Larkin

Brilliant essayists, dark and fair

11 November 2017 9:00 am

Read cover to cover, a book of essays gives you the person behind it: their voice, the trend of their…

I have the right to raise my monsters as I wish

14 March 2015 9:00 am

I was on the phone to Girl, thinking of something interesting to tell her. ‘Oh yeah,’ I said. ‘And this…

Old age is not for sissies

7 March 2015 9:00 am

The secret of eternal youth, according to Alice Roosevelt Longworth, is arrested development, and the penny dropped last week. The…

Nature inspired P.J. Kavanagh – but so did ghosts, dreams, grief and God

7 June 2014 9:00 am

P.J. Kavanagh, if not dismissed or relegated, is often shall we say bracketed, as a ‘nature poet’. The truth is,…

Like my dad, I dream of sports cars. Like him, I'll never buy one

17 August 2013 9:00 am

I’m currently in Cornwall with my family and whenever I spend a lot of time with my children I’m constantly…