We discuss Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's novel Venus in Furs.

We tell the story of Silken Thomas' rebellion in 1534.

Dermot and I discuss the board game Labyrinth -- a favorite of James and Lucia Joyce, and an inspiration for the "Wandering Rocks" episode,

I hope you didn’t expect us to know Italian. Topics in this episode include the real Almidano Artifoni, why he wears such stiff trousers, what he and Stephen are talking about in “Wandering Rocks,” Ja...

We discuss the history of two historic houses in Ireland -- Aldborough House and Belvedere House.

What is Dublin without Church and State?

“Since exploring the resources and artifices of music and employing them in this chapter, I haven’t cared for music any more. I, the great friend of music, can no longer listen to it. I see through al...

“Since exploring the resources and artifices of music and employing them in this chapter, I haven’t cared for music any more. I, the great friend of music, can no longer listen to it. I see through al...

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Here be dragons.

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…Gravy? Topics in this episode include the grande finale of Stephen’s Hamlet theory, he finally proves by algebra that Shakespeare is the ghost of his own father, dio boia, James Joyce’s reaction t...

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Agenbite of Lapwing.

This is part one of a two part series about select songs from the “Sirens” episode. You can read part one here.

What if the Shakespeares were really a bunch of crumb-bums?

In which, Stephen proves through algebra that Hamlet’s grandson is Shakespeare’s grandfather.

This is part one of a two part series about select songs from the “Sirens” episode. You can read part two here. (Part two coming soon!)

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Ora pro nobis! Pogue mahone! Acushla machree!

Isn’t Carrotty Bess great?

Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’

“ Sirens ,” the eleventh episode of Ulysses , is memorable for its musical prose, but it also stands out as an episode of revelry in the bar and restaurant of the Ormond Hotel. While Bloom cringes in...

Sometimes the secondbest bed is the better bed.

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“A musical episode was easy to place in Dublin, for Dublin is, or was, a musical town, with a particular passion for vocal music. A few Dubliners of the older generation meet in the lounge of the Ormo...

“A musical episode was easy to place in Dublin, for Dublin is, or was, a musical town, with a particular passion for vocal music. A few Dubliners of the older generation meet in the lounge of the Ormo...

Why do we always fight most with the people we have the most in common with?