The online home of Jeremy Keith, an author and web developer living and working in Brighton, England.
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey comes at just at the right time for me. I spent the last two years reading the Robert Fagles translation , finishing it just a few months ago. When I heard that Christopher Nolan was adapting Homer’s poem, I thought it made perfect sense. I really like the way that he plays around with flashbacks and narrative structure—something that The Odyssey is…
When I was immersed in the Irish language for a week in Donegal last month, I made plenty of mistakes. But there’s one mistake that I’m actually quite pleased I made. The emphasis at Oideas Gael is on conversational Irish, so our teacher would often put us into groups of around four people to discuss a particular topic. On one occasion, the topic was food. We had some starter questions to ask one…
The unveiling ceremony is scheduled for September 29th : The Milestone plaque recognizing Colossus is to be displayed outside Block H at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, England. The plaque is to read: Six Colossus codebreaking computers operated in this building in 1944–1945. Designed by Thomas H. Flowers of the British Post Office, they enabled deciphering of encrypted radio messages…
I m quite touched that I make an appearance in this great talk from Ana. adactio.com/links/22714
Doomerism always feels to me like a psyop designed to keep people dispirited. adactio.com/links/22713
By the side of the train tracks the stinging nettles are suffering from the drought. They look sad — like they never knew what they are but have just been told. — Denise Wilton
Blink and you’ll miss it, but apparently I was in a BBC news report from Belfast last week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyg3Gu1f-p4
Exactly one of these ridiculously deep holes in the Earth is dug by hand. It s about 2 miles from my house . adactio.com/links/22710
I spent the last three weeks in the north of Ireland. Myself and Jessica flew to Belfast where we spent the first night. We managed to get to a session that evening where we were warmly welcomed. The next day we travelled to Donegal. A train from Belfast to Derry. A bus from Derry to Donegal Town. Finally another bus from Donegal Town to Glencolmcille, our home for the next week. Oideas Gael This…
I really liked Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls so when I saw a copy of Girls In Their Married Bliss for £1 in a local charity shop, I snapped it up even though it had the worst cover you could possibly imagine. This is the second and final sequel to The Country Girls which means I’ve skipped over the middle book, The Lonely Girl . I’ll have to rectify that. Once again the narrative centres on…
Reading When The Boys Came Out To Play by John Mackel.
Friday evening street session in Belfast
Fiddletastic Friday afternoon session in Belfast
Witchy Friday morning session in Belfast
Róis agus Huartán beo i mBèal Féirste!
The Taoiseach just gatecrashed our session.
Thursday morning session in Belfast
I absolutely loved Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy, particularly the first book, Ancillary Justice which blew me away when I first read it. Since then I’ve enjoyed the other books she’s written in the same universe, dealing with the fallout of the events in the original series. Radiant Star is the latest addition to the canon. I think the story falls into the category of planetary romance ;…
Wednesday afternoon session in Belfast
Wednesday morning session in Belfast