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

Thursday, 28 November 2013

'With this hash of sounds I am building the great myth of everyday life'

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In June 1937, Joyce made a rare public appearance at the PEN Congress in the Jouvet Jan Parandowski Theatre, Paris. He was there to del...

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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Finnegans Wake 'can satisfy more readers than any other book'!

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Joyce's biggest delusion about Finnegans Wake was that he was writing it for a mass audience. In 1930, he told Adolf Hoffmeister: A...

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Thursday, 21 November 2013

The Burning of Giordano Bruno

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Following on from the post about Robert Anton Wilson here's another synchronicity. Last month, on the way to visit the Wake locations ...

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Monday, 18 November 2013

High Weirdness at the Horse Hospital

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I had a wonderfully mind-bending evening at the London Horse Hospital recently, thanks to the London Fortean Society . The event w...

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Monday, 11 November 2013

A Phoenix Park Nocturne

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When it comes to describing dusk and nightfall, nobody can beat James Joyce. Dusks run through all of Joyce's books, beginning with hi...

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