Flann O’Brien – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

April tweets

Just the usual load of nonsense.

Jimmy Brennan panning for gold in the Sperrins, Tyrone in 1983.

Two versions of Flann O’Brien’s “The workman’s friend”

With some relevant chunks of Henry Fielding.

Contemporary etching of Fielding from his <em>Jonathan Wild the Great</em>.

Did the Hapsburgs (or whoever) really force Jews to adopt absurd surnames in the late 18th century?

Or is it a proto-Nazi myth?