I have just read a book sent to me from that excellent organization The Folio Society. These people realize that well written, informative, quality bound books, full of new artwork, are of great pleasure to the owner, giving tangible and olfactory pleasures before the pleasant task of reading commences. Such a book is Frederick Manning’s The Middle Parts Of Fortune,… (more…)
Last Thursday was my youngest son’s 19th birthday and as he was painting Cork red, I thought I would celebrate it by going to Dublin, to a book launch in Hodges and Figgis’s commendable book store on Dawson Street. The book Dark Times, Decent Men by Neil Richardson is the story of all the Irish men and women who served… (more…)
Yesterday I watched an American documentary about clerical child abuse in California between 1970 and 1990. It was the most distressing 120 minutes I have ever watched. It was on the channel More 4, last Tuesday night. We recorded it and have it saved and I understand that you cannot pull it off the internet but you can certainly buy… (more…)
In Blogging On submitted on 9 December 2009, I explained that I initially persuaded myself I was doing this blogging to better my ability on the computer and improve my writing skills, in as much as the discipline of churning out 1000 words plus almost daily would help me with construction and quality and also help form a personalised style… (more…)