A portrait of Robert Dudley Edwards by his doting granddaughter turns out to be gripping, unconventional and searingly honest
‘Dún Laoghaire is a place of such contrasts - it has yacht clubs and sunshine, but also a darker side’
Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis – a trenchant account of colonialism
As a Labrador swam by me out to sea his owner said ‘I hope he doesn’t meet a seal’. I later learned why
Oliver Plunkett’s story would make a great film – it’s a shame modern, secular Ireland has forgotten him
My wise 100-year-old friend Frances: ‘I used to pursue people who didn’t like me. I don’t have to do that any more’