Take a couple of minutes to read my Ma Ann Ingle ‘s gorgeous tribute to her friend, pioneering Irish racing driver & amazing character #RosemarySmith who sadly died earlier this week … Paul Howard Lisa Richards #Driven irishtimes.com/sport/2023/12/…

Tell your mum I bought a lovely pink bathmat on eBay a few years ago. It turned out to be a bathmat for a doll’s house.

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray. The Book of the Year. A masterpiece in storytelling. A triumph. A multi-layered gift of a book. May have mentioned once or twice that I quite enjoyed it … An Post 🐝irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Went to see You Belong to Me last night, the debut play by Rory Nolan in Smock Alley Theatre. It’s a dark comedy and it is an absolutely superb of work. Great writing. Great performances. It’s on until 21 December. Trust me. You don’t want to miss it. smockalley.com/you-belong-to-…

So lovely ... well done Sam Lansky #TIMEPersonOfTheYear

Mind boggling that Taylor Swift doesn't seem to have made the cut here in this Financial Times list of infuential women .... ah well TIME knows what is what. #TIMEPersonOfTheYear #https://www.ft.com/content/48ea02b8-0ae0-419e-a191-bbacd0d84af7 via @ft

Glad so many others have recently copped on to the brilliance of Taylor Swift Nice validation for those of us who have known all too well, for years and years, How Great Tay Art. Never been prouder to be a #SwiftyOver50 #PersonOfTheYear2023

Rosemary Smith ❤️ #Driven

So sad to hear this news. I met Rosemary when I was researching the Tara Browne book. They raced each other in Wicklow in 1964. She was wonderful company. A true pioneer of women’s sport.

So sorry to hear that the legendary Irish racing driver Rosemary Smith has died. Thanks to Paul Howard, my Ma Ann Ingle became great friends with her while ghostwriting Rosemary’s memoir Driven. She was amazing. Michael Fassbender a huge fan. Some woman for one woman. ❤️

Delighted to see this is on tour from end of Jan 2024. Two incredible performers. Catch it if you can 👇@Junkensemble

Singer Shane MacGowan's coffin will be taken by horse-drawn carriage and led by the Artane Band and a piper between Ringsend and Pearse Street in Dublin's south inner city between 10.30am and 11.45am on Friday
rte.ie/news/2023/1205…

NEWS!! we’re starting an online book club with authors who will be joining us at the 2024 Festival. Starting Thurs 7th Dec @ 7pm with Colm Tóibín discussing ‘Brooklyn’ - via YouTube Hosted by Cormac Kinsella - tune in here youtube.com/live/ky-ghzMHo…

For those looking for the The Irish Times special on #ShaneMacGowan from last Friday's newspaper, the digital version can be accessed here
epaper.irishtimes.com/titles/itspeci…

I'm so proud of our podcast! #NowYoureAsking is produced by lovely Steve Doherty 🐐 and presented by Tara Flynn and me. Have a listen, it's funny and kind 😊😊😊😊😊😊

we’ve sold almost 800 tickets for this so far, which is incredible, and we still have another day to go

help us shift another few before doors open tomorrow night, 7pm

ticketmaster.ie/irish-writers-…

a long dormant dream of mine to narrate a nature documentary has come to fruition .
and i am blessed it is not just any but featuring the magnificent merlin sheldrake
and about fungi . i hope you will enjoy this

warmth
björk

The cinematic narrative explores the ways that fungi…

5 Songs by The Pogues Outside of 'Fairytale of New York' That You Need to Hear americansongwriter.com/5-songs-by-the…

A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell , The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan, Good Material by Dolly Alderton and Poor by Katriona O'Sullivan were the best books I read this year. (If anybody is interested.)

Brilliant 👏