Where to walk in Dublin?
Everyone knows the usual spots - Howth, Phoenix Park etc. etc., and they are wonderful places to walk, but Dublin[...]
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Some say it's unreadable, others insist it's the greatest novel ever written. Since it's publication in 1922, readers all over[...]
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After a long break the Atlas blog is back. You may think I've been lying in the park, turning pink,[...]
READ MORESquelch or Splat!
In the teachers' room here at Atlas I am surrounded by sounds: clicks, hums, smacks, clatters, mumbles, moans, knocks, plops,[...]
READ MOREThings to do in Dublin
The sun's gone in again and everything's back to normal. So, we must ask what there is to do in[...]
READ MORE/d/, /ɪd/ or /t/ ????
So, let's get serious this week, serious about pronunciation. More specifically, about regular past tense /ed/ endings, which can be[...]
READ MORECome rain or shine …
It seems spring is upon us - the sun's out, and there's been no rain for a few days. Snowdrops[...]
READ MOREDublin, the capital of cinema for 10 days by Rodolfo César (Guest blogger)
Do you fancy a movie? Are in in Dublin from 16th to 26th? If so, you are in the right[...]
READ MOREDo you, like, speak, like, like a teenager, I mean, like, do you, like?
Do you, like, speak, like, like a teenager, I mean, like, do you, like? "Actress Emma Thompson says young people[...]
READ MOREBeer, Music and Art (Part 2)
Here's the promised part two of Rodolfo's paean to his favourite Dublin watering-hole. Outside and In All those spaces are[...]
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