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Neither a borrower nor a lender be, warned Shakespeare’s Polonius. He was a counsellor to the king of Denmark. It’s well he is not advising our present Government. They are borrowing at a rate
Despite seven or so weeks of isolation, we are surrounded by bodies — lone bodies, bodies from afar, bodies on your daily constitutional walk to
I miss televised sport a lot. And that’s a surprise because, if, before the Covid-19 crisis, you had asked me about my sports viewing, I
So, the lockdown continues … with scientists now cautioning against the re-opening of schools after findings suggest children could be as infectious as adults. Studies,
When I was a child of five, maybe six, my father hired a caravan and the family went touring in Wicklow. It was a scary experience. My da drove a hefty car that was well capable of pulling the load. But the caravan was a rickety affair with a mind
Let’s park aside the fact that this time of living with the coronavirus ain’t going to end any time soon; that when the world emerges
When I eat in a restaurant with a good wine list (a fading memory, alas) I like to drink it by the glass, letting me try more of the range: a crisp white with the starter, a smooth red with the main course and a nice dessert wine with some cheese to finish things off. It’s an expensive little pleasure because restaurants impose a heft mark-up on wine. But I don’t begrudge it. It’s how they make a profit
How does your garden grow? Hardly at all, if my neighbours are anything to go by. Never have lawns been so frequently mowed or hedges
When my younger brother and I were small, before our sister arrived into this world, and we would get one of those many childhood ailments,
Time was when the milkman would deliver a pint of the white stuff to your door. Now a pub in Belfast is delivering pints of
