Brought to book
THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I was given a book and told it was ‘unputdownable’. By chapter three, I found it unpickupable....
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The invention of the devil
By Richard Dickenson ‘Wossher mobile number?’ he asked. I was stymied. If he’d asked the vibration frequency of a perfect fifth above Middle C I’d...
Adam’s rib
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Going with the Bible, we females weren’t the first twinkle in God’s eye when the deity decided to...
What’s the odds?
By Richard Dickenson Even as kids there was always a certain buzz to be had when rolling dice. Everything depended on the infallible rule that...
There’s always painting by numbers
THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I watched The Kominsky Method on Netflix, starring Michael Douglas as a thrice married acting coach and...
Que sera sera
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I used to make New Year wishes and resolutions. No more! As Max Ehrmann said in his...
Christmas and other hatreds
By Richard Dickenson I don’t seem to ever have been much good at hating things. I think the hate gene got left behind somewhere when...
That winter feeling
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn To my relief, summer is packed away in moth balls. Autumn crept in sweetly, gently as it always does...
XR: life on Earth in crisis
By Richard Dickenson Yet another new organisation inaugurated with the very best possible intentions for the benefit of one and all, the nation, the environment...
Who gives a poo about mushrooms?
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou ‘Did you know,’ I started, trying to get Dub’s mind off her previous evening’s date, ‘there are probably...
The melting pot
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou My English friend Joyce told me of a row she’d seen on the London underground when a Brit...
Dogs and Cats
By Richard Dickenson I have been good friends with several dogs. There was Sausage, our first ever, a mixture of Cyprus pye-dog and good luck...
Rambo and the Spartans
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I met Andreas on the road, head down talking quietly to himself, that’s how he irons out the...
Faith: it’s not fair
By Richard Dickenson Why should atheists be singled out? In this enlightened century why are atheists an oppressed minority? Our numbers are increasing in much...
Remembering Ann
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Two summers ago I flew to Dublin as guest on a TV programme connected to a previously aired...
CAR-acteristics: it’s easy to stereotype
By Richard Dickenson National character sure shows in motorways, cars and driving habits? What could be more Teutonic than a Merc on the Autobahn? Or...
The heat is (still) on
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou The Irish Times’ columnist in France Lara Marlowe had a house in my hometown, just up the road...
Thorns in the Flesh
By Richard Dickenson Several things have proved puzzling and even irritating these past few weeks. In no particular order they include the way the Brexit...
More water with that?
By Richard Dickenson I live in an area which is on one of the main tourist migration routes of the island. For the most part...
