Book Worms

Book Worms

by | Apr 24, 2012 | Homes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul”. So said the great Roman author and orator, Cicero. I would have to agree that a home devoid of books feels somehow incomplete, like a show home awaiting its occupants. Books not only tell you something...
Irish Journal – Part 1

Irish Journal – Part 1

by | Jul 26, 2010 | Homes

Studying German to A-Level at school, required me to read “Irisches Tagebuch” (Irish Journal) by Heinrich Böll. It recounted a period in the 50s and 60s, when the German author moved his family to County Mayo in the west of Ireland, in search of a...