An Irishman’s WWI East Med Memoir: Hard Lying (Eland, 2023)
In 1925, an Anglo-Irish former desert surveyor under British Egyptian colonial rule and then maritime intelligence officer in the Eastern
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The Art of Long Revisions
Over on Substack, I was honored when recently asked to write a guest post by Winston Malone of The Storyletter
Read moreA South Crete Travel Memoir: Peter Trudgill’s In Sfakia (2008)
I continue the tradition of publishing great reviews of worthy but obscure books on my Substack TLS newsletter with this
Read moreThe Genius of G.K. Chesterton: How Borges Led Me to “The Blue Cross”
This personal literary essay on the great G.K. Chesterton, humorist, man of principle, theologian and finally, detective-story legend known for
Read moreTwo Books on Northern Albania
Bringing together two new publications from Oxford’s Signal Books in this review for my Substack newsletter, this lively discussion of
Read moreEric Ambler’s Literary Sub-Texts and the Greece-Turkey 1923 Population Exchanges: The Past as Eternally Present
This very unique combination of literary assessment, philosophy and history was inspired by an academic event held in Athens last
Read moreByzantine Rhetoric’s Political Messaging and Narrative Tactics: The Work of Historian Florin Leonte
Enjoy my new reviews and interview focusing on the work of Byzantine Studies Professor Florin Leonte, over on my Substack
Read moreWelcome to the 2023 Season at Crete’s Top Historic Hotel- The Hotel Doma of Chania
On 12 April, my favorite historic hotel in Crete will re-open for its 50th season, as I recently wrote on
Read moreA Second Pass- Returning to Phase Line Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974
“Because all reviewing is re-reviewing” is the sub-title of my new Substack book discussion that begins thus: “I was honored
Read morePádraic Ó Conaire, Father of Irish Modernism
On the 28th of February, I celebrated the 141st birthday of an Irish literary legend on his birthday, over on
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