CultureEssaysPeopleTravel 8th September 2024 Magnificat The museum did not open until 3pm, and so I people-watched for a while. A… Brian McIntyre 0
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BeautyEssaysPeople 10th August 2024 Edna’s Banquet It is her funeral today, and she is returned to Clare. Some years ago, in… Brian McIntyre 0
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EssaysPeopleStories 19th June 2024 Of Life And Lazarus In 2012, Detective Stephanie Lazarus of the LAPD was convicted of a homidice, committed in… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysStoriesTravel 25th March 2024 Salomé I have dreamt of you, veiled Salomé. Your breath is on my skin - sweet… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPoliticsStories 10th March 2024 Film Of Interest This extraordinary film is simultaneously powerful and boring. It is conceived not as an unfolding… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysPeopleStories 5th March 2024 Berlin’s David Hasselhoff Museum I am a neighbourhood man. I once visited Tokyo for 48 hours and did nothing… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 12th February 2024 Saltburnt That the writer-director of Saltburn understands the machinations of the British aristocracy is clear from… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 18th January 2024 Flamenco In Valencia He was a young man, in his mid-twenties, with curling black hair about his shoulders,… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyEssays 4th January 2024 More Than It Says On The Tin The first Spanish painter I knew was my own age, and from Valencia. I knew… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 29th October 2023 Stand-Up For Gen-Z We know when we witness something fresh. Human beings are built to notice the novel.… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 14th October 2023 Honey, Darling? Londen. Londyn. Londres. Londinium. There are many Londons. I guess an invitation of travel is… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 31st August 2023 Bocuse He would be 98 years old if he were alive today. And if passion alone… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 26th August 2023 Tick Tok The church tower in Lake Issarlès, high in the Ardèche mountains of southern France, rings… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyCultureEssaysTravel 24th August 2023 Come To The Quiet Everything interesting is difficult. Let me translate this thought to Latin, to lend it more… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 22nd August 2023 Fire So that a donkey may drink, I spent the afternoon in the pursuit of phantom… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 19th August 2023 La France Profonde I am sitting on the banks of the Allier river, which marks the border between… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 15th August 2023 The Clank Of Pétanque In travel, any pace is the perfect pace. Each choice of transport brings its own… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 13th August 2023 One Year Later, But Will She Care? I am in south central France, close to the rising of the Loire. Across the… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysIreland 28th July 2023 Scarlet Sinéad The most striking image I recall of Sinéad O’Connor, the moment she became indelible, was… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 18th July 2023 Jane, Je T’Aime The pop-culture scene in France, when I lived there in the early 90s, was more… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 4th June 2023 Her Towering Bells He buried Titus here, not knowing that, in a year’s time, father would join son. … Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 26th May 2023 The Tune That Spike Liked “I’m a jobbing clown”. Spike Milligan’s self-described persona jumps to life in his conversation, riffing… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 17th May 2023 Seasons April, come she will. When streams are ripe and swelled with rain. I am… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 6th May 2023 The Strains Of Zadok This is the story of a piece of music, and its place in the anointing… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIreland 6th April 2023 Between Galway & Gethsemane There is a seafarers’ memorial situated at the Middle Pier in Howth. Its central design… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyEssays 28th February 2023 Unchained The mind wobbles in mysterious ways. Just last week, I read the sad and moving… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 20th January 2023 A Tour Guide Considers His Lot As he advanced towards me, three geese followed up the rear, in steady meter behind… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 2nd October 2022 Ecce Homo, Ecce Mater I value original thinking mostly because it’s so damned hard to achieve. The frequency of… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 16th September 2022 The Elizabeth Line DIARY ENTRY #1 London’s newest underground railway line has been in the planning since the… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 8th September 2022 One Day She reigns no longer. Britain’s longest-serving monarch, 96 years of age and 70 years Regina,… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 6th September 2022 23 Years Later, A Mystery Solved The sketch caught my eye as we walked under a bridge of the Seine, during… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 14th August 2022 McGregor’s Army I have met two barbers in the space of twenty four hours, which is surprising,… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 12th August 2022 Grief Is A Faltering Donkey At the bottom of one of her leather saddle packs, as I prepared to hand… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 10th August 2022 Walkabout Like most people I really like, I thought he was a pain in the arse… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 6th August 2022 Her Perfect Place I will send her Bushmills. I woke up to the idea bouncing in my head,… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 5th August 2022 DAILY TAIL WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Kaïcha Invites Us Into Her Gracious Stable Kaïsha as you’ve never seen her before. Vulnerable. Intimate. Badass. Hello! The Daily Tail felt so… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 3rd August 2022 Alone He was a tall man, in the autumn of his seventies, with a jowly face… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 1st August 2022 Brian Is In The Kitchen Travelling with a donkey, as Joseph and Mary learnt the hard way, makes for slow… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 1st August 2022 What Happened In Pradelles Pradelles, in the Haute-Loire, had its moment in the sun 500 years ago when a… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 30th July 2022 Postcards From The Sedge I walked into a restaurant here in Langogne at 3.30pm, when lunch was clearly over,… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 29th July 2022 Exclusive: Kaïcha Sacking Fiasco Kaïcha has a meltdown at Landos, 7kms from her point of departure, 24 hours after… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 27th July 2022 No Room At The Inn It’s official. We’re a couple. I’m tempted to change my Facebook status, but I’m not… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 26th July 2022 First Date With Kaïcha The night before meeting Kaïcha, Christophe started loading on the bad news. She simply can’t… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 25th July 2022 Following Robert Louis Stevenson’s Ass A donkey awaits me in the south of France. The trail we will take together… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 30th March 2022 Slap And Tickle It was not, in the pantheon of American humour, the greatest of jokes. But, as… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 11th September 2021 The Grey Snow of 9/11 Early on a June morning in 1986 I entered the lobby of the World Trade… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysIreland 6th August 2021 Laying Low In Cavan “It’s lashin”, she said, when I arrived down to breakfast. And as her patrons filtered… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIreland 4th August 2021 Grass And The Grotto The lack of athleticism in my cycling is shocking to behold. I am in no… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIreland 3rd August 2021 Circumnavigating Ireland’s Torso I almost showed up in Naples, not Navan, yesterday. Three days ago, I sat having… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 24th October 2020 After The War I watched a brief interview with Doris Lessing, the British author who learnt she had… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPolitics 3rd October 2020 By The Dawn’s Early Light And the virus’ red glare, Its bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysStories 15th August 2020 A Man And His Grass I worked with a talented, experienced landscape gardener named Lisa, some years ago. We were… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIrelandThinking 11th August 2020 Qualitative Research And Zoom Qualitative research is the act of focused curiosity, between people. Not so focused that the… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeopleStoriesTravel 6th August 2020 Conspiracy Of Truth When I first met Dixie Longate, somewhere between Marseille and Rome, I was bent on… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIrelandPeopleStories 3rd June 2020 Teacher My teacher died this week. He taught me throughout my secondary school years - English… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyEssays 29th May 2020 Worth A Thousand Words If the invention of moving pictures allowed us to capture and recreate how we live,… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIrelandPeople 26th May 2020 Notes From A Bedside My friend will never leave this bed she is lying in. There is a guttural,… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyCultureEssaysThinking 25th May 2020 Casting Connell Look at the actor Paul Mescal from a distance, and he’s like any fella walking… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 19th May 2020 On The Instinct To Conserve I have found the 2016 election of Donald Trump challenging. But not in the manner… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysThinking 4th May 2020 Oh, Framing! China speaks of absolutes Sweden speaks of calm Germany speaks of common sense Holland speaks… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyCultureEssays 11th April 2020 Before The Fall It was a halcyon time. That time when woman, wrought from the rib of man,… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysPeople 6th April 2020 Crown And Corona She did not mention it once. Looking straight to camera, back upright with the gait… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 1st April 2020 Why I Don’t Give A Fuck About Your Tips There's been a worrying Corona-rise in people dispensing advice. In the form of tips.… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeopleThinking 20th March 2020 Ovid’s Nineteen on Covid-19 The great poet’s name rhymes with the viral pall that hangs above us. What can… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIrelandThinking 18th March 2020 Corona: Collapse Between Fact and Fiction Eski knows there’s something up. Why the hell is my Master here all the time?… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysIrelandPoliticsThinking 12th March 2020 The Corona Chronicles Each of us is a citizen, bound in a unique moment of jeopardy. The earthquake… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeopleTravel 8th March 2020 Clara In Valencia As we walked down the sunny side of the street she described her student life,… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysMarketing 5th March 2020 Bridge Over Troubled Innovation It is fifty years since Paul Simon released his songwriting masterpiece, 'Bridge Over Troubled Water',… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysMarketingTravel 24th February 2020 Why I’m Sacking TripAdvisor In brand-building, it can be fun and instructive to have enemies. We understand better what… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 9th February 2020 Shoah: under the watchtowers of Auschwitz The German words encountered in the world’s most notorious concentration camp are predominantly those of command… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 6th February 2020 On The Road To Auschwitz Because it cost them everything, it will cost me nothing. 1.1 million people were murdered… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 28th January 2020 Dear Kobe He had lived in Italy for some years from the age of six, describing it… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 17th January 2020 Look Sharp. See 1917. Urgency. There is no time to spare. If an order is not delivered there will… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysPeople 15th January 2020 Megxit, Pursued By A Bear We are living a singular regal moment. The British sovereign, aged 93, has successfully put… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysIrelandPeople 5th January 2020 My Dream Of Marian It was my mother who got the news to me. Ear eternally to the radio,… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStoriesTravel 11th December 2019 Volcano At its most fundamental, a volcano is a crack in the ground. Depending on the… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysThinking 1st December 2019 Dissecting Mister Fawlty Works of genius do not happen by accident. Genius must work hard in the creation… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysPeople 14th October 2019 Marathon Man The story of the first marathon is one of myth, weaving historical fact and human… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysPeopleTravel 1st October 2019 Jessye In Paris I am sitting at an Illy Café in the centre of Paris, some metres off… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 27th August 2019 Beyond Cancer, To Dancing My DNA malfunction has been addressed. Through the intervention of medical experts, six robotic incisions,… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 12th July 2019 Today I Am Reborn I am a child of summer, born on the 12th of July. My mother tells… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStoriesTravel 22nd June 2019 London, In The Heart Of June I am sitting in a cafe that sits in a Garden Square. It is run… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStoriesTravel 2nd May 2019 Meaning Of Mystery: The Lost Girls Of Panama Chapter 1: Changing Habits I have drifted in my leisure-time media consumption, both in form… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 30th April 2019 Malta’s Fault-lines Of Love It is 10am, and I am sitting on the balcony of Crust in St Julian’s… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPolitics 26th April 2019 Decoding The Candidates’ Logos The logo. That simple, eloquent and essential visual statement of who you are. What you… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPoliticsThinking 2nd April 2019 Scotland’s Dissent Have you ever sat in the back seat of a car, certain of the route… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyCultureEssays 30th March 2019 Her’s & Ours I am possessive about grammar, like a dog with a bone. And like most dogs… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysThinking 24th January 2019 The Role Of Camp In Culture When I was otherwise engaged gestating, Susan Sontag published an essay entitled ‘Notes On Camp’. … Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyCultureEssays 13th January 2019 Life Is Simply Magnificent We are each of us in search of transcendent experiences. This desire is at the… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 6th January 2019 India’s Secret Stalin has brought me coffee. My kind of coffee. Because Stalin is my kind of… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 17th November 2018 Three Dimensions Of Elon It seems I am surrounded with lessons about dimensions. And it seems I am a slow learner.… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 11th November 2018 My Own Private Armistice Lying in bed on the beautiful morning of the 11th of November 2018, I began… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyEssaysThinking 29th October 2018 Flaws, Jaws And Genius During the course of 124 minutes, with the help of iTunes, I have returned to… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 15th October 2018 Innovation Is Murmuration I am interested in how groups of people can, in the right context and with… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIreland 10th October 2018 RMS Leinster: down in dazzle A client of mine is not working today. He is departing on a boat from… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeopleStories 6th October 2018 My Memories Of Montserrat Her name was as big and meaty as her voice and presence. I happened to… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 2nd October 2018 Walking Above Clouds I have walked above clouds. The first time you do it, it leaves its mark. … Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysPeople 30th September 2018 Jane Austen: dead or alive I sat for an hour beside the grave of Jane Austen. The problem with people… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysPeople 29th September 2018 Jane Austen Has Invited Me To Tea If you want a sense of how large the Muslim world is, and how committed… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 20th September 2018 Why I Write The established counsel for prospective authors, dispensed at the drop of a microphone, is twofold:… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysIreland 24th August 2018 The Prodigal Fanboy It is so easy to be drawn into it - the tumult of adoration during… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 13th August 2018 The Legend of Poor Rich A few days ago, a transit worker at Seattle Airport entered the cockpit of an… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysMarketingThinking 10th July 2018 How Psychology Can Help Change Behaviour Almost ten years ago I began a post-grad in psychology - spending two years learning full… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysMarketing 4th July 2018 Ryanair and the culture of ‘non-priority’ If you ever doubted the ability of one person’s influence to permeate a culture and… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 18th June 2018 ASMR: one tingle and you’re tangled My truncated opera career lasted four seasons. Being a late bloomer, I got cast in… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 13th June 2018 Where Are The Experts? Why Aren’t They Here? Almost ten years ago, I returned to full-time education for two years, completing a post-grad… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 12th June 2018 Finding Illyria I met a taxi driver yesterday by the name of Qemal. I asked him if… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysThinking 9th June 2018 All We Are Saying Is Give Asexuals A Chance Almost ten years ago I began a post-grad in psychology - spending two years learning full… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 6th June 2018 The Way You Think Can Save Your Life Almost ten years ago, I returned to full-time education for two years, completing a post-grad… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 10th February 2018 West Cork To The World It is a long, meandering tale of tragedy. Across 6.5 hours and 13 episodes, the… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 6th February 2018 Frasier’s Dad is Dead John Mahoney’s true love was the stage. After his role in ‘A Long Day’s Journey… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 23rd January 2018 Dolores I had been travelling a long time before I recognised that no matter how good… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysMarketing 14th January 2018 Reinventing The Banana My mother was a toddler when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, and still under ten… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysTravel 9th January 2018 Going Bollywood On explaining my dance plans to a friend a few months back, he encouraged me… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 5th January 2018 What It Means To Be Indian I take it all back. Indians drive like maniacs. They overtake on a whim with… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 2nd January 2018 Twelve Hours In India The first twelve hours in a country are hardly the basis for any decision beyond… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 10th December 2017 Bitcoin: the little cryptocurrency that could The irony of innovation is that it is often discussed and rarely encountered. Most of… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeopleStories 20th November 2017 Putting On My Selina Scotts Life is lived in a tumble of moments upon moments, each vying to gain our… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysTravel 30th October 2017 Palermo Mio It is my destiny never to get to the bottom of it. I no longer… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPolitics 28th October 2017 Why Trump Is Here To Stay - When a guy makes stupid moves on the draughts board, causing chaos and holding… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysMarketing 26th October 2017 Go Placidly And Create A Brand World When Max Ehrmann wrote his beloved prose poem in 1927, little suggested that Desiderata would… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 16th October 2017 Ophelia Bears Down On Harvey Her death, one of the most celebrated in literature, happens off-stage. Ophelia, driven mad by… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPeople 17th September 2017 My Encounter With George Hook In the Spring of 2014, I sat in a Dublin café with George Hook talking… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 8th September 2017 Poo I have long been critical of brands that slyly betray their owners. The splendid 'poo… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 4th August 2017 It Would Make You Think In the glare of an August afternoon, I walked among headstones in Mount Jerome. There… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStoriesThinking 19th July 2017 War of the World As teenagers just out of school, I and four friends cycled across France and a… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPolitics 18th June 2017 London’s Burning As the flames danced behind the cheap cladding of Grenfell Tower, there was a brief… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPolitics 3rd June 2017 When The Big Boy Bails It is a scenario familiar to most small businesses. You develop a disproportionate relationship with… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 1st June 2017 Darling Michael The remembered life of a young boy in outback Australia Chapter 1: Man… Brian McIntyre 0
BeautyEssays 22nd April 2017 Samsung Dreams Of Flight Locate the dream, then bring it to life. This was the essence of my Friday… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssays 19th April 2017 Toffoli, And The Meaning Of Local Toffoli is a restaurant on my street. It is perhaps 15 metres from my door.… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 15th April 2017 ABBA’s Seven Insights Even as the music critics thrashed them, the most feted rock stars of the 70s… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysStories 4th April 2017 Sweet ShitTown, Alabama How a podcast investigating a murder has breathed life into the nature of love, and… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysThinking 27th March 2017 On Average, People Are Average 'Well, that's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the… Brian McIntyre 0
EssaysPolitics 23rd March 2017 The Next President of France It is easy to be distracted by the personal story of Emmanuel Macron. And yet,… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 7th March 2017 Disasterously Good, Dangerously True It is surprising how difficult it is to find truth. I do not mean this… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 3rd March 2017 Dammit, I just want a coffee I have still not got the hang of coffee parlance. Between flat whites and skinny… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 3rd March 2017 And the Oscar goes to… We live in Trumpian times. When his wife plagiarised swathes of Michelle Obama's speech for… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 21st January 2017 Slayer of Dreams As he stood, hand on a bible, and began to recite that brief oath, my… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 17th January 2017 Airlines Can Break Your Heart Love / Hate at 30,000 feet I am reminded of how emotionally I engage with… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 14th January 2017 The Flight Of The Cassowary Australia's expansive, and famously pesky, biodiversity is, to my amateur eye, evidence that competition delivers… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 13th January 2017 Lollipop Ladies of Bangkok The king is dead. The nation mourns, each in her own way. The hospitality manager… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 9th January 2017 La La Strategy What if strategy began with notes, not words? Famous people are, as a rule, annoying.… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 8th January 2017 Troublerone I have spent a lot of time in my life thinking about chocolate. I am… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 7th January 2017 Sydney Serendipity Chapter 1 Thomas' father was called Turnip Townshend, in honour of the various agricultural innovations… Brian McIntyre 0
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Essays 30th December 2016 The Kiwi Connection If Australia is the wizened, desert-scarred soul of adventure, New Zealand is its comforting Eden… Brian McIntyre 0
Essays 22nd December 2016 On First Encountering Australia Terra Australis, the great land to the south, was the object of the seafaring explorers… Brian McIntyre 0