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The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

Every so often comes a novel the finishing of which leads to a sabbatical. Let me explain, I read a…

One of the issues raised in the community workshop on the Wednesday evening was the transfer test in NI. This…

Last night Ade and I went to see ‘Evan Almighty’, and we enjoyed it. OK it was a little muddled…

My family and I have just spent a week at the Scripture Union Family Week in Ovoca Manor, near Arklow…

I read these two dystopian novels in July – I guess it must have been the unseasonable weather which drove…

Some pics from the shore, taken with my phone incidentally. Out with the dog as the dark is falling. There…

I guess all of us have regrets of words or deeds done or undone which we wish could be scratched…

Read two fine books on cycling during the Tour so far. The first is ‘The Hour’ by Michael Hutchinson. He…

It’s 11.45pm here in Ireland and my wife just called to me 10 mins ago from elsewhere in the house…

In July last year we watched Rasmussen streak over the top of Glandon on his way to claiming the polka…