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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My allies are everywhere. Stopped into the Done Right Inn today, to have a glass & get some fresh corn (it's that kinda bar) & all everyone is talking about is the new graffiti at the nearby corner of Niagara St. & Queen West. Thanks bud.

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

FYI: For friends & followers in the #USA & Ireland & beyond, if you are mystified by the vicious Canada/US Trade War & why talks fell apart on issues of culture, the French language & such... this is how we spend most summer evenings up here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JWl...

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Harmonium - Un musicien parmi tant d'autres (reprise)

YouTube video by Studio à Gio

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Useful knowledge about Canada gleaned from pop songs - the correct way to pronounce Toronto rhymes it with "Donna" & "wanna" as in "Hey little Donna, still wanna? You said to ring you up when I was in Toronto." www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkj...

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The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide

YouTube video by thekingsarehere

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Judy Berman is correct - Furious (in Canada in Disney+) is ferocious TV. Met Liz Meriwether in LA at TCA during first season New Girl. Who knew this would come...?

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In the paper: reminder that this thing right now is the Men's World Cup. The women's game goes along. In #Toronto you can see great professional soccer for like $25. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...

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John Doyle: There’s another World Cup coming in less than a year. It could be more fun, too

Those wondering about the future of soccer in Canada might want to check out the women's game.

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Yep, listen & have fun learning about the origins of FIFA, and why Late-Night TV matters in the US way more that the ratings, dollars & cents. Also a plausible theory about Heated Rivalry..thanks Bill

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I have a poem in the new & gorgeous issue of Superpresent.. it's called “In Canada looking at a map of North Tipperary” So there.

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

New Toronto Star column on World Cup.. Beauty you want, do ya? As seen from The Wheatsheaf, Toronna's oldest tavern, with skeptical Blue Jays fans...the fun never stops... www.thestar.com/sports/socce...

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John Doyle: At Toronto’s oldest bar, beauty is in the eye of the beer holder — and it’s been scarce at this World Cup

At Toronto’s oldest bar, World Cup fans debate whether this tournament has truly delivered to its capability.

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Here's me on the brilliant Bill Brioux's Podcast, talking TV, Soccer and why we are all watching soccer on TV. Allez les Rouges. (Somewhere in the podcast I explain the origins of FIFA and why everybody hates it.)

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Why are World Cup underdogs doing so well? Good question, let's try to anawer it with song and story...

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Before we move on #Canada's third match on Wed. People, Readers really like this one. #Mundial2026 & #Canada match seen from the vantage point of my local dive, The Done Right Inn...enjoy

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I see they're going after #Kimmel again. Good luck with that. "Good luck with that" in Irish, is"Go n-éirí an t-ádh leat" (pron: gun eye-ree un tawd lat), which means "May luck rise with you". It is often delivered with a straight face to imply you believe they will have no such luck at all."

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#WorldTheatreDay POSTPONEMENT: Regret- our play "Shelter" (directed by Richard Rose, written by me) will not be staged as scheduled in May, in new Corleck building. Corleck (run by the Canada Ireland Foundation) is beset by construction & structural problems and will not open fully until much later

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The International Flann O’Brien Society @flannobriensoc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Hot off the press at the Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies is Aoibh Crimmins' article, '"What goes on on the shrapnel-pocked crust of H.M. Mother Earth": Brian O’Nolan and the Second World War'. Crimmins investigates the thorny issue of engagements with fascism in the Cruiskeen Lawn. Read it here!👇

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“What goes on on the shrapnel-pocked crust of H.M. Mother Earth”: Brian O’ Nolan and the Second World War

This article examines the significance of the Second World War to the writings of Brian O’Nolan via the multidisciplinary and multilingual research of the entire corpus of O'Nolan's Cruiskeen Lawn art...

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Before it got excruciatingly long, the Olympics opening ceremony was a subtly low-tech celebration art and athletics—two things only humans can do.

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The Olympics Opening Ceremony Was Defiantly Analog

Milan Cortina's painfully long, inevitably uneven event was, at its best, a celebration of humanity

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

And so it begins: The Winter Games. If you're calling from outside Canada, expect a delay in reply. This is probably impenetrable if you're not Canadian...but it is us... #MilanoCortina2026, #MilanoCortina #WinterOlympics www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVok...

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Highlights from Day 13 at Sochi 2014

YouTube video by CBC Sports

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year from me. If we all work together, it will all work out. #Canada

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

"If you say anything negative about the mediocre entertainment that is making the most powerful entertainment company in the world richer, you are mean." OK, I can live with that.

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Mo chairde - Nollaig shona dhuit... The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMNR...

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The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve

YouTube video by The Chieftains - Topic

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Happy to add to @glennsumi.bsky.social reco' - Two more performances of "Bug" at The King Black Box, this Wed & Thurs Astonishingly raw, nightmarish, this picture-of-America, written long before Trump elected, anchors USA's delusion & depression in one motel room. Brilliant work #Toronto #TheatreTO

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Too bloody true. Today: Agents emails Actors emails Invoices emails Venue booking emails Pay venue email Zoom request email More Agents emails Funding query email Bookkeeper query email Jeeze Louise (no one named Jeeze or Louise is involved)

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Alma Avalle @goodbyealma.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Last Friday we did a short presentation of “Shelter” at the Wilde Party, the annual Gala for the Canada Ireland foundation. We left them wanting more. “Shelter” will have its world premiere at the Bealtaine Theatre Festival in May of ‘26. #TheatreTO #Theatre #Ireland

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

In Ireland the government already shows remarkable support for the Arts. Now this: "The scheme is currently a pilot project. It pays 2,000 artists a basis income of €325 per week." www.rte.ie/news/budget-...

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Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Well, you've got "the most powerful person on earth." And then, you have FIFA. “With all due respect to current world leaders, football is bigger than them and football will survive their regime and their government and their slogans.” apnews.com/article/worl...

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FIFA VP pushes back on Trump comments about moving World Cup games from 'dangerous' cities

U.S. President Donald Trump has been reminded that FIFA and not government ultimately decides which cities will host World Cup games.

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

In #Toronto Do see one of the final perfs of Romeo Pimp, at tiny King Black Box Theatre directed by Sophie Ann Rooney, written by Jesse McQueen. A teen drama becomes sinister & heartbreaking. Terrific young cast in powerful, disconcerting Play. #TheatreTO

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

House of Guinness - Guardian: 5 Stars! Like Peaky Blinders meets Succession. Globe and Mail: Succession meets Peaky Blinders. Irish Times: "Like Succession with shillelaghs" One barrel of cliches after another. Irish Independent: "Clichés arrive thick and fast in boring and predictable series"

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Like Rabih Alameddine in the @nytimes.com I am so, so done with Dostoyevsky. Time & events have transcended that stuff...going back to #Shakespeare now (& Leonard Cohen)

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@MisterJohnDoyle @misterjohndoyle.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Saw #Sapian at #TIFF50 & It's kind-of brilliant. A quirk or a cheat here/there. But captures strangeness of Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) & battles with Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan, great) & climactic scene is scathingly about Irish identity. #COYBIG #Ireland www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Dr...

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Saipan | Official Teaser Trailer (2025) | Coming Soon to Cinemas

YouTube video by Vertigo Releasing

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