
A bit of a miscellany, but chiefly a space for me to share book reviews, original poetry, literary criticism and Christian meditations.
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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 in Belfast, Wednesday 5th August. Photo: Andrew Roycroft
I have always loved music. I have always believed (at times unconsciously, at others consciously) in its intrinsic power to reach us as human beings, t...
We all seem to be in a bit of a mess about AI, and it’s little wonder. Our present generation is facing directly into an insoluble paradox in terms of technological development: we are being forcibly handed tools that insist they bring grea...
I’m not sure that everyone would agree with me, but I don’t think it’s possible to write well without reading continuously. In some conceivable universe, there may be genius exceptions to this rule, prodigious women and men who can compose...
A preparatory poem on the theme
I have been greatly encouraged by the responses to my new series of articles on the importance of outside voices for the health of churches and other organisations. It seems like there is a healthy band of o...
A recent HarperCollins interview on a powerful poem
During a recent trip to the USA, I had the privilege of recording an interview with HarperCollins for the C.S. Lewis Official Substack on Lewis’ marvellous poem ‘The Nameless Isle’. You c...
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