Ten Faery Tales for Our Time
This article is dedicated to Patrick Healy. The Irish people have a long-standing relationship with…
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Liking Lockdown
The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone.…
The Myth of the Spiritual Contract
According to Western medical science I suffer from a condition called depression. And from my…
Kevin Higgins: 1967-2023
According to the recently deceased Kevin Higgins: ‘Poets may be divided into three types: those…
Welcome to the Jungle
Not since Byron awoke one morning to find himself famous has there been such an…
Open Mics or Open Micks?
I immediately twitch with an almost intolerable discomfort when I hear the words freedom and…
Classic Paddies
The music was the code. It was the transliteration of the style. It was not…
Niall McDevitt (1967-2022)
The London-based Irish Poet, Art-Activist, Musician and Psychogeographer, Niall McDeviit died at his home in…
Forty Footer
Sixteen years ago, I wandered down to the Forty Foot to take some pictures of…
About Queen Elizabeth in a Soviet Childhood
Did I mention that I remember seeing Queen Elizabeth II not as a very old…
North as Religious Experience
And the people came from far, And they came from near, To see the troubadours.…
Wornington Word
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Knightsbridge. Notting Hill. Property. Harrods. Money. Bourgeoisie. Rolls.…
Seamus Deane: An Appreciation
John Calder spoke at the Abbey Theatre some years ago. The founder and director of…
A Brief History of My Father
In 1960 when I was seven, before TV, Radio Éireann was our window on the…
Mysticism for the Modern Skeptic
Five takeaways from my experience at Sattva Yoga Academy in india: Have an experience without…
It Is Good We Are Dreaming
‘We dream – it is good we are dreaming – It would hurt us –…
On (the) Money
If you follow me baby I’ll turn your money green I show you more money…
RTE Kitsch: Room to Improve
Patrick Freyne’s satirical 2020 Irish Times article ‘It is now late-period Dermot Bannon. He is…
Operation Mass Formation
We need to sing again. We need to be Irish. We need to socialise. We…