Life and football in the city of SevilleI moved to the city of Seville on the first day of September 2020. After spending the previous summer in my bedroom in Cork writing my…Aug 24, 2022Aug 24, 2022
A humbling moment beneath the Trinidadian sunI rose just as the sun was rising and pushed my hair out of my eyes before rising from my bed and washing my face. The face that looked…Feb 9, 2022Feb 9, 2022
Stevie Grainger: “There were people moving here from all over the country, even American rappers…Cork is different. It’s neither the city nor the country, yet it’s somehow both at the same time. It’s small compared to Dublin but a…Aug 17, 2021Aug 17, 2021
Ivah Wilmot: “Nobody wants to be unimpressive in Jamaica; you practice and try to get as good as…“I feel like Jamaica is the capital of the Caribbean,” Ivah Wilmot told me. “When you look at where Jamaica is situated on the map, it’s…Aug 2, 2021Aug 2, 2021
Jason Webster: “In our search for something that’s ineffable and impossible to define, you find…Jason Webster is an Anglo-American writer but his principal interest lies in neither the United States nor England. He’s built a life for…Jul 23, 2021Jul 23, 2021
Cinema Paradiso: Memory and ambition in a sea of choiceMemory is an amazing thing. It conditions you in ways you otherwise wouldn’t understand, bypassing the intellect and heading straight for…Jul 18, 2021Jul 18, 2021
IbrahimaIt was late autumn but Seville was still hot. Ibrahima and I walked together with the sun dropping and the city bathed in low light…Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Séamus Coleman: A man of commitment and characterThis was written after Everton’s 2–0 defeat of Liverpool in February.Apr 11, 2021Apr 11, 2021
Battling preconceived notions, Trinidad and Tobago is responding assertivley to COVID-19“Trinidad never fully reveals itself,” British painter Chris Ofili, who moved there in 2005, told The Guardian. “They have not set…Jun 24, 2020Jun 24, 2020
