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, 10 May 2016

Twilight of Blindness Madness Descends on Swift.

Reading with the aid of a white suit and a magnifying glass 'The complete eclipse of my seeing faculties ... I am warding off by ...

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

The James Joyce Sundial at the Merrion Hotel

Back in Dublin last weekend, Lisa and I went to see the latest statue of James Joyce. It's called 'Ripples of Ulysses', and ...

Tuesday, 4 August 2015

'Wather Parted from the Say'

Finnegans Wake includes lots of comic verse, often set out as ve rse, but sometimes hidden in the prose: This is the beginning o...

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Bloomsday!

At the Bailey pub, where the first Bloomsday was celebrated No writer ever gave a more generous gift to their hometown than James Joyce...

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