Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy The Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission, run by the Institute of Ancient Near East Studies (IPOA) at the University of Barcelona and led by Maite Mascort and Esther Pons, has identified a papyrus conta...

When you die, be buried with your favourite book # booksky

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The Godfather 2

Great sequel too " A Thousand Moons"

Absolutely! I've PM'd you

The Power of Light
What a great event in @thedockarts for the 20th anniversary of the death of John McGahern
With @sineadgleeson.bsky.social @mylesdungan.bsky.social ,wonderful reading by Jane Brennan ,chaired by Vincent Woods,presented by the Iron Mountain Literature Festival
#booksky

They follow you on Bluesky

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

City

Opposition unimpressed by Taoiseach’s failure to ‘call out’ US president Irish reaction: A ‘missed opportunity’ to confront Trump over ‘bellicose’ foreign policy

@hollycairns.bsky.social and @paulmurphy.pbp.ie again doing their best to convince me why they should never be in government.

"Opposition unimpressed by Taoiseach’s failure to ‘call out’ US president"

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Get on with it!! #OSCARS

Butcher's Crossing is excellent.
TTSS is brilliant, and you'll have to complete the trilogy
Klara definitely unsettling

The great Irish writers, John McGahern, died on March 31st 2006. I showed some stuff I had boxed away to our local librarian in Portarlington, County Laois, and she decided to make a display, and track down all his books. #booksky

David Gray ?

Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

#birdoftheday today in our garden

Ulysses has those too

Yes, I worked in The Baggot Inn in Dublin where the Road Show had a residency in late 1973 or early 1974. I organised bikes for them to cycle up the Dublin mountains. It - a great show which I saw about 20 times - they had live ferrets which Sylvester had down his trousers at one point

Signed
Hungry Paul

Art

We watched The Choral last night, with Ralph Fiennes. You'll enjoy it

Saw the movie One Battle After Another. Could have been watching an extended documentary about US today. #minnesota #ICE

The rowboat ?

I read all those diaries- a great read. He was very droll, and so observant

Guinness was a multimillionare at this stage after his %deal on Star Wars gross earnings.

Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value definitely up there with the best movies. Loved it. Stellan Starsgard is magnificent, as are the actors playing his two daughters. 5 stars.

Time for Ronnie Wood to retire. No voice at all. Olivia Deane is the business though, and Jeepers Creepers, that chap on the drums

The wonderful Turner exhibition is open at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social
My annual look at where Sherlock Holmes met his end ...or did he?