http://www.wikinut.com/author~vnmeh/Rask/ I'm Irish.
I've been around.
I believe.
I read Graham Greene and Hemingway.
I listen to Leonard Cohen and Opera.
I watch Italian films.
Married with kids.
en-gb http://img.wikinut.com/img/3_fhhds6g951vr93/jpeg/preview/Author-profile-image.jpeg http://www.wikinut.com/author~vnmeh/Rask/ Succumbing to the evocative power of music in a cafe in Belfast.. http://writing.wikinut.com/Suzanne-took-me-down/3cusg_w6/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Suzanne-took-me-down/3cusg_w6/ Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:44:42 GMT A non native speaker might not know that a ward can have several meanings. This one got it wrong. http://humour.wikinut.com/President-keeps-his-wife-in-his-cupboard./smq1i7a9/ http://humour.wikinut.com/President-keeps-his-wife-in-his-cupboard./smq1i7a9/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:17:49 GMT The wonder of Atocha drags up painful memories for the Irish as well as the Spanish. http://travel.wikinut.com/Atocha-Station%2C-Madrid./2rqdm6zo/ http://travel.wikinut.com/Atocha-Station%2C-Madrid./2rqdm6zo/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:29:19 GMT Remembering the days when I lived rough and slept wherever I could find shelter.. http://travel.wikinut.com/Sleeping-in-Doorways/3q233frl/ http://travel.wikinut.com/Sleeping-in-Doorways/3q233frl/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:20:54 GMT A welcome interruption on the long night train to Delhi http://writing.wikinut.com/Night-Train-Through-India/531bb7pt/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Night-Train-Through-India/531bb7pt/ Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:34:34 GMT A story in 7 parts about how Nick saved his friend Titus from Banda's Goon-Boys. http://writing.wikinut.com/Trashing-the-Empire-re-written-and-complete/18lamf.2/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Trashing-the-Empire-re-written-and-complete/18lamf.2/ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:38:27 GMT Is there anything more satisfying than catching up with an old friend in an empty cafe on New Year's Day? http://writing.wikinut.com/New-Year-s-Day%2C-Belfast/3ptvp44r/ http://writing.wikinut.com/New-Year-s-Day%2C-Belfast/3ptvp44r/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:32:36 GMT The simplest pleasures are usually the best, especially when you travel. http://writing.wikinut.com/Lying-on-rocks-in-County-Galway/2ckz9efx/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Lying-on-rocks-in-County-Galway/2ckz9efx/ Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:20:32 GMT so he thought it was ok to get the wife drunk just so that he could go and help a friend without her knowing about it. http://writing.wikinut.com/Trashing-the-Empire%2C-chapter-3/3r0mxib3/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Trashing-the-Empire%2C-chapter-3/3r0mxib3/ Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:23:12 GMT There's nothing quite like messing about by the sea on the west coast of ireland http://writing.wikinut.com/Messing-about-near-Easkey/27ottbxu/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Messing-about-near-Easkey/27ottbxu/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:58:11 GMT continuing the story of what happened when Ronnie and Adela went to a cocktail party at the Mount Soche. http://writing.wikinut.com/Trashing-the-Empire%2C-chapter-2/1r9204hs/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Trashing-the-Empire%2C-chapter-2/1r9204hs/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:42:02 GMT There's probably a little bit of England being fondly remembered or otherwise in every country in the world. http://writing.wikinut.com/Ashes-of-Empire%2C-chapter-1/2h.ote47/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Ashes-of-Empire%2C-chapter-1/2h.ote47/ Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:57:30 GMT When a man gets his hair cut he has to return to the barber again and again for another snip. 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