France’s greatest author has a wild origin story: Alexander Dumas grew up poor and fatherless His own father was betrayed by Napoleon himself, and Dumas vowed to get revenge What followed was the greatest rags-to-riches story of all time…🧵

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free."

Napoleon:

C. S. Lewis, there are no small choices

The top 10 women in the Dublin Marathon 2024. From L to R: Asmirach Nega, Sorome Negash, Grete Dukale, Genet Abdurkadir, Gladys Jemiyo, Anne Marie Mc Glynn, Irene Jeroben, Aoife Kilgallon, Grace Lynch, and Gladys Ganiel.

The top 10 men at the Dublin Marathon 2024. L-R: Moses Kemei, Abebaw Desalew, Hiko Tonosa, Abraraw Misgawnaw, Hillary Kipsambu, Josphat Gisemo, Ashenafi Negese, Abel Chebet, Ryan Creech, and William Maunsell.

The top 20 at the Dublin City Marathon 2024.

The Dublin Marathon 2024. A post about the trials and tribulations of photographing a marathon. #dublinmarathon2024 #running #ireland #marathonart open.substack.com/pub/richardpey…

There are whole books on psychology that don't get anywhere near this paragraph from Dostoevsky

New Post. #winterrunning open.substack.com/pub/richardpey…

Dostoevsky, facing execution, in a letter to his brother... life is a gift

You can read Siddhartha 100 times and still be blown away at the 101st

New post of general ramblings about a few hours of street photography on Dublin’s Parnell Street. Again, thanks to Donal Fallon for his Three Castles Burning (Donal Fallon) book which was a handy reference. open.substack.com/pub/richardpey…

Nietzsche can hype you up

A day of street photography in Dublin #streetportraiture #streetphotography open.substack.com/pub/richardpey…

Photographing strangers in Dublin open.substack.com/pub/richardpey…

Van Gogh, you can just do things