24 March, 2010
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Despite the blue skies and sunshine, this week seems to hint of the sinister. So when I happened up Paul Murray’s piece – Top 10 Wicked Clerics – posted on the UK’s Guardian I felt it oddly appropriate. It’s true, … Continue reading
22 March, 2010
by amelia
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If you’re here, you probably can’t imagine life without myriad printed books, bound and neatly lined, shelf upon shelf. We have Johann Guttenberg and his invention of the printing press to thank. The bible was the first book in Europe … Continue reading
18 March, 2010
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All this wearing of the green … eating Irish fare … drinking Irish beer makes me long for the mother country. At the very least, I want to visit Dublin – and Trinity College – and the Book of Kells. … Continue reading
17 March, 2010
by amelia
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We are one of the great stocks of Europe. We are the people of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country… … Continue reading
16 March, 2010
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Reading – and a love of books – really should be taught at a young age. Thankfully, my brother and sister-in-law agree. And now, I shall gloat … At sixteen months of age my nephew is already learning to handle … Continue reading