Irish Papist

I've been very busy with lots of demands recently. Writing has definitely suffered, beyond keeping my diary. However, I think I am stori...

A Sense of Place is the title of a coffee table book for which I researched and wrote some potted contributor biographies, back at the dawn...

I've just finished reading (or browsing)  The Oxford Book of Friendship for the second time in a few months. I came across it on the boo...

This morning I was surprised by a gift in the post from an anonymous benefactor, one I am very much looking forward to reading. It's Giv...

This is exactly the sort of article I was writing about a few blog posts back, the sort of article that (I think) adds to the stresses of li...

Back in October, I travelled to Belfast to give a talk based on my book, at a Legion of Mary young adult's conference. The text of the t...

Yesterday I wrote a post explaining why there is so little explicitly Catholic material on this blog, and why I concentrate on more general ...