Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Like a worm on a hook Like a knight from some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee.

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Day 2.

Day 1 of the dog’s first holiday away from home. He’s already bored.

People aren’t even willing to damage their own books in order to pretend they’ve read them (never mind actually reading them). www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Reading how Lisa Marie had wanted to live in Ireland but…

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I like the new U2 song (and video).

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Many thanks to The Guardian for putting 'left' in brackets in the caption below this photo so that readers can tell which candidate is which.

The time John Lennon commissioned Salvador Dalí to make an artwork as a gift for Ringo but then kept it himself. Happy Birthday Ringo.

Happy Birthday to Ringo Starr. Bob Dylan summed him up perfectly:

Books read (and three reread) in June 2026. My favourites were Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates and Distant Star by Roberto Bolaño.

Waiting for Godot (if they had mobile phones).

Funnily enough, I’ve never actually heard this joke before.

Really like Honoré de Balzac’s revised proof. Imagine being the editor receiving this.

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Enjoyed the RHA Annual Exhibition - always one of my favourite exhibitions of the year. (It’s on until the 9th August in the RHA Gallery, Dublin.)

Sunday morning.

Now re-reading

Happy Global Beatles Day to everyone who celebrates. www.thebeatles.com/global-beatl...

Tuesday.

Knausgaard could have tried a bit harder with his endorsement.

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Call the police.

This sounds like my dog.

Tuesday afternoon.

Celebrating Bloomsday by sitting like this.

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I have defeated the system.