Three Victor Silvester songs for May 10th
Deep Purple/Soir Indigo: Information from the YouTube page of the above: “Deep Purple” composed by Peter De Rose was first published in 1933. The piano composition became very popular…
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Review of “Homesickness: An American History” by Susan Matt, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012
This is a wonderful book I heartily recommend, indeed re-reading the review I hope the warmth of my recommendation is clear. The balance Susan Mat strikes between mastery of the…
“I have only once encountered pure evil in a person”: Auden on Yeats
Auden’s “In Memory of W B Yeats” is a great tribute poem, especially the closing lines: Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice…
“The Glamour of the West” D L Kelleher, 1928
The Glamour of the West seems to be part of a series by D L Kelleher, following on from The Glamour of Dublin and The Glamour of Cork. Kelleher is an obscure figure now.…
“The sea that is always counting.”
And her Achilles went to make amends, Walking alone beside the broken lace that hung Over the sea’s green fist. The sea that is always counting. Christopher Logue, “Pax”, from War…
Séamus Sweeney 