Chris Mills

LATEST ARTICLES ( 249 )

• Quick Press: New Literary Travel Guide from Oxygen BooksA...

  

  Quick Press: New literary travel guide from Oxygen Books Another delicious literary guide… This is by way of a brief ‘thank you’ to Malcolm at Oxygen Books for... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The End of Summer: Sculpture at the Bots

  

  You know that the end of summer draws near, when the annual Sculpture in Context exhibition opens at the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. Now in its... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Zombies on the Landing…

  

  Be afraid,,,, I know that having two blog posts so close together might be cluttering up your in-boxes a little, but inspiration gave me a gentle poke while I... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS, HOME

• October: Open House and Other Stuff

  

  I have been bowling merrily along with Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell) lately (and feeling terribly virtuous for reading my book club novel to boot) and have... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Footnote: #LetterMo Author While Having a Quick Browse In...

  

  Footnote: #LetterMo authorWhile having a quick browse in the recently returned section of the library last Thursday, I spotted a novel by Mary Robinette Kowal,... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Past is Another Country: Or, out and About for Culture Night

  

  I am truly sorry about the miss-use of a quotation in the title and have no excuse except that it just popped into my head and it seemed a shame to waste it. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Footnote

  :Now that I have discovered the handy ‘aside’ post facility I can jot down snippets as I think of them!I just wanted to add a link to a blog post by one of my... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Richard III in the News

  News Update: Anyone who has read my previous post (in June) on Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time will know of my longstanding interest in Richard III and... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Planning Culture Night: Another Landing Field Trip

  

  Culture Night is still a few more days away and already I am anticipating an evening of cultural entertainment. I do realize that the Landing Project should be... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Landing News and a Progress Update

  

  As I am sure many people know, the nice folks running the Grafton Media Blog Awards Ireland have recently announced the shortlists. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 BOOKS

• The Best Science Book of All Time*: The Periodic Table

  

  As I explained in a previous post, the latest book that I have been tackling here on the Landing is Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table (or Il Sistema Periodico in... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Monk-ish Tech Support for Reading Luddites (pre Ereaders)

  Here is a little something book-ish (and tech-ish) as we are nearing the end of the ‘silly season’. You will, from the subject of this posting perhaps get the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Landing Progress (or Lack Thereof) Report

  

  It is time to return to my self-imposed task of reading my way through the ‘Landing Eight’ selection. After several literary distractions (of which more below) ... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• From Landing to Walls: Romans and Rows in Chester

  

  Chester Guide The landing has been rather quiet of late as I have been away for a few days. On my travels, I spent a day in Chester for the first time in many... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunflowers and Pips: from the Landing to the Garden

  

  Home grown sunflower As a heavy rain shower has just stopped play (or rather work) in the garden I now sit diligently in front of my computer waiting for... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• John Buchan on Film

  

  As I mentioned previously, I watched one of the film versions of John Buchan’s classic adventure after reading the book. The Hitchcock re-telling was one of my... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Landing Field Trip: Literary Graveyard Visiting in St Nahi’s Churchyard

  

  Before I get stuck into my latest post I want to thank all of the people who have followed this blog so far. I am very grateful for the vote of confidence and... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More on the ‘Landing Eight’ and a Report on the Budding Arts File

  

  Since my last post I have been busy getting stuck into The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan so I will shortly be well on the way to ticking off another title... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Centuries Old Mystery: Josephine Tey and Richard III

  

  Cast your minds back to my last post with the bucket list of books featured. I did say that I would be tackling them ‘in no particular order’ but the one I... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Glimpse of the Task Ahead: Some Tasty Titles

  

  A friend has given me a suggestion for a blog topic, so I am basing this piece on that feedback (thanks Teri!). Never let it be said that I fail to listen to... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 BOOKS