If you are like me, you may turn to a cup of coffee whenever you find your concentration fading. But have you ever considered that its brain-charging benefits are largely a product of your beliefs? In multiple experiments, scientists have given unsuspecting volunteers cups of decaf under the illusion that it was a regular brew. Despite having consumed no caffeine, their attention and memory peaked as if they’d drunk a strong espresso. Amazingly, one study even found that the mere …
Category: Non-fiction
After much consideration and reading, here are our bookseller's favourite reads of 2021. In here you'll find titles old and new, with enough recommendations to keep you going well into …
Today, November 20th, is Transgender Day of Remembrance. This is a day acknowledged worldwide, when we remember our trans brothers and sisters who have lost their lives in some way …
Unconsecrated Ground If you want to find a cillín, you have to know what you are looking for. There will, in all likelihood, be no signpost or gate. It’s best …
I believe in the power of empathy. It is a powerful, vitally important and, unfortunately, oftentimes uncommon thing. The Transgender Issue, Shon Faye’s debut nonfiction book, has no shortage of …
At each stage of life, your sense of self and personal identity finds expression in the story you tell about yourself and the story significant others tell about you. That …
My name, Easkey, has its origins in ancient Gaelic for fish. I’m named after an important salmon river in Ireland that creates a wave where it flows into the sea; …
I remember how the light felt on my face, the smell of the grass, the rough ‘skin’ of the oak tree, bluebells everywhere and out of nowhere, a cuckoo called. …
Every Sunday morning, I go for a leisurely scroll. Not a stroll you understand, a scroll, walking my eyes down through the weekly long reads list collated by the news …
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