Book of the Year (non-fiction) Between You and I: a little book of bad English - James Cochrane “A cool, disdainfully precise A-Z of linguistic misuse”. The absolute bible for those of us who abhor misplaced apostrophes, split infinitives and the use of “criteria” as a singular noun. Warning – you will find yourself shouting … Continue reading 2005 Annual Awards
celebrations
A Christening and a Reunion
One weekend in June I travelled down to my old home town Maidstone in Kent, for the christening of the third offspring of my old friends Denis and Lizzie. Denis and I were in University College Dublin together, along with the rest of the core group – Joe Dalton, Brian Costello, Paul Curran, Michael Ward, … Continue reading A Christening and a Reunion
desert island discs – the results
desert island discs – my votes
Well it all started with a conversation I had with Nick Lawrance after the Top Eight Books were published. It went along the lines of: Nick: So, can we do top ten albums next, then? Can we? Me: Oh, go on then. So, here we go then. The rules are: 1. No greatest hits or … Continue reading desert island discs – my votes
Máiréad Doyle 