Caddisfly Larva video by Liam Marsh
Back in February I reblogged an interview with underwater photographer Liam Marsh. I am pleased to report Liam has now won a British Wildlife Photography Award for a video of…
Category: water
All The Time In The World: Disconnecting to Reconnect
Trailer – All the Time in the World from Suzanne Crocker on Vimeo. All The Time In The World is a charming documentary which follows a Canadian family of five…
“it is very difficult not to anthropomorphise puffins” – Peter Reason on Puffins
I have been posting some thoughts inspired by Peter Reason’s book In Search of Grace. I am trying not to let this blog turn into nothing but a series of…
“In Search of Grace” , Peter Reason
From James Common’s blog, an extract from a fascinating sounding book whose themes seem to chime with my own interests. I particularly found this passage resonant: ‘Silence’ is a fascinating…
Panoramas from Lough Mohra Looped Walk
I am unsure if the panorama function on a phone camera is all that effective, but for what its worth here are some made on Lough Mohra looped walk. This…
The Power of sound – Blogging the #Octonauts: Kwazii Meets the Mixed Up Whale
Following a recent post on possibly excessive self-sacrifice in an episode of the Octonauts, here’s a more unambiguously positive post on an episode which neatly illustrates an environmental issue that…
“the overbearing mother, the emotional repression, the teasing sort-of girlfriend, the constant guilt and fear ” – draft review of The Cure, Rachel Genn, TLS, 2011
The TLS ultimately used a much edited version of this review of a book I evidently didn’t like. Perhaps I was uncomfortable with the line “having sex with Séamus in…
Lough Neagh sand in Croke Park and Stormont – An Irishman’s Diary, January 2008
Came across an interesting Irishman’s Diary on Lough Neagh by Paul Clements from 2008 . Some highlights: Lough Neagh was famed in the past for its winter floods and many people…
Séamus Sweeney 