The Diamond, Clones, Co. Monaghan, June 1965 📸 Leo Corduff duchas.ie/en/cbeg/5273

Congratulations to all our staff Aniar for retaining our #michelinstar for another year. 13 years showcasing the best of Irish produce and the wonderous possibilities of our larder for international and local guests. Aniar 2.0 opens this Friday and we remain committed to

"Every writer, like every immigrant, lives in an imaginary homeland, a dream-world.... Think of Joseph Conrad, or James Joyce. Had the Polish seafarer and the itinerant Irishman never packed their suitcases, their novels could not have been written." - Mohsin Hamid

"When you have the time and opportunity, you simply have to read the following writers: Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad (the greatest contemporary English novelist), James Joyce and Marcel Proust." - Boris Pasternak to his sister Josephine

Henri Cartier-Bresson died OTD 20 years ago. He photographed Samuel Beckett in 1964.

In MAO II, DeLillo put some of his most interesting thoughts about fiction writing in the mouth of his novelist character, Bill Gray:

Avoid the world, it’s just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end. ——Jack Kerouac

These are the dog-friendly hotels we've stayed in on this trip. We've also stayed in many others, and I'm happy to share my thoughts if you want. #petfriendlyireland

Wendell Berry is 90 today. Like Faulkner and Joyce, he has much of value to say through his characters but his writing style is easier to follow, said Walter Moss. And like Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County, Berry’s Port William is based on an area where he spent much of his life.

I was so happy to contribute to this The New York Times series on food and climate change. Edited by Eliza Barclay. I wrote about BEANS. Coming soon... So far, there have been some fascinating pieces, on drought-friendly crops, re-imagining the food system and more.

Chez Hans – opened in 1968 and still going strong #Cashel #Ireland guide.michelin.com/gb/en/north-ti…

19. "The Weight of Thought” bronze sculpture by Thomas Lerooy

Henri and me, the glossy mag days

I always think this is amazing: Self-portrait, Johan Gregor van der Schardt, c. 1573 (Rijksmuseum). Just look at that detail.

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Book post: Jugendbildnis, A Portrait of the Artist translated into German by Georg Goyert, in a rare—I've never seen one before—jacket. This edition is undated; the portrait is by Berlin-based Ruth Asch, who was commissioned by publisher Rhein-Verlag to photograph Joyce in 1929.

Michelin star chef Dr. Jp McMahon, Marcus O'Laoire, Trisha Lewis, Kevin Thornton and more announced as part of Electric Picnic's Theatre of Food hotpress.com/lifestyle-spor…

Mara – formerly known as The Old Couch Café, but with the same the same passion and flair #Waterford #Ireland guide.michelin.com/gb/en/waterfor…

Great to see Agak Agak by Malaysian chef Sham Hanifa is the No. 1 bestseller in hardback non-fiction this week! Sham describes the book as “The food of my childhood memories with the best Irish ingredients.' Out now from Blasta Books 👏🏻👏🏻✨🇲🇾🇮🇪

It's time to say goodbye to X as much as I enjoyed it, I cannot be on a platform run by Elon Musk follow me over on Instagram ❤️ take care, fuck the right wings and the racists.