Listening to @cerysmatthews.bsky.social while recovering from a night out at 'The Ford' Trad Fest in the tiny village of Craanford in Irelands Sunny South East An entire village floating on a sea of trad music
Where am I ?
Really sad and sorry to hear of the death of Andy Keyshawn Will miss him pushing great music my way Contrarian and argumentative he certainly was but never boring World now a poorer quieter less interesting place
We've had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach—but to understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident, @galbeckerman.bsky.social argues.
Wonderful early morning visit @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social to catch the new William Blake exhibition on its opening day Wonderful assembly of Blake and his contemporaries
The shortlist for the 2026 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award, an annual award celebrating outstanding Irish fiction, was announced yesterday. It features these five acclaimed novels. How many have you read?! The winner will be announced on May 27th.
Quality lineup on this mornings #BBCLauraK but no Laura K, not saying there's a connection between those two things mind Lived @wmarybeard.bsky.social evoking Pope Leo XIV She knows a bit about the previous 13
Ah @mrkocnnll.bsky.social this is going to have to stop Most Saturday mornings you leave me determined to do something about something Today it was tears and a silent salute Your column is indeed 'a bright spot' #CallitCarroll #Artemisll
Don't ya just love Friday night football Goaaaaaaaaan Ulster @ulsterrugby.bsky.social
Our interview with the President of Ukraine is out now.
Alastair speaks with Zelenskyy about everything from the personal toll of the war and his daily calls with his mother, to the bigger picture: Putin’s mindset, US involvement, and the shaping of new alliances.
Link in the replies.
Going Post-Tribal Is Lonely but Liberating | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/post...
A reminder that it was just gone ten years since Jim Harrison left us sent me searching for some of the stories and images this fine poet and master of the novella left us No surprise that @kennysbookshop.bsky.social turned up trumps #Litthroughtheletterbox
From Catalan independentist to the Spanish left's working class hero, Alan and I had an interesting discussion on the trajectory of Gabriel Rufian with historian Andrew Dowling:
Dublin Literary Award 2026 shortlist: ‘Literature at its most international, most ambitious, and most humane’
Award-winning Scottish author Ali Smith, Vietnamese-American writer Ocean Vuong and a Croatian debutant feature on a list with a strong French accent
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
youtu.be/fBsk_jKp7gE?... Bressie and The White Horse Guitar Club reach the river and find a way to cross Have a listen
Today is the 20th anniversary of John McGahern's death. Tonight on Arena, Catriona Crowe, Pat Collins & I will be discussing John's work and legacy. Pat directed the documentary John McGahern A Private Life and the adaptation of That They May Face The Rising Sun. @rteradio1.bsky.social/online 7pm.
Albert Camus has been much in mind in recent weeks, Cometh the hour cometh the words, this beautiful novel from Mary Costello in which he features heavily then this morning from Joe Humphreys @irishtimes.com
Ok so we wait for Carlow and Longford to resolve the curtain raiser then it's Cumaaaaaaaaaaan Wexford #LochGarman ##GAA #Football
The Leonard and Hungry Paul TV is picked as a cultural highlight on RTE.
It's currently streaming on the RTE Player.
www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
Gawd bless ya @s4c.cymru #LEIVSCA @leinsterrugby.bsky.social
Jim Harrison writer, ten years gone 'In a life properly lived, you’re a river. You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you can’t stop it; you can’t figure out a banal game plan applicable to all situations; you just have to go with the ‘beingness’ of life.”
Go aaaaaaaaaaasn Manchester #UniversityChallenge
When the post hits your hallway with a thump and you are off on another reading adventure Both of these were random finds Hat tip @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
#Litthroughmyletterbox
Donal Ryan has a new novel coming out in August. This will be a beautiful, signed edition that is a must for collectors. Limited to 900 copies and just €19.99. www.kennys.ie/shop/where-a...
Ah some good news Congrats Gavan, well deserved
youtu.be/VK79hDUv1tk?... Another great voice stilled But that wonderful voice and the tradition she carried will never fall silent Thanks for the music Dolores
This looks delicious Just booked to peek in online Thank you
