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I had a fruitful correspondence with Neil Pemberton after this was published on urban noise in the Victorian era, which was supposed to link into my magnum opus on the…
Next to the Anthony Burgess quote I previously posted, this is my favourite literary passage on money Sleepless, possessed, almost happy, I reflected that there is nothing less material than…
For a while, I have made artlessly shakey phone videos in a range of obscure, mainly Irish locations, and uploaded them to YouTube. There’s the “jumping church” of Ardee :…
When I read this passage from Adam Nicolson’s Why Homer Matters (NYTimes review here) a few weeks ago I was struck at how relevant it seemed to the (then upcoming) election. I…
From The Dabbler Facebook page , a post on this rather startling (to contemporary ears) role of man’s best friend: THE DOGSKIN BUOY Recently I read Dónal MacPolin’s “The Drontheim, Forgotten Sailing…
A little while ago I reblogged a post from Pilgrimage in Medieval Ireland on St Berrihert’s Kyle . Others have written about this site and generally describe it as in various ways magical. My…
This quote made me wonder about the cognitive impact of decimalisation. There seems to be a consensus that cognitive challenging activities help to reduce and/or delay dementia, and I wonder,…
Sad to report that The Dabbler is on an indefinite hiatus . It was a great website, and not only because they printed things by me. It was an oasis of wit, insight…
Séamus Sweeney 