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The Cradle of European Culture

March 14, 2018November 23, 2018

Early Medieval Irish Book Art

One of the first books I ever bought was called Shadows on Glass. It depicted life in rural Ireland in emotive black and white photos.

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Passenger

August 29, 2017March 11, 2019

Things I love… No,121

I was very lucky to meet the wonderful Michael D. Rosenberg, otherwise known as Passenger, this summer in St.

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Is There Life on Mars?

January 11, 2016October 11, 2019

My life in lyrics
Everyone knows exactly where they were when Elvis died. I remember vividly because I was in Teelin, Co. Donegal when I got the news.

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Rietberg Museum…

September 23, 2015February 6, 2020

That night at the Rietberg…

when I learned how to whistle with an acorn…
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April 3, 2015April 8, 2015

I was speaking to a friend at the beginning of the week  and  he told me a story about an encounter with an author whom I had loved to read at the age of seventeen.

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February 26, 2013October 7, 2016

On lighting a fire… from above
On Sunday, we were invited to a friend’s place for raclette – one of those Swiss meals that start with an apero late afternoon (on this occasion, with home baked rosemar

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August 14, 2012August 14, 2012

‘Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience’
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Words…

July 21, 2012October 15, 2012

It might seem strange, but one of my pass-times as a teenager was reading dictionaries. Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, for example, was an all time favourite.

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Back again…

July 21, 2012October 7, 2016

Apologies for my absence here @the water of recent. This was due to the illness and death of my mother, combined with a trip to Ireland for her funeral last week.

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May 4, 2012October 7, 2016

FRONTI NULLA FIDES
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Place no trust in appearances
 
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