Third series of A to Z starts on September 3rd, 2019 as usual, from 6-7 pm every second Tuesday. Tune in on 90.3 or livestream on nearfm.ie

Had fun chairing session - Commissioning Editors: What they want in a pitch, at NUJ Dublin Freelance Forum Spring 2019. From left to right: Me, Mark Hennessy, News Editor, Irish Times. Elaine Prendeville, Editor, Sunday Business Post Magazine. Roisin Ingle, Deputy Features Editor, Irish Times. Mark, Elaine and Roisin gave very generous and valuable advice. Photo by Gerard Cunningham - faduda.ie

Third series of A to Z starts on September 3rd, 2019 as usual, from 6-7 pm every second Tuesday. Tune in on 90.3 or livestream on nearfm.ie

Me in freefall on Northside Today about Junior Cert History 

Podcasts of first series of A to Z of Historical Blunders are here:

Series 1

Agincourt to Passchendaele

Bourgeoise; don't mess with them

Ciphers; there are no certainties in them

Dueling; not a good idea if you are a genius

​​​Egotism is egregious if you use it get elected

A police force that scores an F  

Gallileo, green eggs and ‘German’ science  

World peace yet again threatened by hubris  

Restless Vikings and Normans; ignore them at your peril

Jumping the Gun

Applying the Karenina principle to Ireland’s fight for freedom

Series 2

​Language and literature make history, for better or for worse

Medieval mindset is the mother of all misogyny

Neo-liberalism, non-interference and laissez-faire in the Great Irish Famine

The O's have it

Plantations and Penal Laws leave a shadowy legacy

The Questionable Majesty of Queenship

Revolting Media

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