If you could spend the rest of your free time in one place, where would it be? For me, it would be a library. Libraries are the places where I feel honestly at peace. The larger the library, the better. There is no better place to be than where the whispers of human knowledge are …
Why are you breathing? Apart from the obvious biological answers, do you know why you are alive? I didn’t for a long time. I was ignorant. The first time I ever thought about why I was alive was when my dad called me to his office (now my room) for me to watch the TED …
The day before I flew home, I chose to attempt the National Library and museum again, having discovered they were closed on Monday. All week I was excited for the Library visit, to walk through its shelves and run my fingers along the books before choosing a great tome to study, even if for just …
Day four was Wednesday, and it became apparent I was running out of activities to do. Dublin is a compact city, and everything is within 10 minutes walking distance of everything else. Before I came away to Dublin, I decided I’d purchase a book from everywhere I travel in the future, and with Dublin being …
Day three was writer’s day, and I set off up O’Connell street to the Dublin Writers Museum. I passed the GPO Building, the centre of the Irish rebellion known as the Easter Rising, where there was a foolhardy attempt to oust the British. It failed, but the building survived in all its magnificence. The GPO is …
The first thing you learn when hostelling is that the room will empty before you’ve even woken up. I mentioned there were four guys on the lower bunks when I went to bed on Sunday night. When I woke up on Monday, there was just me and another. The second lesson I learned that day …
When I wrote this first dispatch, I sat in Hard Rock Café in Dublin, waiting for my chicken and mojito. It was delicious, although the Mojito could have been stronger. It was six hours after I stepped out of my front door to begin my Dublin holiday. The trip to Manchester Airport was uneventful. My …
I am a huge fan of the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. The feminism is portrayed excellently by Emma Watson is an essential message that so many of us need to hear. That woman can make their own choices and will not be forced into it by men. Also that song, Evermore is …
Recently I read a book by author, David Eggers called The Circle. It is about a woman, Mae Holland joining a massive technology company that basically has combined Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google and so on into one monopoly company known as The Circle. The story is about how Mae becomes a more important member at …
On many things I stay true to the title of this post. I set myself a target and follow it through to its conclusion. However there is one area where I constantly fail. My fitness and healthy diet. Since I was 18 I have slowly got less active and heavier. This has been down to …