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Woods. Words. Birds. Birch. Beech. Bach.
Reviewer of translated fiction for
@irishtimes.bsky.social
Also contributes reviews to The TLS.
Co-curator of the poetry festival Circling The Square.
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Reviewer of translated fiction for
@irishtimes.bsky.social
Also contributes reviews to The TLS.
Co-curator of the poetry festival Circling The Square.
https://circlingthesquare.weebly.com/
I've passed on your message.
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I've passed on your message.
I have a lot of Giuffre's recordings, as I'm sure you do, but even so, this was a thrill. Great sound too.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have a lot of Giuffre's recordings, as I'm sure you do, but even so, this was a thrill. Great sound too.
I only ever see bits of GW on YouTube. All television is a novelty to me. When I was in the waiting room of Limerick Hospital last Friday with my daughter, we were highly amused by daytime TV. The novelty was all the better because there was no sound and I could make up the dialogue.
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I only ever see bits of GW on YouTube. All television is a novelty to me. When I was in the waiting room of Limerick Hospital last Friday with my daughter, we were highly amused by daytime TV. The novelty was all the better because there was no sound and I could make up the dialogue.
They could just rerun old clips of Barney Johnson doing all the same things.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
They could just rerun old clips of Barney Johnson doing all the same things.
Wealthy U.S. liberals have behaved exactly as one would have expected, i.e. been completely useless in opposing fascism and showing far more concern about their money than about the plight of those they employ as servants.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Taylor Swift’s silence on the Trump administration using her music speaks volumes | Alim Kheraj
Official Trump social media accounts have been using The Life of a Showgirl snippets to promote his agenda. Why has Swift, who once wanted ‘to be on the right side of history’, said nothing?
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November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Maybe the artist used this picture for inspiration.
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Seamus Heaney: The Legacy of Ireland's Nobel Laureate
Seamus Heaney was a renowned 20th-century Irish poet who explored universal themes such as the human experience.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Maybe the artist used this picture for inspiration.
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I've booked a ticket.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've booked a ticket.
True! It's also true that I wouldn't actively pitch a review to The Spectator and I'd be astonished to be asked.
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
True! It's also true that I wouldn't actively pitch a review to The Spectator and I'd be astonished to be asked.
Well, I'm a believer in free speech. Not the type favoured by many on both the right and left: " I agree with people's right to say anything as long as I agree with them". So, I'd write for a paper or magazine of a different stripe as long as they didn't want me to change the essence of my review.
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Well, I'm a believer in free speech. Not the type favoured by many on both the right and left: " I agree with people's right to say anything as long as I agree with them". So, I'd write for a paper or magazine of a different stripe as long as they didn't want me to change the essence of my review.
I suppose the book review pages are regarded as a more neutral space. I haven't ever written for The Spectator, but I probably would if I were asked. I have written for the TLS, which is Murdoch-owned, so is that suspect? I subscribe too because it is my favourite of the literary magazines.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I suppose the book review pages are regarded as a more neutral space. I haven't ever written for The Spectator, but I probably would if I were asked. I have written for the TLS, which is Murdoch-owned, so is that suspect? I subscribe too because it is my favourite of the literary magazines.
Within the article, the category "British literary fiction" is not used. So, the assumption is that this nonsense represents all literary fiction or that literary fiction is only written in English.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Within the article, the category "British literary fiction" is not used. So, the assumption is that this nonsense represents all literary fiction or that literary fiction is only written in English.
Any particular periodicals in mind?
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Any particular periodicals in mind?