250 years of undermining the romantic novel – The Irish Times
Happy birthday, Jane Austen. I know several otherwise well-read people who refuse to read her. They think romance…
It’s been a busy few weeks, or months, or decades… that’s how I like it – The Irish Times
Sometimes, I say, I feel as if all I really want to do is watch TV and knit…
Plastic Halloween bones will still be around centuries after ours have fed the Earth – The Irish Times
The Halloween dioramas are annually more disturbing. Gardens near my house have half-buried skeletons emerging from the lawns,…
Sometimes convenience works against imagination – in the kitchen and elsewhere – The Irish Times
I have always been the primary cook in our house. Like most women, I have a complicated relationship…