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'A master of the slow fade. Of the elegant exit. Of the no'
Made to love magic
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The Tarot cards open a space of wonder and magic beyond the anti-religion of rationalism
Listening to cherry trees
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‘I can’t think of cherry blossom without thinking of the others who have loved it before me. And as with most human loves, its history is messy.’
Alice Through the Looking-Glass – after 50 years of reading
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On being transported to the quintessentially Victorian house and garden of the Reverend Charles Dodgson.
The Sinéad Generation
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An extract from Geographicals, Suzanne Harrington's memoir of escaping 1980s Ireland.
Scattering stars like dust
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An extract from Mona’s unpublished novel Scattering Stars Like Dust
To migrate or not to migrate?
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'At 62, I am finally the writer I always strived to be.'
‘From the Canyons We Create’
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How the artist Frida Khalo, who was born on 6 July 1907, inspired Renu Arora
What a Beautiful Cloud, I Thought
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Maryam Firuzi's diary of the first days of being under attack from Israel in her home in Tehran in June 2025