Dimly lit interior? Frank McNally on the notion that midlanders may be below sea-level, in more ways than one

Clare set: Frank McNally on two new books with a common thread

Irishman's Diary: Musicians bumped into each other on my desk via respective books

Apple Turnover – Frank McNally on the temptations of Forbidden Fruit

Shingled Out – Frank McNally on the strange tradition by which certain Irish surnames inherited ‘the cure’

An Irishman’s Diary

Happy New You – Frank McNally on the hopes and dreams of January

An Irishman’s Diary

Knotty problem – On Japanese knotweed and other unwelcome guests of the Irish countryside

Frank McNally – An Irishman’s Diary

Another Life: ‘I’ll kneel down and bite you with my teeth’

The prickly problem of thistle removal can result in a sore wrist . . . and much muttering