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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The old L&H has lost its mojo
Students ain't what they used to be. What a crowd of eejits.

John Boyne ‘disappointed’ at withdrawal of UCD James Joyce award

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
John Boyne ‘disappointed’ at withdrawal of UCD James Joyce award
Literary and Historical Society planned to honour ‘one of Ireland’s most celebrated and courageous literary voices’
www.irishtimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Great thread
bwdr.bsky.social Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Aug 23
What movie has had the most impact on your actual literal life? Not necessarily your favorite, but the one that’s most influenced or shaped something in your trajectory?
August 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
For the weekend that's in it, a throwback to @writingandideas.bsky.social 2023 when Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack brought the house down with their readings of Molly and Leopold Bloom from #Ulysses
Photo by me
#Borris
#booksky
#ulysses
#leopoldbloom
#mollybloom
#Bloomsday
June 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
On his first visit to
@writingandideas.bsky.social
James Rebanks brought us to the islands off Norway for a profound meditation on slow living and closeness to nature in his wonderful book The Place of Tides
Photo by me
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social
#booksky
#ThePlaceOfTides
#eiderduck
#eider
June 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
John Banville = National Treasure
No doubt about it, #booksky

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Your summer reading list
Your summer reading list with Authors Naoise Dolan, John Banville & Emer McLysaght
www.rte.ie
June 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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John Tyler became US president in 1841.

His youngest grandson just died this past weekend.

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Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. president and longtime Richmonder, dies at 96
The Richmond resident, preservationist and chemical engineer, for whom William & Mary’s history department is named, also had the distinction of being the grandson of a man who became U.S. president i...
www.richmonder.org
May 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@kevinmarkham.bsky.social Thank you for the great review of www.portarlingtongolfclub.ie in the latest issue of #TheIrishGolfer. Our Open Week runs from 6th-15th June. Only €25 for visitors.
Portarlington Golf Club – Portarlington Golf Club – one of Ireland's hidden gems featuring in the Top 100 Golf Courses in Ireland
Portarlington Golf Club – one of Ireland's hidden gems featuring in the Top 100 Golf Courses in Ireland
www.portarlingtongolfclub.ie
May 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Looking forward to being back taking photos at @writingandideas.bsky.social in Borris in June. Here are some photos from last year. All photos by me. #booksky #TomHolland @katherinerundell.bsky.social #SimonArmitage #PoetLaureate #OceanVuong
May 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch

🧢 @trumpfile.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
@news.rte.ie @rteradio1.bsky.social Where is John Bowman when we need him?
#rte #popeleoiv
May 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Wasn’t expecting that….love it 🔥….the kids are alright!
May 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#ZeroDay @netflix.com #Spain #Portugal @news.sky.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Be careful !! We need you guys!! @heardislandgov.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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“ELON vs. RFK Jr.”

@jadomian.bsky.social @therealtony.bsky.social

#elonmusk #jamesadomian #rfkjr #anthonyatamanuik #sxsw
April 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
@skynewsrss.bsky.social not holding back on praise for the amazing Mullins win in the # GrandNational
April 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"When all the books are gone...."
john-self.bsky.social John Self @john-self.bsky.social · Mar 29
“When all the books are gone, there will be
nothing to remember but a single
porch light at the far end of the road…”

‘As If From The End Times’ by John Burnside

(from his forthcoming final book of poetry, The Empire of Forgetting)
AS IF FROM THE END TIMES (Homage to David Garnett) When all the books are gone, there will be nothing to remember but a single porch light at the far end of the road, where something live is moving in the snow, a woman, or a fox, it's hard to say. Last day of birdsong; salt rain in the trees; the echo of someone going about their business, making good or making hay – you never know for sure, although you know that something here is coming to an end: last day of weather, lanternlight crossing the yards, last of those stories our kinfolk used to tell of woman into fox, fox into deer, deer into shadow and, always, the darkness-to-come.
April 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
#booksky
April 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social just read your beautiful article in The Plough.
English Pastoral one of my favourite books in recent years. Looking forward to meeting you at Borris @writingandideas.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:

Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
At Ennis courthouse @ronanhession.bsky.social to see @ronanhession.bsky.social being cross-examined by @neilhegarty.bsky.social about his wonderful book Ghost Mountain, and an interesting discussion about fiction in Translation
#ennisbookclubfestival
#booksky
March 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What a great evening in the company of the great Colum McCann launching his new novel #Twist in the @peppercanisterchurch Dublin - a great interview with @alexclarkpresents and wonderful music by @colmmacconiomaire
#Borris
@writingandideas.bsky.social
#booksky
Photos by me
March 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM