Hugo Brady Brown
@aodhbc.bsky.social
The consumption of radio, newspapers, books and bread.
The writing is on the wall. It's time to give up: the standard here is too high.
Eastern Ireland. July '23. Still here.
The writing is on the wall. It's time to give up: the standard here is too high.
Eastern Ireland. July '23. Still here.
The Special Relationship
UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The Special Relationship
One of the occasional horrors of life in a small town where something is happening but there's nothing to report yet is city journalists descending to manufacture copy by enticing respectable people into being indiscreet or tabloid. It's probably at least as demeaning for the journalists.
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
One of the occasional horrors of life in a small town where something is happening but there's nothing to report yet is city journalists descending to manufacture copy by enticing respectable people into being indiscreet or tabloid. It's probably at least as demeaning for the journalists.
"It's a pity to see what must have been an expensive and arduously acquired education so wasted. Do you do nothing now except tweet?"
February 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM
"It's a pity to see what must have been an expensive and arduously acquired education so wasted. Do you do nothing now except tweet?"
'More geese than swans now live,
More fools than wise."
More fools than wise."
The Silver Swan - Gibbons - Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short
YouTube video by Tenebrae Choir
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
'More geese than swans now live,
More fools than wise."
More fools than wise."
Eusebius: a Monaghan name for boys and men.
February 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Eusebius: a Monaghan name for boys and men.
How could there be no reference at all in this to the greatest of all films of this kind, 'The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey'?
February 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
How could there be no reference at all in this to the greatest of all films of this kind, 'The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey'?
The Sapir–Whorf crowd, if they were still on the go, could make fine sport with the Irish words for green. And grey. But that's all old hat now. Sean-hata.
February 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The Sapir–Whorf crowd, if they were still on the go, could make fine sport with the Irish words for green. And grey. But that's all old hat now. Sean-hata.
"Have you heard of David Foster Wallace?"
It was around this point that this evening's early promise started to fade.
It was around this point that this evening's early promise started to fade.
February 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"Have you heard of David Foster Wallace?"
It was around this point that this evening's early promise started to fade.
It was around this point that this evening's early promise started to fade.
Nihil obstat
Imprimi potest
Imprimi potest
February 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Nihil obstat
Imprimi potest
Imprimi potest
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The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal which have been carbon dated to 1170. Likely built by shipwrights so essentially an upside down boat. www.patrickcomerford.com/2021/08/sain... #speirgorm
February 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal which have been carbon dated to 1170. Likely built by shipwrights so essentially an upside down boat. www.patrickcomerford.com/2021/08/sain... #speirgorm
Reposted by Hugo Brady Brown
*precursor ceremony to supposedly the most important day of my life* hold on let me plug this thing I want to spin off into a book or podcast or something
February 15, 2026 at 9:52 PM
*precursor ceremony to supposedly the most important day of my life* hold on let me plug this thing I want to spin off into a book or podcast or something
Reposted by Hugo Brady Brown
undeniable prose. like ringing a bell.
February 6, 2026 at 10:11 AM
undeniable prose. like ringing a bell.
Reposted by Hugo Brady Brown
One neat trick to vastly improve this website:
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
One neat trick to vastly improve this website: