Joe Culley
@therealculls.bsky.social
Writer, editor (ex Irish Times, ex History Ireland - nearly ex altogether).
History, Golf, Italia.
Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with [email protected].
History, Golf, Italia.
Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with [email protected].
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Forgive me, but this is such an utterly pointless "headline": every trainer does this every year.
More to the point: this is what happens when newspapers no longer employ specialists.
@irishtimes.com
More to the point: this is what happens when newspapers no longer employ specialists.
@irishtimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Forgive me, but this is such an utterly pointless "headline": every trainer does this every year.
More to the point: this is what happens when newspapers no longer employ specialists.
@irishtimes.com
More to the point: this is what happens when newspapers no longer employ specialists.
@irishtimes.com
Reading an article from 2007 by Diarmuid O Gráda about 18th Century brothels in Dublin. Particularly taken by the story of Mrs Davis of Fishamble St.
February 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Reading an article from 2007 by Diarmuid O Gráda about 18th Century brothels in Dublin. Particularly taken by the story of Mrs Davis of Fishamble St.
Obviously there are many things wrong with this.
But I have been beating this drum for at least a decade: private companies should not be permitted to litter space.
And now - ALREADY - there are dangerously far too many satellites up there, and we have NO idea how to deal with the problem.
But I have been beating this drum for at least a decade: private companies should not be permitted to litter space.
And now - ALREADY - there are dangerously far too many satellites up there, and we have NO idea how to deal with the problem.
February 3, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Obviously there are many things wrong with this.
But I have been beating this drum for at least a decade: private companies should not be permitted to litter space.
And now - ALREADY - there are dangerously far too many satellites up there, and we have NO idea how to deal with the problem.
But I have been beating this drum for at least a decade: private companies should not be permitted to litter space.
And now - ALREADY - there are dangerously far too many satellites up there, and we have NO idea how to deal with the problem.
Good news: the center is getting a brand new gold-encrusted ballroom. It will be open just in time for his third inauguration.
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Good news: the center is getting a brand new gold-encrusted ballroom. It will be open just in time for his third inauguration.
Fields was one of my earliest heroes.
He features heavily in a long forgotten but extraordinary "biography" by Gene Fowler of John Barrymore. They all hung out together in early Hollywood.
It's like Anthony Cronin's Dead As Doornails.
He features heavily in a long forgotten but extraordinary "biography" by Gene Fowler of John Barrymore. They all hung out together in early Hollywood.
It's like Anthony Cronin's Dead As Doornails.
January 29, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Fields was one of my earliest heroes.
He features heavily in a long forgotten but extraordinary "biography" by Gene Fowler of John Barrymore. They all hung out together in early Hollywood.
It's like Anthony Cronin's Dead As Doornails.
He features heavily in a long forgotten but extraordinary "biography" by Gene Fowler of John Barrymore. They all hung out together in early Hollywood.
It's like Anthony Cronin's Dead As Doornails.
I thought Chuck had retired.
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I thought Chuck had retired.
I follow the Vatican Observatory because, well, because I want to.
But this does look like satire.
But this does look like satire.
January 28, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I follow the Vatican Observatory because, well, because I want to.
But this does look like satire.
But this does look like satire.
Sea bass, roasted veg.
Happy enough.
Happy enough.
January 27, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Sea bass, roasted veg.
Happy enough.
Happy enough.
Excuse me, am I missing something here? The headline suggests TWENTY-FIVE per cent of employees are neurodivergent -
but then we read the ONLY people surveyed are - neurodivergent.
but then we read the ONLY people surveyed are - neurodivergent.
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Excuse me, am I missing something here? The headline suggests TWENTY-FIVE per cent of employees are neurodivergent -
but then we read the ONLY people surveyed are - neurodivergent.
but then we read the ONLY people surveyed are - neurodivergent.
CHEERS, S1 E9
Genius
Genius
January 26, 2026 at 10:36 PM
CHEERS, S1 E9
Genius
Genius
Love this image from @garyhershorn.bsky.social from Manhattan today.
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Love this image from @garyhershorn.bsky.social from Manhattan today.
Extremely pleased with this because I'm already on my second pint and had to take a 12-minute phone call in the middle.
@cluesbysam.com
@cluesbysam.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Extremely pleased with this because I'm already on my second pint and had to take a 12-minute phone call in the middle.
@cluesbysam.com
@cluesbysam.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Do you remember when it used to be blue?"
@newyorker.com
@newyorker.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:11 AM
"Do you remember when it used to be blue?"
@newyorker.com
@newyorker.com
My paper came with extra folds today. I didn't read this as "cat".
January 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
My paper came with extra folds today. I didn't read this as "cat".
Now there's a metaphor for you.
January 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Now there's a metaphor for you.
Dear @nytimes.com
This opening paragraph is 66 words.
Fifty years ago the News Editor would have sighed and quietly indicated to his assistant that the time had come to let you, the trainee reporter, know you didn't need to come in again.
The very first thing you learn to write is a tight obit.
This opening paragraph is 66 words.
Fifty years ago the News Editor would have sighed and quietly indicated to his assistant that the time had come to let you, the trainee reporter, know you didn't need to come in again.
The very first thing you learn to write is a tight obit.
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Dear @nytimes.com
This opening paragraph is 66 words.
Fifty years ago the News Editor would have sighed and quietly indicated to his assistant that the time had come to let you, the trainee reporter, know you didn't need to come in again.
The very first thing you learn to write is a tight obit.
This opening paragraph is 66 words.
Fifty years ago the News Editor would have sighed and quietly indicated to his assistant that the time had come to let you, the trainee reporter, know you didn't need to come in again.
The very first thing you learn to write is a tight obit.
I've just started reading a (newish) book about Captain James Cook, and I can't be the first to see Trevor Howard.
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
#TheWideWideSea
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
#TheWideWideSea
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I've just started reading a (newish) book about Captain James Cook, and I can't be the first to see Trevor Howard.
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
#TheWideWideSea
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
#TheWideWideSea
Well, this is a first for me: a letter in today's @IrishTimes about an article which appears in - today's @IrishTimes.
Is this a record?
@frankie49.bsky.social
Is this a record?
@frankie49.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Well, this is a first for me: a letter in today's @IrishTimes about an article which appears in - today's @IrishTimes.
Is this a record?
@frankie49.bsky.social
Is this a record?
@frankie49.bsky.social
@anniewestdotcom
Ever seen this?
Ever seen this?
January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
@anniewestdotcom
Ever seen this?
Ever seen this?
Finger on the pulse.
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Finger on the pulse.