Any listener of the excellent Something Rhymes with Purple – a podcast about strange and forgotten words – will know...
Ireland
Peter O'Connor's silver medal has largely been forgotten, but his 1906 triumph represented the Olympic games at its best. O'Connor...
Learning Irish in Madrid is easy to do. You just need great people. Check. A great bar. Check. And a...
Francisco de Cuéllar was barely breathing when the Atlantic waves deposited him on a Sligo beach. He had survived English...
Countess Lola Montez - who was she? Wagner hated her, as did the chief of police in Warsaw. King Ludwig...
We recorded an interview with Irish Celtic - Spirit of Ireland. They are an Irish show travelling the world, redefining...
Have you ever experienced dissonance between what you should feel and the reality of your emotions? Well, the burden of...
This is the story of translating Riders to the Sea into Spanish. ‘Writing is, essentially, an exercise in introversion’. I...
Are you alone on St. Patrick's Day in Jakarta? Yes, it looks like this Indonesian city will be hosting a...
Imagine someone mopping the floor of a submarine while savouring a chupa-chups. This seemingly surreal ensemble, worthy of being the...
An Irishman playing the alboka. Ok, we'll get to that. But first... Many of the great tales concerning Ireland and...
