Berfrois

Ireland

Not that there’s anything wrong with the Catholic Church…

Swift’s Canister of Salt

‘Irish people too swallowed this codswallop.’

Anne Enright: Ireland does recession

County Leitrim in life and writing

Iceberg Slim universal rampant aspiration, ‘It’s simple, just pimp my ass off and get a ton of scratch’

Podcast:

Immigrant candidates in multicultural Ireland’s local elections

Book excerpt: ‘Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership’ by Lewis Hyde
Poem: The Labyrinth by Robert P. Baird
Video: Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?
Image gallery: China Bikes
Book excerpt: ‘Out of Steppe’ by Daniel Metcalfe
Podcast: The Early Universe, as Seen From the South Pole