Bull on the Page

Now that autumn is upon us, we reflect on the seasons past. A winter that lasted overly long, oftentimes flattering to deceive, followed by three days of spring and a summer whose lease had all too short a term. In each of the previous ten summers, there had been compelling reasons…

Speaking to an acquaintance from John Bull’s island the other night, he says: “You know what’s wrong with the Irish, you never had an empire.” I had to put him straight on a few minor points, most importantly that we never needed to play the British at their own game, merely get them to play ours…