How different my life is…
I was watching an episode of Downton Abbey recently when I was struck by how different life was in the early 1900s. Any expression of emotion was frowned upon; the working class was forbidden from...
View ArticleRecession Ireland: A Whole New World?
Some of you will delight in me writing this. Others will be too indignant or alarmed to read on… Some will presume I’m having it off with Jim Corr and switch off. And then there are others, who will...
View ArticleAm I Only Dreaming?
Why is dreaming big so frowned upon? When a child announces that he’s going to be a dancer, his parents and teachers hope he’ll grow out of it. Why is it more acceptable to say you want to be a …...
View ArticleWish you a Merry Christmas
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” When I read this quote by Hamilton Wright Mabie, it made me realise that Christmas is a wonderful occasion. Without it,...
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