Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and The Killing Kind (now on TV!). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
Jane Casey
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This is from Mark Edmundson’s Self and Soul and it’s weird to me how often people forget or ignore that neither Achilles or Hector wanted to fight and die. Achilles hid in another kingdom to try to avoid going to war and in the Odyssey, says he would have rather been a living slave than a dead hero
It really was a lovely chat! I adore Philippa - always full of enthusiasm and a true book lover.
👩🎨💐This bouquet has seen better days. The flowers are drooping and starting to fade. In the middle, a wilted opium poppy has been cut off, leaving behind a tiny droplet of moisture. The empty space left there lends depth to the bouquet.
Rachel Ruysch, Vase with Flowers, 1700
To be clear, I don't want or expect exaggerated care. I think both people on a collision course should take evasive action. That seems like a sensible, measured, not insane response to urban life.
A man in his sixties walked straight into me last week on the underground because he thought he knew where I was going and wanted to get there first. Guess which one of us apologised.
I was thinking about why this was so haunting and I think it's because it's an extreme version of the common male refusal to step aside for women on pavements. It's a small-scale thing but it's all the time. www.lbc.co.uk/article/mult...
I interrupt your scheduled browsing to share that if you preorder my new book in any format, from any bookseller, you can get a free Maeve Kerrigan short story (UK and Ireland only at present). gleam.io/mXEd9/receiv...
My 14 year old would, no joke, love this.
(I got DOG'S ABUSE on instagram about the geographical limitation on this and I'm really sorry if it leaves you out.)
Widow’s Bay episode 4 was perfectly written and directed. I love it so much.
