Wasn’t expecting that….love it 🔥….the kids are alright!
loading . . .
117
1785
491
#ZeroDay
@netflix.com
#Spain
#Portugal
@news.sky.com
about 1 year ago
0
0
0
Be careful !! We need you guys!!
@heardislandgov.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Frank Smith
“james adomian”
about 1 year ago
“ELON vs. RFK Jr.”
@jadomian.bsky.social
@therealtony.bsky.social
#elonmusk
#jamesadomian
#rfkjr
#anthonyatamanuik
#sxsw
loading . . .
7
1274
381
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
not holding back on praise for the amazing Mullins win in the # GrandNational
about 1 year ago
0
0
0
"When all the books are gone...."
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
0
0
0
#booksky
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
0
1
0
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social
just read your beautiful article in The Plough. English Pastoral one of my favourite books in recent years. Looking forward to meeting you at Borris
@writingandideas.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Frank Smith
Thomas Hansen
about 1 year ago
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht:
@hpsc24.bsky.social
loading . . .
207
8412
4306
At Ennis courthouse
@ronanhession.bsky.social
to see
@ronanhession.bsky.social
being cross-examined by
@neilhegarty.bsky.social
about his wonderful book Ghost Mountain, and an interesting discussion about fiction in Translation
#ennisbookclubfestival
#booksky
about 1 year ago
1
13
2
What a great evening in the company of the great Colum McCann launching his new novel
#Twist
in the @peppercanisterchurch Dublin - a great interview with @alexclarkpresents and wonderful music by @colmmacconiomaire
#Borris
@writingandideas.bsky.social
#booksky
Photos by me
about 1 year ago
0
4
1
you reached the end!!
feeds!
log in