Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
A little late for Ireland’s participation in Euro 2016 – here are some examples of McDaid’s legendary drink in its natural habitat. Taken just by the wonderful Happy Camper Cafe which surely…
I have always been leery of stories too obviously Based On Real Life Experience. Herein, however, the bar, “American Pool”, the LeShan book, and the general milieu are very much…
I have always been irritated by the use of “tourist” and “touristy” as terms of abuse. Better the honest-to-goodness tourist than the self-righteous (and probably utterly deluded about “authenticity”) traveler,…
As I have previously observed , a lot of my writing was once about sport. Much of this was in the form of book reviews, and the odd film review. In 1998…
Originally published in the TLS – original link available only to subscribers. With thanks to Maren Meinhardt for supplying me with the printed text. This is one of those pieces…
The Pink Granite Coast of Brittany, along Ploumanac’h is an enchanting, strange landscape. My then two year old leapt to his heart content up and down boulders, perhaps to a degree…
This was written at the mid point between my trip to Russia in August 2006 and right now. There is a fair bit of real life inspiration in the opening paragraphs,…
Séamus Sweeney 