Farming Life column – Not in that poor lowly stable
Not in that poor lowly stable Tis the season to sing carols as Christmas approaches. Did you know that the traditional opening song of the BBC Carols from King’s was…
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Farming Life column – Dwelling houses – places of meaning
This blog first appeared as an article in the Farming Life ‘Good News for the Countryside’ on Saturday 7th June: The use of the term dwelling houses is perhaps more…
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The Fermanagh Camino
Seven years ago, I took a sabbatical from Purple Rain to run a photography exhibition in my home town of Rathfriland to raise funds for the Simon Community. After another…
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Let’s hear it for New York!
New York delivers … but first, let me catch up on my sleep! Having been to and experienced a taste of New York (five days is only a snapshot), I…
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Feeding Venice – a food, farming & travel log from an Agri-press trip to Italy – part 1
The vaporetto pulls out of Piazzale de Roma into the Venetian lagoon and I can’t quite believe I am in Italy. This is my first overseas trip after the pandemic.…
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Some Purple Rain PR for Yellow Water
Over the summer, I entered the Irish Farmers’ Journal Country Living’s Local Treasures writing competition. They were encouraging people to write about a place that they went to over lockdown…
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Wimbledon: Five Championship Reads
Over the years I have bought and read many tennis books, including my favourite type – autobiographies. As a tennis fan and a book addict, it is the perfect combination.…
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I like to write…let me write!
During a short city break in Paris in the summer, I found a treasure of a bookstore called Shakespeare and Company The shop was laden with books from floor to ceiling and…
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