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Siobhán McSweeney: ‘​Without sounding woo woo, I think a feminine spirit has come back to Ireland’

The actor and presenter on saying goodbye to Derry Girls, her role in Disney’s new superhero comedy Extraordinary, and why she’s been given her own table on Pottery Throw Down

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023

The 5,000-year history of writer's block

Ann Patchett, who has written eight novels and five books of nonfiction, says that when faced with writer’s block, sometimes it seems that the muse has “gone out back for a smoke.”

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2022

St. Brigid, the compassionate, sensible female patron saint of Ireland, gets a lot less recognition than St. Patrick

On March 17, the world celebrates the feast day of St. Patrick, a zealous British bishop of the fifth century who became famous for spreading Christianity in Ireland. Patrick is Ireland’s main patron saint.

The Conversation · Mar 11, 2022