Angus Laverty

It's a sad indictment when one's happiness is the based on the arrival of the 151 bus #Dublincanbeheaven #Ornot

"[Philip] Marlowe is one of the immortals, up there with Don Quixote, Emma Bovary and Leopold Bloom."

John Banville

Saying goodbye to some newish pals off to new homes Always find this bookshelf easing process cathartic but with a touch of melancholy Hoping to use the new #AnPost @oxfamireland.bsky.social service to send them on their way

“I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.” Happy birthday Dylan Thomas BOTD 1914

Maybe the tie wasn't the biggest problem with this guy @bbclaurak.bsky.social

Nooooooo the tiiiiiiiiiieeeee Could no one have a word @bbclaurak.bsky.social #BBCLauraK

And when you've finished watching that you can always watch sum mo!

Very sad to hear this, proud son of North Wexford parents, had a blast covering his trip to the homeland as PM www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Soundtrack for the weekend Joe Webb's 'Hamstrings and Hurricanes' Brilliant album He wowed #MercuryAward2025 prize night and he's currently wowing my eardrums

Well the start looks promising What a backing group #Pulp #mercuryprize2025 #Newcastle But actually I'm here for Martin Carty

Oscar Wilde's British Library card reissued 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction The celebrated Irish writer had his pass revoked in 1895 after being imprisoned for a gay relationship.

The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader's card in his name, 130 years after his original was revoked following his conviction for "gross indecency".
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Just me, the author and Bob Dylan At the launch of Anne Ireton's 'Bohemian Whirlpools' this evening Anne summons the spirit of Bob Dylan 'he not busy being born is busy dying' to kick off the evening

Spending this evening in the library Gorey Library that is and attending the launch of Anne Ireton's latest book 'Bohemian Whirlpools' #Literarypursuits

Muireann Bradley is California dreamin’ after landing dream gig with Neil Young and Lana Del Rey - Donegal Daily FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint Ballybofey blues star Muireann Bradley will share the stage with Neil Young, Beck and Lana Del Ray at a…

Muireann Bradley is California dreamin’ after landing dream gig with Neil Young and Lana Del Rey www.donegaldaily.com/2025/10/09/m...

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: ‘A process of finding echoes and associations’ This book contains Heaney’s unpublished poems plus all those from his single books of poetry published

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence.

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Another cracker from the One True crew including the wonderful Valerie Hemingway podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/o...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins The prize, considered the most prestigious literary prize in the world, is worth almost €1 million and has had four Irish winners in the past

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins

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Met this guy in Corsica and he insisted on coming home with me He has now taken up residence on my bookshelves with Socrates, Lenin, and a few others, quite the chatter going on

My view for the last few days Lovely Santa Teresa Gallura in Sardinia, looking out towards Corsica and also the sea cliffs and the magnificent guarding the citadel at Bonifacio

Boyhood box ticked with a short visit to the magnificent citadel of Bonifacio and a chance encounter with this monument to fallen members of the French Foreign Legion #Corsica Wonderful time explaining empires and pirates and some fine drinking and dining too

Bit of 'me time' ahead and next bit of reading just sorted My companions for the next few days will be the great Lyse Doucet and Robert Winder I will most be all about Afghanistan, and the three sisters Rhine, Rhône and Po

The Rest Is History (@theresthistory.bsky.social) History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. From Goalhanger Podcasts

Spending evenings of Greek rapture thanks to @theresthistory.bsky.social wonderful four part series on Gods and Myths as only Holland and Sandbrook can deliver Worth rushing home every evening for this treat @holland-tom.bsky.social

I almost didn't make it to the end of @mrkocnnll.bsky.social column in @irishtimes.com this morning Highest compliment I can pay him Important, heartbreaking read but he had me at Nikolai Rostov

A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier Podcast Episode · One True Podcast · 10/09/2025 · 25m

Lovely tribute episode in honour of Patrick Hemingway podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/o...

Sixteen!!! Nearly time they moved out and found a book of their own

My new compulsion #ThePaper

I'm not big on moral victories and 'what if' wins but is there something to be said for giving that team a run at the Presidency #FightingIrish @irishwomens.bsky.social @mudderrucker.bsky.social

AI and the Rise of Techno-Fascism in the United States Will powerful new tools be used to promote democracy or undermine it?

The computer scientist Gary Marcus tells Garry Kasparov that with AI, the U.S. is already moving toward “techno-fascism”—but there’s still a choice.

Listen to “Autocracy in America”:

a living room with a fireplace and a tv ALT: a living room with a fireplace and a tv

I could at least throw the newspaper across the room, no such outlet available when listening to @bbclaurak.bsky.social this morning Thanks at least to #ChristianeAmanpour for keeping the technology safe

Paid a visit to the excellent Donegal County Museum @donegalcounty in #Letterkenny Saw this fine red jacket, of the Donegal Militia, on display In 1798 they fought at Vinegar Hill (on the wrong side of course) They're all long dead but I'm sure they heard me snarl Museum well worth a visit though