Machine-Room Chants

Tom Maguire (1865 - 1895)


Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was published posthumously in 1895 and includes prefatory commemorative remarks by Keir Hardie and John Bruce Glasier.

NB Listeners may find some of the references to sexual assault and suicide distressing.

Genre(s): Single author, Lyric, Narratives

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Prefatory Material Newgatenovelist
00:10:04
Play 01 Barbara Newgatenovelist
00:05:39
Play 02 Unspoken Confidences Newgatenovelist
00:03:26
Play 03 The Minotaur Newgatenovelist
00:04:11
Play 04 The Duchess of Number Three Newgatenovelist
00:02:47
Play 05 The Novelette Reader Newgatenovelist
00:03:57
Play 06 The Singer Machine Newgatenovelist
00:03:18
Play 07 The Feller-Hand Newgatenovelist
00:02:49
Play 08 For a Living Newgatenovelist
00:01:42
Play 09 The Old Order Changeth Newgatenovelist
00:07:25
Play 10 An Underpaid Agitator Newgatenovelist
00:04:21
Play 11 The Watches of the Night Newgatenovelist
00:01:51