Nov 15, 201280: IRISH VOYAGES: COMPARE AND CONTRAST#80: IRISH VOYAGES: COMPARE AND CONTRAST. When Tim Severin in 1976 left Ireland in a small vessel adventurously aimed west—the trip...
Oct 17, 201279: QUESTIONING AUTHORITY#79: QUESTIONING AUTHORITY. I find it a pleasure that Christopher Hitchens writes as eloquently in praise (his books on Orwell and...
Sep 12, 201278: A DEATH IN THE FAMILY#78: A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. In 1796 Mary Lamb, sister to Charles, already a concern to her family due to outbreaks of mental illness,...
