I just got back from a long walk with Dad on Sandymount Strand. Driving there, I was listening to the radio. Irish journalist John Waters was being interviewed about his book Beyond Consolation in which, according to one review, he argues that “Irish society is in crisis due to a diminishing belief in an afterlife.” [...]
Pages
Subscribe
Tags
America Barbara Ehrenreich Belfast bereavement books California camel comedy cremation David Cameron driving Dublin Eton Gigondas god Gwyneth Paltrow hospital Jesus Laurie Anderson literature London Love's Labour's Lost Lydia Davis memory Michael Longley mourning moving Mum nonsense verse Northern Ireland Oxford privacy Santa Barbara Shakespeare Shampoo Skype Stuff telemarketers theatre Tom Stoppard tragedy travel Twelfth Night white rhino work-
Home
-
Recent Posts
