Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): An Introduction “Our lives do not begin and end by opening and closing like a book. Life could be likened more to a surging …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Education & Schooling This blog may seem disjointed with Jack’s various experiences in what he deems is his ‘real education’ but I believe it portrays …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Fun & Festivities [Part 1] ‘If anyone like a fortune teller, had told me that someday I would walk onto the stage in that theatre, and for …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Fun & Festivities [Part 2] ‘The Drama League was run by idealists and artists, and by down to earth enthusiasts who made a living in the academic …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Home & Family [Part 1] ‘Of course one’s life in this world does not begin as a blank new page. Before the teachers and the preachers start …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Home & Family [Part 2] Jack McQuoid’s lengthy memoir of 343 pages is too long to contain all of his home and family experiences into one post. …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Life & Labour Before Jack found his love for writing he always found comfort in the natural world. Jack’s father passed these values down to …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Migration, Immigration & Emigration ‘These American songs seemed to be her favourites. They seemed to inspire pictures of a land that was rich and free – …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Researching Writing Lives This collaborative research project has pushed me out of my comfort zone but for all of the right reasons. Through taking part …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): War & Memory ‘I have lived through most of the twentieth century – an age of conflict and propaganda in which I have strived to …
