James Joyce, Bloomsday and faulty plumbing
On this day in 1904 all the events in James Joyce’s book Ulysses took place; it is known as ‘Bloomsday’ because the book’s hero is... Read More
William Butler Yeats, poet of passion and joy
On this day in 1865 Irish poet William Butler Yeats was born. In 1923 he received the Nobel Prize for literature. Much of his best... Read More
Joyce Cary, writer and painter
On this day in 1957 the Anglo Irish writer Joyce Cary died. Cary originally wanted to be a painter but realised that he would never... Read More
John Millington Synge upsets the noble peasantry
On this day in 1909 Irish playwright and poet John Millington Synge died. Many of his best known plays are about Irish Catholic peasants in... Read More
Colonel John Pemberton starts a coke habit
On this day in 1886 Colonel John Pemberton registered the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia which would later become the Coca-Cola Company. Pemberton was... Read More
James Joyce makes some chamber music
On this day in 1941 the author James Joyce died in Zurich. Regularly considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, Joyce... Read More