I’m an Irish writer, editor and translator, living in Berlin.
My work has appeared in The Irish Times, The Berliner Magazine and The Dublin Review, among others ↓
"‘There's something very liberating about cooking compared to being a university person’, says Ottolenghi. ‘It's not on a computer somewhere. It's in your hands and all you've got to do is create a dish.’"
Interview / Yotam Ottolenghi / Irish Times
“On an otherwise unremarkable morning in July, investors found themselves locked out of their accounts, unable to access their money. Telegram blew up. Theories circulated on YouTube.”
On Podcasts / A weed-based Ponzi / The Berliner Magazine
“The datscha itself was a solid brick-and-wood structure, unlike the flimsy DDR-era cabins we’d seen elsewhere. Inside, it looked like a ski lodge run by a compulsive hoarder.”
Essay / The Datscha / The Dublin Review
“Politicians across the coalition have been regularly ambushed by a question originating in a Reddit-inspired meme: “Wann Bubatz legal?” ‘Bubatz’ is the slang term for cannabis beloved by German rappers – although presumably not so cool now that FDP politicians have started using it too (the slang, that is).”
Reportage / Legalisation of cannabis / The Berliner Magazine
“Jane Fonda could be forgiven for taking a nap on her laurels, but, characteristically, she has a slightly more focused approach to her later years. ‘As I approached my 60th birthday I realised it was my third act, the one where it all adds up - or doesn't,’ she says.”
Interview / Jane Fonda / Irish Times
“I didn’t know a soul, and the beautiful strangeness of this new city was clothed in a language so impenetrable I felt like a walking oven-glove, muffled and clumsy. I was homesick for the Heimat of language itself: a voice in my ear telling me something I understood.”
Column / On Podcasts / The Berliner Magazine