21 August 2026

An Odyssey: Reflections on an Adaptation

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 'It was outstanding,' wrote one of my classicist friends in a WhatsApp group after seeing Christopher Nolan's film of The Odyss...
02 November 2025

For those who have gone before

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Today being the feast of All Souls, or The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, as my missal has it, it's once again time to revi...
25 June 2025

O Captain! Our Captain!

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There’s a line in the Aeneid where a heartbroken Aeneas steels himself to tell his shipwrecked compatriots that a time will come when they w...
02 November 2024

For those who have gone before...

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Today being the feast of All Souls, or The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, as my missal has it, it's time to revisit my annu...
02 November 2023

For those who've gone before

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Today being the feast of All Souls, or The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, as my missal has it, it's time to revisit my annu...
26 July 2023

Hannibal, Cyrus, and lessons in followship

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Back in 2003 Toni Morrison met Peter Olson , the then CEO of Random House, at that year’s Book Expo America, and mentioned having watched a ...
25 July 2023

Silos and synods

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I was at a conference in Rome a few years ago where people from Google explained that Catholic websites tend to punch well below their weigh...
17 July 2023

Samildánach

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about specialisation, about picking one area and being known for being great at one thing. I’m not sure abou...
10 May 2023

Coronation

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It’s strange to read commentary on the Coronation when it wasn’t even on the radar for me on Saturday; a bit like missing the Biden vi...
04 May 2023

Colonists

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I saw yesterday that this year’s Dublin Handelfest is being advertised, and perhaps unsurprisingly I felt that same ambivalent twinge of tro...