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Sam Windrim
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I write a bit.
Oh, my. Only a couple of pages into this memoir but this is simply gorgeous...
February 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Well said, that man.
“Humanity is better than ever in terms of possibilities. We can reach the moon, we can do everything. But still right now we kill each other. For what? For what?”

Pep Guardiola on why he feels the need to use his voice to highlight the evils in the world.

Thank you Pep
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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I need tp get put more. I just this like the openong to a Colson Whitehead novel?l.
January 12, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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NEW: Pete Hegseth - Bench Pressing the Pentagon

Profiling the American Secretary of War for the New Yorker was a genuinely humbling experience. Hard to believe this is my job sometimes.

mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
Pete Hegseth - Bench Pressing the Pentagon
A New Yorker Profile
mrhenrymorris.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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I know its a long shot but to rub salt into the wounds of yesterday my youngest left his scarf somewhere at the match yesterday. Got a load of badges on from this seasons Home games. Hes gutted.
Any reposts appreciated in the hope it might be recovered.
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Every Christmas Eve, I like to watch "It's a Wonderful Life". Every year, something new surprises me. Something like this skull-shaped paper weight on Potter's desk.
It's a wonderful fim.
December 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Look at me. Look at me. Everybody stop what you're doing and look at me!! 😜
Meet the winners…

Every day for twelve days, we’re introducing you to a 2025 International Debut Novel Competition winner: drawn from a record number of applicants.

Today’s winner is Sam Windrim 💫
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"... the loudest drunk in a decaying pub..."
Do yourself a favour and click on the link below. You won't just read this, you'll wallow in it.
Absolutely sublime.
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I'm absolutely thrilled my book has made this list.
In my heart, I know it's a very good book but you'd be a fool not to humbled and grateful for such an opportunity. Hopefully, I don't get tongue-tied and can get it out into the world now.
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the International Debut Novel Competition 2025:

Bronagh Slevin
Catherine Godfrey
Cian Hamilton
David McGrath
Eoin McLaughlin
Judith Pasztor Duffy
Karla Hirsch
Luke Brennan
Mary McKeone
Paul Jeffcut
Sam Windrim
Stephanie O’Reilly

Huge congrats to all!
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Buy me a coffee"
Ignore that hungry child but also...buy me a coffee.
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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There was an old lady who swallowed her sisters,
I don't know why,
She swallowed her sisters,
Perhaps they're Russian.
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Because nothing screams Christmas like preparing your children for the administrative and bereaucratic nightmare of dealing with the Irish Passport Office...
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Irish papers' football coverage in a nutshell: "Our u/21s were hammered 4-0 by Andorra yestrday but not to worry, here's yet another in-depth rehashing of that Manchester United story we keep running and running and..."
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Sad that this leak appears to have come from the office of Minister Jim O'Callaghan (FF).

FG had seemed most likely to start bashing* immigrants.

Maybe FF will start punching down too after their recemt election fuck-up?

(*Metaphorically, of course. They're not thugs. They just incite thugs).
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Maybe I'm happy Celia has taken my place at the top of the leaderboard.
How'dja like them manzanas?
Your move, Duolingo.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Many thanks for the kind reposts about my upcoming publication - all helps. Much appreciated. Xx
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There's been an accident in the drapery section at Guiney's...
October 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The first (and easily the best) rom-com ever made.
A thing of beauty. More importantly, a thing of fun.
archive.org/details/it.-...
It Happened One Night (1934) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
It Happened One Night is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn. The...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Catherine Connolly once started a game of Snakes and Ladders without throwing a six.

#SmearTheBajaysis
October 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It comforts me to believe that every time Prince turned up at a do, there were a couple of concerned aunties who'd corner his Purpleness and ask... "and, tell us, are you still at the music, love?".
October 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Odd how famous comedians are (rightfully i.m.o.) being called out for taking money off the country that funded Al Qaeda and ISIS, yet famous football clubs like Manchester United (Saudi Telecom) don't get called out for it and neither do Liverpool (cf Standard Chartered's links to ISIS)
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Not only the worst performance I have ever seen from an Irish team but possibly the worst performance I have ever seen [full stop].
And I supported City under Alan fucking Ball.
September 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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CONNIE

Written and created by award-winning Limerick playwrights and Ormston House Artists-in-Residence, Ann Blake and Joanne Ryan, CONNIE is a bold, immersive theatrical event that reimagines the incredible life of Limerick-born Hollywood actress Constance Smith.
CONNIE
YouTube video by Ormston House
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I am a firefighter in a TV show.
The other guys in the station are my brothers and sisters. Except the captain. He thinks I'm a hothead - but I get the job done, goddammit.
Also, that Norman Price needs a good kick up the hole.
I am a detective in a TV show.
I live for my job but it doesn't make me happy.
As a reformed alcoholic with quirky taste in music, my relationship with my beautiful ex-wife is... complicated.
One time, somebody I loved died violently, but I don't like to talk about that.
I'm a barman in a TV show.
I like polishing glasses with a cloth I keep slung over my shoulder. I am the soul of discretion and my customers are like children to me. I never, ever, go outside the bar. My empty glasses collect themselves.
September 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM