Some beautiful interchange between #RoyalMail and #AnPost to land this beauty in my hallway Cannot wait for evening to get stuck in @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social Salut!

Dylan gets my vote everytime

I dont mean to gush @ronanhession.bsky.social Loved the book but the tv version #LeonardandHungryPaul is just, just lovely I just sit here watching with a great stupid grin on my face Chapeau to you Sir

It's a sad indictment when one's happiness is the based on the arrival of the 151 bus #Dublincanbeheaven #Ornot

"[Philip] Marlowe is one of the immortals, up there with Don Quixote, Emma Bovary and Leopold Bloom." John Banville

Saying goodbye to some newish pals off to new homes Always find this bookshelf easing process cathartic but with a touch of melancholy Hoping to use the new #AnPost @oxfamireland.bsky.social service to send them on their way

“I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.” Happy birthday Dylan Thomas BOTD 1914

Maybe the tie wasn't the biggest problem with this guy @bbclaurak.bsky.social

Nooooooo the tiiiiiiiiiieeeee Could no one have a word @bbclaurak.bsky.social #BBCLauraK

Very sad to hear this, proud son of North Wexford parents, had a blast covering his trip to the homeland as PM www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Soundtrack for the weekend Joe Webb's 'Hamstrings and Hurricanes' Brilliant album He wowed #MercuryAward2025 prize night and he's currently wowing my eardrums

Well the start looks promising What a backing group #Pulp #mercuryprize2025 #Newcastle But actually I'm here for Martin Carty

The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader's card in his name, 130 years after his original was revoked following his conviction for "gross indecency". bbc.com/news/article...

Just me, the author and Bob Dylan At the launch of Anne Ireton's 'Bohemian Whirlpools' this evening Anne summons the spirit of Bob Dylan 'he not busy being born is busy dying' to kick off the evening

Spending this evening in the library Gorey Library that is and attending the launch of Anne Ireton's latest book 'Bohemian Whirlpools' #Literarypursuits

Muireann Bradley is California dreamin’ after landing dream gig with Neil Young and Lana Del Rey www.donegaldaily.com/2025/10/09/m...

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Another cracker from the One True crew including the wonderful Valerie Hemingway podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/o...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Met this guy in Corsica and he insisted on coming home with me He has now taken up residence on my bookshelves with Socrates, Lenin, and a few others, quite the chatter going on

My view for the last few days Lovely Santa Teresa Gallura in Sardinia, looking out towards Corsica and also the sea cliffs and the magnificent guarding the citadel at Bonifacio

Boyhood box ticked with a short visit to the magnificent citadel of Bonifacio and a chance encounter with this monument to fallen members of the French Foreign Legion #Corsica Wonderful time explaining empires and pirates and some fine drinking and dining too

Bit of 'me time' ahead and next bit of reading just sorted My companions for the next few days will be the great Lyse Doucet and Robert Winder I will most be all about Afghanistan, and the three sisters Rhine, Rhône and Po

Spending evenings of Greek rapture thanks to @theresthistory.bsky.social wonderful four part series on Gods and Myths as only Holland and Sandbrook can deliver Worth rushing home every evening for this treat @holland-tom.bsky.social

I almost didn't make it to the end of @mrkocnnll.bsky.social column in @irishtimes.com this morning Highest compliment I can pay him Important, heartbreaking read but he had me at Nikolai Rostov

Lovely tribute episode in honour of Patrick Hemingway podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/o...

My new compulsion #ThePaper

I'm not big on moral victories and 'what if' wins but is there something to be said for giving that team a run at the Presidency #FightingIrish @irishwomens.bsky.social @mudderrucker.bsky.social

The computer scientist Gary Marcus tells Garry Kasparov that with AI, the U.S. is already moving toward “techno-fascism”—but there’s still a choice. Listen to “Autocracy in America”:

I could at least throw the newspaper across the room, no such outlet available when listening to @bbclaurak.bsky.social this morning Thanks at least to #ChristianeAmanpour for keeping the technology safe

Paid a visit to the excellent Donegal County Museum @donegalcounty in #Letterkenny Saw this fine red jacket, of the Donegal Militia, on display In 1798 they fought at Vinegar Hill (on the wrong side of course) They're all long dead but I'm sure they heard me snarl Museum well worth a visit though

Look what the Postie just landed Congrats #TheGalleryPress on a quite beautiful book loaded with treasure from #ColmToibin #LiteratureLaureatLectures

www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-arti... Reasons to be cheerful #Picasso

Very sad to hear that Patrick Hemingway, writer and conservationist, has died aged 97 He was the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway

Gold standard demolition.....

Have this Enniscorthy chap for company on the commute this morning Not saying much but I know it will be a worthwhile encounter #ColmToibin #Picador #Readinglikebreathing

If I had a van that was 80 years old I'm sure it wouldn't sound great But here is an exception Happy birthday Van Morrison thanks for the sounds and musical adventure you brought us #VanMorrison #VanTheMorrison

Deep R&B hat tip to #BBCTwo for tonight's night with #VanMorrison featuring Later with Jools Holland and the 70th birthday gig from Cyprus Avenue BTW 'RememberingNow' is well worth your time

Had been saving this for a 'me time' read but I weakened @carrport.bsky.social Hat tip to you Sir no surprise but turns out @johncreedon.bsky.social was right

Mark O'Connell @irishtimes.com should really have been a carpenter He nails it every time Read @mrkocnnll.bsky.social this morning on monoculture I'm guessing he's not a joiner either

Boyhood yearnings to be away to sea stirred this morning by the sight of tall ship Pelican of London here at #DublinPort and just meters from my office window I'm thinking John Masefield AND Annie Proulx strangely enough

Poignant, chilling shot on this mornings @irishtimes.com front page No more horrific than many of the images we have seen from Gaza But who cannot be outraged by the killing of journalists and attacks on Hospitals

What's the story morning glory Beautiful light show, early morning Main Street Let's hope it's a portent for the day ahead #Gorey #Dawndelight

Got the feels now Good luck to Eddie Dunbar and Archie Ryan My favourite time of the year @lavuelta.bsky.social

Always readable and with an incredible knack for getting right to the core of the developing story (MY TIP follow Sally Hayden)

Happy birthday Annie Proulx, thanks for the magic

Better late than never Marking yesterdays anniversary of the murder of Lorca #Lorca #Spain #Poetry

‘Well worth viewing’: Perseid meteor shower to continue Wednesday night

On a Fleadh Ceol #Fleadh2025 high here in Wexford and didn't think needed Bobby Friction's chill @cerysmatthews.bsky.social @bbc6music.bsky.social but I did and I like it

Great news that Adrian Dunbar is back on our screens with 'Ridley' but even better that the music of @richardhawley.bsky.social features once again