Philip Nolan
@philipnolan.bsky.social
Journalist. Likes a bit of grub.
Life is weird. Just the other day, I was posting elsewhere about Giorgio Armani’s death, and the Duomo in Milan. Today, I find a bag of photos, and there are a few I’ve never seen before. Like my late father in 1955, aged 25, outside the, er, Duomo…
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Life is weird. Just the other day, I was posting elsewhere about Giorgio Armani’s death, and the Duomo in Milan. Today, I find a bag of photos, and there are a few I’ve never seen before. Like my late father in 1955, aged 25, outside the, er, Duomo…
It’s far from perfect, but given the fact I effectively was paralysed three months ago, I’m grateful for walking again, splint and all. Arm has a bit to go, and I need practice outdoors, but improving every day. Physio and occupational team here in Enniscorthy are terrific! #StrokeRecovery
July 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It’s far from perfect, but given the fact I effectively was paralysed three months ago, I’m grateful for walking again, splint and all. Arm has a bit to go, and I need practice outdoors, but improving every day. Physio and occupational team here in Enniscorthy are terrific! #StrokeRecovery
Well, stroke update. I can prop myself up in bed, drink from a cup or glass, and ‘sign’ my name with the ‘bad’ arm. I can wear jocks, not a nappy. I can walk with a walker. This week, I’ll lose the catheter, and transfer to a car as a passenger. Onwards!
June 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Well, stroke update. I can prop myself up in bed, drink from a cup or glass, and ‘sign’ my name with the ‘bad’ arm. I can wear jocks, not a nappy. I can walk with a walker. This week, I’ll lose the catheter, and transfer to a car as a passenger. Onwards!
I’m six weeks in hospital.
I have very little power on my right side.
I’m wearing a nappy.
My wee is in a bag on my leg.
#LoveIsland is back.
I’m living the dream… 😜
I have very little power on my right side.
I’m wearing a nappy.
My wee is in a bag on my leg.
#LoveIsland is back.
I’m living the dream… 😜
June 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m six weeks in hospital.
I have very little power on my right side.
I’m wearing a nappy.
My wee is in a bag on my leg.
#LoveIsland is back.
I’m living the dream… 😜
I have very little power on my right side.
I’m wearing a nappy.
My wee is in a bag on my leg.
#LoveIsland is back.
I’m living the dream… 😜
110 years ago today, my great-grandfather James Kavanagh died in the Great War, and is buried in Hazebrouck, northern France.
He left a widow for 40+ years, and seven daughters.
We will remember them.
He left a widow for 40+ years, and seven daughters.
We will remember them.
June 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
110 years ago today, my great-grandfather James Kavanagh died in the Great War, and is buried in Hazebrouck, northern France.
He left a widow for 40+ years, and seven daughters.
We will remember them.
He left a widow for 40+ years, and seven daughters.
We will remember them.
I’ve arrived in Rome to cover Pope Francis’s funeral. So, it seems, have millions of others.
April 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I’ve arrived in Rome to cover Pope Francis’s funeral. So, it seems, have millions of others.
#ThisWeekendsCocktail #Round2 The Kiev Mule
You'll need:
50ml Ukrainian vodka
Hollows and Fentimans ginger beer
Fill a chilled copper mug with crushed ice. Add the vodka and the ginger beer, squeeze a lime wedge over it, and garnish with a sprig of mint.
#щасливогоВеликодня 🇺🇦
You'll need:
50ml Ukrainian vodka
Hollows and Fentimans ginger beer
Fill a chilled copper mug with crushed ice. Add the vodka and the ginger beer, squeeze a lime wedge over it, and garnish with a sprig of mint.
#щасливогоВеликодня 🇺🇦
April 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#ThisWeekendsCocktail #Round2 The Kiev Mule
You'll need:
50ml Ukrainian vodka
Hollows and Fentimans ginger beer
Fill a chilled copper mug with crushed ice. Add the vodka and the ginger beer, squeeze a lime wedge over it, and garnish with a sprig of mint.
#щасливогоВеликодня 🇺🇦
You'll need:
50ml Ukrainian vodka
Hollows and Fentimans ginger beer
Fill a chilled copper mug with crushed ice. Add the vodka and the ginger beer, squeeze a lime wedge over it, and garnish with a sprig of mint.
#щасливогоВеликодня 🇺🇦
#ThisWeekendsCocktail #Round2 The Lemon Meringue Pie
You'll need:
60ml limoncello
20ml Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
30ml lemon juice
An egg white
Shake all vigorously (no ice in shaker), and pour into a coupe.
If you like sweetness, add 15ml simple syrup (1:1 sugar:water).
You'll need:
60ml limoncello
20ml Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
30ml lemon juice
An egg white
Shake all vigorously (no ice in shaker), and pour into a coupe.
If you like sweetness, add 15ml simple syrup (1:1 sugar:water).
March 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#ThisWeekendsCocktail #Round2 The Lemon Meringue Pie
You'll need:
60ml limoncello
20ml Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
30ml lemon juice
An egg white
Shake all vigorously (no ice in shaker), and pour into a coupe.
If you like sweetness, add 15ml simple syrup (1:1 sugar:water).
You'll need:
60ml limoncello
20ml Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
30ml lemon juice
An egg white
Shake all vigorously (no ice in shaker), and pour into a coupe.
If you like sweetness, add 15ml simple syrup (1:1 sugar:water).
Hard to believe. My mother, Nuala, will be 10 years dead in September.
I mourn, yes, but I prefer to be thankful for the 52 years she was in my life.
Always there for advice when asked, never interfered.
I’m half her, and I loved her.
Give your mams a big hug today. 😘
#MothersDay
I mourn, yes, but I prefer to be thankful for the 52 years she was in my life.
Always there for advice when asked, never interfered.
I’m half her, and I loved her.
Give your mams a big hug today. 😘
#MothersDay
March 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hard to believe. My mother, Nuala, will be 10 years dead in September.
I mourn, yes, but I prefer to be thankful for the 52 years she was in my life.
Always there for advice when asked, never interfered.
I’m half her, and I loved her.
Give your mams a big hug today. 😘
#MothersDay
I mourn, yes, but I prefer to be thankful for the 52 years she was in my life.
Always there for advice when asked, never interfered.
I’m half her, and I loved her.
Give your mams a big hug today. 😘
#MothersDay
#ThisWeekendsCocktail The Apple Pie and Cream
You’ll need:
40ml Baileys Irish cream
20ml Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Apple
10ml amaretto
Add to a rocks glass with lots of ice, stir well with a swizzle stick, and lightly sprinkle with a pinch of cinnamon.
You’ll need:
40ml Baileys Irish cream
20ml Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Apple
10ml amaretto
Add to a rocks glass with lots of ice, stir well with a swizzle stick, and lightly sprinkle with a pinch of cinnamon.
March 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#ThisWeekendsCocktail The Apple Pie and Cream
You’ll need:
40ml Baileys Irish cream
20ml Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Apple
10ml amaretto
Add to a rocks glass with lots of ice, stir well with a swizzle stick, and lightly sprinkle with a pinch of cinnamon.
You’ll need:
40ml Baileys Irish cream
20ml Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Apple
10ml amaretto
Add to a rocks glass with lots of ice, stir well with a swizzle stick, and lightly sprinkle with a pinch of cinnamon.
Reminded of this tonight in the other place. After over 30 years searching for it, I couldn’t believe I finally found this photo of me, via Google, looking oddly askance at Frances Bean and Kurt Cobain backstage at the MTV VMAs in Los Angeles in 1993. The poor guy was dead seven months later.
March 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reminded of this tonight in the other place. After over 30 years searching for it, I couldn’t believe I finally found this photo of me, via Google, looking oddly askance at Frances Bean and Kurt Cobain backstage at the MTV VMAs in Los Angeles in 1993. The poor guy was dead seven months later.
#TonightsDinner Hake poached with nduja, butter beans, tinned tomatoes, red onion, garlic, red wine vinegar and chopped flatleaf parsley, with another sprinkle of parsley on top, and a glass of French Albarino. Leftover sauce goes to the blender to make a warming soup.
March 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#TonightsDinner Hake poached with nduja, butter beans, tinned tomatoes, red onion, garlic, red wine vinegar and chopped flatleaf parsley, with another sprinkle of parsley on top, and a glass of French Albarino. Leftover sauce goes to the blender to make a warming soup.
Just wait until Thursday, so.
PS - Syntax matters, folks.
PS - Syntax matters, folks.
March 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Just wait until Thursday, so.
PS - Syntax matters, folks.
PS - Syntax matters, folks.
#ThisWeekendsCocktail #Round2 The Sherry Baby
You'll need:
30ml cognac
15ml Cointreau
10ml Pedro Ximénez sherry
A dash of orange bitters
Stir all in a rocks glass with lots of ice, and garnish with a slice of orange.
Oh, and #COYBIG!
You'll need:
30ml cognac
15ml Cointreau
10ml Pedro Ximénez sherry
A dash of orange bitters
Stir all in a rocks glass with lots of ice, and garnish with a slice of orange.
Oh, and #COYBIG!
March 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#ThisWeekendsCocktail #Round2 The Sherry Baby
You'll need:
30ml cognac
15ml Cointreau
10ml Pedro Ximénez sherry
A dash of orange bitters
Stir all in a rocks glass with lots of ice, and garnish with a slice of orange.
Oh, and #COYBIG!
You'll need:
30ml cognac
15ml Cointreau
10ml Pedro Ximénez sherry
A dash of orange bitters
Stir all in a rocks glass with lots of ice, and garnish with a slice of orange.
Oh, and #COYBIG!
#ThisWeekendsCocktail The Chocolate Orange Cream
You'll need:
40ml Baileys
20ml coffee liqueur (I used Patrón XO Café tequila, but Kahlúa works too)
20ml Grand Marnier, or Cointreau
Shake all with lots of ice, fine strain into a coupe, and sprinkle with grated dark chocolate.
You'll need:
40ml Baileys
20ml coffee liqueur (I used Patrón XO Café tequila, but Kahlúa works too)
20ml Grand Marnier, or Cointreau
Shake all with lots of ice, fine strain into a coupe, and sprinkle with grated dark chocolate.
March 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#ThisWeekendsCocktail The Chocolate Orange Cream
You'll need:
40ml Baileys
20ml coffee liqueur (I used Patrón XO Café tequila, but Kahlúa works too)
20ml Grand Marnier, or Cointreau
Shake all with lots of ice, fine strain into a coupe, and sprinkle with grated dark chocolate.
You'll need:
40ml Baileys
20ml coffee liqueur (I used Patrón XO Café tequila, but Kahlúa works too)
20ml Grand Marnier, or Cointreau
Shake all with lots of ice, fine strain into a coupe, and sprinkle with grated dark chocolate.
March 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My FB memories threw up this post I wrote about Eamonn Casey when he died in 2017, before all that we subsequently learned about him. Vile man.
March 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My FB memories threw up this post I wrote about Eamonn Casey when he died in 2017, before all that we subsequently learned about him. Vile man.
My entire family, since forever!
February 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My entire family, since forever!
Some nights are better than others. 🙂
February 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Some nights are better than others. 🙂
Next week, I’ll be driving the Xpeng G6. Entry-level price €42,000, €4,990 cheaper than Musk’s entry-level Model Y. 😉
February 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Next week, I’ll be driving the Xpeng G6. Entry-level price €42,000, €4,990 cheaper than Musk’s entry-level Model Y. 😉
Only Level 5, it seems. 🙁
January 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Only Level 5, it seems. 🙁
Post your favourite photo that you took in 2024.
January 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Post your favourite photo that you took in 2024.
My #CarOfTheYear in my Irish Daily Mail motoring column is - *drumroll* - the #KIA #EV3. Great range, lots of tech, supremely comfortable cabin, and well priced.
December 28, 2024 at 10:41 PM
My #CarOfTheYear in my Irish Daily Mail motoring column is - *drumroll* - the #KIA #EV3. Great range, lots of tech, supremely comfortable cabin, and well priced.
My mother was born on Christmas Day in 1935.
Not Noelle.
Not Nollaig.
Nuala.
She died in 2015.
I miss her counsel.
I miss her hugs.
I miss her.
Not Noelle.
Not Nollaig.
Nuala.
She died in 2015.
I miss her counsel.
I miss her hugs.
I miss her.
December 24, 2024 at 9:25 PM
My mother was born on Christmas Day in 1935.
Not Noelle.
Not Nollaig.
Nuala.
She died in 2015.
I miss her counsel.
I miss her hugs.
I miss her.
Not Noelle.
Not Nollaig.
Nuala.
She died in 2015.
I miss her counsel.
I miss her hugs.
I miss her.