@poorceltic profile picture
Jack O'Donnell @poorceltic

if I could change anything I would change everything

Joined October 2013
  • Tweets 5,142
  • Following 1,625
  • Followers 1,056
295 Photos and videos
Scotland 1--0 Haiti odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Scotland 1–0 Haiti

Did you pass the Scottish nationality test? I just managed it. Went to bed at 11.30pm and was up again for 1pm. Scotland were playing Haiti in Boston at 2am. That’s our time. Not US time. My favour…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
1
8
Muriel Spark (1970 [2006]) The Driver’s Seat. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Muriel Spark (1970 [2006]) The Driver’s Seat.

This is my second reading of Muriel Spark, The Driver’s Seat. And the third reading of the introduction by John Lanchester of this short novel or novella (100 pages) part of the Penguin Classics. Y…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
3
21
Jack O'Donnell retweeted
Colin B@ColinBurnett16
Jun 9
I really enjoyed chatting to Alistair about my new book 'Family Man'. If you fancy checking out the podcast. You can access it via the link. Cheers
Alistair Braidwood@ScotsWhayHae
Jun 9
🎙️📚💕 For the latest @ScotsWhayHae podcast we caught up with writer @ColinBurnett16 to talk about his new novel 'Family Man', which is also 'The Third Book of Aldo', published with @TippermuirBooks. Full details, & all the ways to listen, are here... 👉 scotswhayhae.com/post/the-ru…
2
7
14
1,729
Eric Manheimer, MD (2013 [2022]) Twelve Patients. Live and Death at Bellevue Hospital. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Eric Manheimer, MD (2013 [2022]) Twelve Patients. Live and Death at Bellevue Hospital.

Eric Manheimer is multicultural, multilingual and as he reminds readers in the title, MD. He’s a doctor. And also the director of the biggest public hospital in New York, Bellevue. What makes Belle…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
3
Martin O'Neil, Messiah? odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Martin O’Neil, Messiah?

Martin O’Neil…Martin O’Neil…Martin O’Neil. Our Messiah who turned Celtic dross into the fine wine of winning the league and Scottish Cup. Alleluia. A few years ago I wrote a post about the new Celt…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
10
Peter Frankopan (2015) The Silk Roads. A New History of the World. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Peter Frankopan (2015) The Silk Roads. A New History of the World.

I thought myself pretty smart, when I was wee, writing my name and street and town and county (Scotland) and Europe and World and Universe. I was, of course, centre of the Jack O’Donnellian world. …

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
2
Helen Dunmore (1993) Zennor in Darkness odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Helen Dunmore (1993) Zennor in Darkness

Helen Dunmore (1993) Zennor in Darkness won the 1994 McKitterick Prize which is awarded for debut novels for writers over 40. Dunmore is a great example of why poets often make the best prose write…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
9
Jack O'Donnell retweeted
ABCtales@ABC_Tales
Jun 2
From HarryC, Tom's traumatising encounter with a terrifyingly narrow minded teacher is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can abctales.com/story/harryc/to…
2
2
35
Helen Dunmore (2017) Birdcage Walk. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Helen Dunmore (2017) Birdcage Walk.

How did the French Revolution effect property prices in Bristol? Helen Dunmore likes to capture lost voices. Those that do not make it into history books. Lives lived and largely forgotten. The pro…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
11
Jack O'Donnell retweeted
Pat Black - JACK-IN-THE-BOX - OUT NOW!@PatBlack9
Jun 1
Jack-In-The-Box: An invisible killer stalks Glasgow's suburbs. How is he getting in? Where will he strike next? Kindle: amazon.co.uk/Jack-Box-Lomond… Audible: amazon.co.uk/AUDIBLE-Jack-in… Paperback: amazon.co.uk/Jack-Box-Lomond… Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/jack-in…
1
2
1
63
Billy Grimley 1954—2026 RIP. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Billy Grimley 1954—2026 RIP.

Simply the Best was played as mourners left Clydebank Crematorium. Few would argue with that. Or with  Trisha, who’d look you up and down and quickly dismiss you: ‘Yer no a patch on my Billy’.…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
9
Edna O’Brien (2006) The Light of Evening. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Edna O’Brien (2006) The Light of Evening.

Edna O’Brien’s The Light of Evening follows a familiar mother-daughter path. Dilly is dying in a Dublin hospital. Her daughter, Elenaora, has inherited her beautiful hair, which features in every n…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
6
David Chariandy (2017) Brother odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

David Chariandy (2017) Brother

I watched the film and now I’ve read the book. With few exceptions such as Ben Hur, books are better. David Chariandy’s slim novel won a slew of awards. And rightly so. It’s beautifully written. Yo…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
11
Celtic 3—1 Dunfermline odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Celtic 3—1 Dunfermline

Remarkably, Celtic did the Double: Scottish League and Scottish Cup. After last week’s incredible outpouring of emotion—joy mixed with two-part relief mixed with one-part disbelief—playing a lower …

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
22
Séamas O’Reilly (2021) Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Séamas O’Reilly (2021) Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

I used to read Séamas O’Reilly’s whimsical weekly column in The Observer. I didn’t know much about him, other than he was Irish. His 2021 memoir, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? won biography of the year i…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
15
Jack O'Donnell retweeted
ABCtales@ABC_Tales
May 19
This start of a new adventure for the indomitable Amandarella is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can abctales.com/story/eric-mars…
2
3
45
Helen Dunmore (2001 [2012]) The Siege odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Helen Dunmore (2001 [2012]) The Siege

I read Helen Dunmore’s The Betrayal. It featured the same characters as The Siege, but was set around ten years later. The Siege referred to in the title is The Siege of Leningrad, which began in 1…

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
11
Champions Celtic 3—1 Hearts. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Champions Celtic 3—1 Hearts.

Celtic are champions for the fifth time in successive seasons and for the 56th number of titles overall. Surpassing Rangers who reframed the Scottish football narrative from going for one-in-a-row …

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
1
3
22
Celtic’s title decider. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.c…

Celtic’s title decider.

Between the 96th and 99th minute on Wednesday night at Fir Park, Motherwell, and John Beaton pointing to the penalty spot, Hearts had effectively won their first title since 1960. You’d need to go …

odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com
1
1
24
Jack O'Donnell retweeted
ABCtales@ABC_Tales
May 13
Enjoy the holiday of a lifetime on Jane Hyphen's luxury cruise liner (unless you're a dolphin): abctales.com/story/jane-hyph…
3
3
119
Load more