Esther Woolfson's remarkable book 'Corvus' is the subject of my latest Naturalist's Bookshelf broadcast on RTE Lyric FM's Culture File. You can hear it from 15.40 on the link below: @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social
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No one captures the now fragile magic of bird migration quite like the American writer Scott Weidensaul. I chose his 'Living on the Wind' for my Naturalist's Bookshelf on Luke Clancy's Culture File on RTE lyric fm. You can listen to it on this link, from 22.45 onwards: www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
The Irish Times view on flood defences: Ireland must prepare for the inevitable
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The beloved Silk Road Café at the Chester Beatty, Dublin Castle, is being forced to close for six months to facilitate the EU Presidency, with no compensation. Instead of celebrating the café's 25th a...
Legendary jazz vocalist Norma Winstone on learning to understand the voice as an instrument, the genius of bandmate, Kenny Wheeler, and how Drake became her most famous fan. Also, Paddy Woodwth awards...
Grim but credible forecasts need to spur the State to act
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Her family, authors of this petitition, and those who admired her tremendous body of work and passion for life would like to see her celebrated as a woman writer, all too neglected, and as...
Extremes dominated every aspect of climate in 2025 and Ireland is not prepared
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Rion Hanora O'Donovan on the place of 'bad' graffiti in her clothes designs; Dermot Rogers puts some sunlight on the legacy of jazz guitarist, Louis Stewart; Paddy Woodworth slips Esther Woolfson on t...
The Copernicus report shows that Europe is heating twice as fast as any other continent. We cannot postpone radical action any longer. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
A super-hot El Niño climate phenomenon in the Pacific suggests worse climate news this year
Beauty and science in majestic harmony in '100 Caterpillars'. You can listen to my take on this book on the Naturalist's Bookshelf series on Luke Clancy's Culture File on RTE lyric fm. @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social Between 13.55 and 20.30: www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
Irish Times view on Ireland’s nature plan: implementation must not fail @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @hometreecharity.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social
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Encouraging work by advisory committee but it needs to be built on
My interview with the brilliant David George Haskell shows him putting flowering plants at the centre of evolution in his revolutionary new book. @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/science/2026...
Are you coming for an echtra, or ancient Irish outing to the otherworld, with artist Louis Haugh? Paddy Woodworth is waiting within, the greatest ever photobook of Costa Rican caterpillars in his hand...
