From Swerve of Shore to Bend of Bay

'riverrun, past Eve and Adams, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.' Finnegans Wake

Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Seeing Riverrun again

I loved Olwen Fouéré ' s Riverrun in Dublin last y ear , and went to see it again on Saturday, at the Shed on the South Bank, by the mi...

Sunday, 16 March 2014

Soap and Sunrise

I went to see Olwen Fouéré's magnificent Riverrun aga in yesterday at the Shed by the River Thames. The piece opens with the announcemen...

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Roderick O'Conor: Joyce begins writing Finnegans Wake

On this day in 1923, Joyce wrote a letter to his patroness, Harriet Shaw Weaver, announcing that he had started writing a new book. Yest...

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

James Joyce, rugby fan

It's a little known* fact that James Joyce was a rugby fan . On 14 April 1923, Joyce went to see Ireland play France in a Five Nat...

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