About Queen Elizabeth in a Soviet Childhood
Did I mention that I remember seeing Queen Elizabeth II not as a very old…
Browsing: culture
Smartphone usage is impacting society, but how?
Whether we’re regularly reading sports news or contributing to a comical WhatsApp group, many of…
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.…
Theatre: The Battle of Kildare Place
There is no fiercer battle than that between sisters. The sibling tension is ever-present in…
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…
Looking for Scraps
Rushing down the lane to the beach, I race in the direction of clarity; the…
Fiction Reader’s Block
We all see things with different eyes and it gets you nowhere hoping that one…
Common Concerns: John Clare & Other Ghosts
There’s a strangeness to singing in a language you don’t understand, akin, perhaps, to the…
Cassandra Voices Podcast: Loafing Hero
In our latest podcast Ben Pantrey interviews former musician of the month Bartholomew Ryan in…
Operation Mass Formation
We need to sing again. We need to be Irish. We need to socialise. We…
The Importance of Public Debate
At a recent debate organised by the English-Speaking Union (ESU) at its HQ, Dartmouth House…
What is Freedom?
Last week, the Russia-Ukraine-NATO tensions reached a crescendo when Russia decided to recognize both Luhansk…
On the Nature of Evil
I met Vladimir Putin once. Or, at least, I was in the same room as…