Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
Recently I came across the striking St-Martin de Martigny-Courpierre in the Aisne, not far from the Belgian border. Here is the striking exterior: This didn’t fully prepare for the interior.…
A while back I featured Helen Andrews’ superb “Shame Storm” which drew on her own experience of online mobbing to look at the wider phenomenon. She has a new piece…
“Alone” By Edgar Allan Poe From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring—…
St Molua’s Church, Killaloe, Ballycallan Parish, Kilkenny, is not to be confused with St Molua’s Church in the other Killaloe in Country Clare. And indeed one must not confuse Molua…
Roger Moore’s death was the first of a cinematic James Bond (well, excluding David Niven in the first Casino Royale) – Sean Connery, born 1930, is still with us, as…
“You’re Gonna Hear From Me” is a song by the late André Previn written with his then wife Dory, from the movie Inside Daisy Clover . Natalie Wood’s original vocals were…
After the enormous success of #ChoralMarch and #AprilCountry, #MarianMay did not perhaps set the Internet on fire, but I did enjoy exploring the wide range of Marian-inspired music, with a good representation from contemporary, living…
This isn’t getting as much coverage from the media as, say, the 20th anniversary of Man Utd’s treble winning season or the box office performance of Avengers: Endgame or ……
