CultureEssaysPeopleTravel 8th September 2024 Magnificat The museum did not open until 3pm, and so I people-watched for a while. A… Brian McIntyre 0
CultureEssaysPolitics 15th July 2024 The Crux The news reports were frustrating. Their headlines, usually drunk on drama, lacked precision and meaning. … 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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