On Finding Books Again
Although reading has been semi-present during what you could call my formative years, it is only in the past 6-12 months that I’m finding my interest has revived to the level it was at when I was younger. As a child, reading was quite probably my favourite thing to do and the 13 year old...
True Form
I saw her again, last night, As I slept. Unlike any time before In all previous visits – She annexed my mind with incomparable beauty, Yet completely unattainable to me. This time, however, she was atrocious. Yellowed eyes, blackened teeth, scaled skin, Patches of dead, colorless hair strewn across a mangy scalp. Her...
Silent Scrutiny
I never will find comfort in this silence Where my every step is amplified No voices but stares cracked from eyelids And ears that do listen whilst their figures hide How is it possible to be scrutinized by relative ghosts That may breathe just as I do yet inhabit separate realms They do not eat...
What does the phrase #ItsAboutGiving mean to you?
Giving should be fun. That’s the key thing to remember about giving. When you are young it is hard to get your head round the idea that ‘it is better to give than to receive.’ How on earth is that possible? To give something away is better than receiving it?! ‘Hardly’, said the ten year...
Review: Dublin Fringe Festival-WHITE RABBIT/RED RABBIT
White Rabbit/Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour-Dublin Fringe Festival 2012-The New Theatre The playwright, Nassim Soleimanpour, lives in Iran and is unable to leave the country because he does not have a passport. Passports are only issued upon completing mandatory service in the military and as Soleimanpour did not complete his service he remains in Iran....
Bosnia: Two Cities
Bosnia was our third stop on a trip round the Balkans, and like most travellers we spoke to, we were unprepared for how much it differed from the surrounding countries. Crossing the border from Croatia the landscape became spare and amber and the temperature rose sharply.It was 43 degrees by the time we entered Mostar,...
of Leaving and Returning Home
The erstwhile decadence of the Cote d’Azur has given way to a different sort of extravagance. An onslaught of burnished VIPs and yachts crowd the harbour; subject to the driving force of money and transforming the Promenade des Anglais, over the last century, from its first incarnation as a health spa to a playground for...
The Often Overlooked Value of a Second Hand Book…
People who look through the dirt encrusted window of a second hand bookshop and see nothing but a dark, musty cellar of a room, full of aging tombs nobody wants; you are deluded. Those who peep, nervously through the highly polished window of a second hand book shop and see an immaculate and expansive, scholarly scene...
The Getaway Guide for Men – Paris!
“The only thing wrong with Paris is …” the cliché we all know and shamelessly love is not entirely unfounded. Parisians are renowned – even in the rest of France – for their acrimony over their sense of style, etiquette and (dare I say?) baguettes. If you speak French you’ve got a better chance...
