
I was delighted to receive my two copies of the Chinese language edition of Claire Keegan’s “Foster” from the publishers in Taiwan. I was fascinated to see the Chinese text inside and the discover that Chinese books (like arabic) are read from right to left rather than left to right

When I was a Secondary School teacher (please note this was a decade ago ) I used to want “easy” classes. You know, classes where the pupils were polite and enthusiastic. They did exist; classes where they’d put their hands up and waited to be called upon to make their interesting point. However, there would […]

Two of my Irish paintings are on their way to the USA.

Its Over
It’s time to end this abusive relationship. Meta, who own Facebook and Instagram, has recently “announced” a change to their Terms of Service for business & creator pages from 30th October. It was a very quiet annoucement and lots of pepople missed it. In fact they tried to sneak it past us. There was no email notification, no pop-up warning, no signature to consent. It will just happen. You agree to them automatically by continuing to use the platform.