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When I go shopping I am usually looking for something that suits my lifestyle. I put quality and collectability high on my agenda because I am not interested in ‘throw…

Resting in the basin of the River Barrow, is a scattering of small towns and villages, full of character and curiosities. They catch you unawares as you drive the network…

In Lismore the shop fronts look like an old film set, maybe from the 50s. People are gentle and friendly, pubs cosy and welcoming. This is an Irish heritage town…

I wonder if Stanley Kubrick could believe his eyes when he first gazed down from ‘The Vee’ over the patchwork of fields that comprise the Golden Vale. On a good…

Hidden in plain sight on one of Dublin’s busy streets is a secret oasis, a magic garden. Its display tumbles nonchalantly down the granite steps of the elegant the Powerscourt…

Just outside the village of Straa, on the exotically named Riviera Del Brenta, between Padua and Venice two brothers in late middle age, alongside a sister of similar vintage, produce…

I first became enthralled by fashion when I discovered textile weavers who conjured rivers of colour to run the length of a warp and used inspiration from Irish landscapes to…

Tuesday 4th November woke brightly. Sunlight quickly dispatched the worst semblances of a winter. Working at home I hoped today might be when the postman brought a package from Amazon,…

Even the most visited holiday destinations can surprise those of us in search of a quiet oasis of calm. Visit the hill villages of Majorca like Fornalutx or Deia and…

  It is a late autumn morning. Fluffy white nimbus clouds hang in a painterly sky above hedgerows the colour of pumpkins. The road straightens before a sharp turn onto…