Forty Shades of Green: Ireland’s answer to Fifty Shades of Gray

Spud Hughes is over-excited. It seems the author of Fifty Shades of Gray is married to a man from Newry, Co. Down, Spud’s home town. Spud is sure that E.L. James picked up her filthy habits from her husband, and so he is trumpeting the border town of Newry as the love capital of the Western World. “AtContinue reading “Forty Shades of Green: Ireland’s answer to Fifty Shades of Gray”

St Patrick’s Day Recipes–with thanks to an Irish Aunt.

Far and away the most popular posting on this blog is Auntie Dot’s Wheaten Bread Recipe, leading the Crone to presume that either her Aunt has a fanbase of millions, or that there is an unassuaged world appetite for Irish cuisine. Both seem a little unlikely but, as St Patrick’s Day approaches, the Crone feelsContinue reading “St Patrick’s Day Recipes–with thanks to an Irish Aunt.”