Diary of a Dissenter: The Week From My Window

We’ve dined out for long enough on Joyce and Beckett; time to carve a new name on to the plaque of our national chroniclers: Joyce, Beckett . . . McCormack. . . ?

The End of His (Her) Story?

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SATURDAY

As we went to ‘press’ last Friday evening, a darkish cloud was manifesting over next mo…