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I only recently realised that my book review on wolves in Ireland isn’t actually my only “natural history” piece. This is in fact my first piece published in a proper, non-student publication.…
I enjoyed this how-to-book – it is user-friendly and fun. I thought of it earlier today while drawing, incompetently but with enjoyment, with my children. Drawing, even if you aren’t any…
The original is here . Chess has becoming something of a compulsion for me in the last year and a bit. I have had fluctuating levels of involvement in the game –…
I have yet to post my writings from my student days. I owe the University Observer a lot. It gave me a great confidence as a writer, especially in terms of…
This is my longest piece (thus far) about the world of ligne claire and deals with the biggest of them all – Tintin. The visual style of the Tintin movie…
This review was of a rather charmingly artless YA book written by a GP . I think my review gets across a certain enthusiasm while acknowleding that this is not High…
I am going to post three SF site reviews that discuss the famous “ligne claire” style of comic book illustration best known in the Anglosphere from Hergé Tintin series – one a…
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 