Robert Greacen dies at 87 

GREACEN Robert Henry (Sandymount and formerly London and Belfast) – April 13, 2008, aged 87 years, at St Vincent’s University Hospital, husband of the late Patricia Hutchins and loved father of Arethusa. Poet and member of Aosdana. Sadly missed by his family and his circle of friends and fellow writers. Memorial Service (following private cremation) [...]

An Unsanitised History of Washing 

There is a fascinating excerpt from Clean: An Unsanitised History of Washing, by Katherine Ashenburg in today’s London Times. Excerpt from Clean: An Unsanitised History of Washing, The Times, London In the spirit of the book, I thought I’d quote My Masculine Skin, from my last book of poems, Dialogue in Fading Light (Dublin, New [...]