Ana Kinsella
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Writer in Dublin. LOOK HERE (2022) @dauntbookspub . Agent @serenadams
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Very happy to say I’ve been awarded a bursary from Dublin City Arts Office
@LabDCC
, enabling me to spend time in the city archives looking at and writing about all manner of ephemera and printed matter
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my dream job is I go on a really long walk every morning, 3-4 hrs, come back to my desk at lunchtime and then write a 3000 word report on the walk. End of day, send report to an email address that never ever replies
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I have realised that my elderly cat wants, instead of meals, is an endless rotation of tiny snacks, each different from the last. I have realised that what she wants is a small-plates restaurant
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walking home from pub after three pints in a 10pm June sunset
besides a church, what is the optimal space to listen to ambient music ?
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I sometimes wonder if being an Irish woman means I will be furious for the rest of my life
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current mood: 1997 gwyneth immediately after she broke up with brad
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why are Irish authors so good at writing and publishing books atm? I've got some thoughts!
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Irish designer Richard Malone has taken over a window at Selfridges and is covering it in Repeal messages
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mine was to get paid the £300 your publisher owes me for a piece I wrote in 2016, but alas, here we are
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I think all the articles about the end of ambition should disclose whether the people quoted owned property when they decided to stop working so much, and if so where the deposit came from
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Coleen Rooney: Jodie Comer
Rebekah Vardy: Sian Clifford
Wayne Rooney: Brian Gleeson
Jamie Vardy: Alfie Allen
Hugh Tomlinson QC: Toby Jones
Mrs Justice Steyn: Olivia Coleman
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Why does all Greek-style yoghurt have to use the hackneyed Ancient Greek font? Are we to believe this yoghurt was excavated from the temple at Delos
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Sorry a television ident has absolutely no business being this good
Take a peek at our brand new look for channel 4! Introducing our brand new idents…
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a good tip for London in November (did you know I miss it) is on Tuesdays, the Jerusalem Tavern in Clerkenwell turns off the lights at sunset and has the place entirely lit by candlelight all evening
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Unbelievably relatable content
Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa had this on her hand during an Olympics event
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HOW has the stupid New Yorker tote so quickly displaced the Daunt tote as emblem of Bookish London Man who is Not Ready for Commitment
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Now I take a photo of the unplugged appliance before I leave the house so I don’t have to worry about it on the whole bus journey
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First: The role of state support really can’t be understated. The Arts Council’s main literary bursary is intended to buy time to write. Last night Paul Lynch says he received 2 of these while working on Prophet Song. There are also other funding sources, way more than in the UK
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Can't believe I got drunk at my own wedding and read Scaffolding by Seamus Heaney off my phone because "it's not an Irish wedding without it"
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Took 33 years but think I finally figured out how outfits work this year. In particular shout out to this vintage Daks coat I got in Antwerp which really helped things fall into place
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a guy fixing our oven once said 'Bye bossman' to my tiny girl cat when he was finishing up and leaving
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Very happy (and a bit shocked) that Granta have published ‘Pose’, my first short story
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All that speaks to something broader: An engaged reading public. This is what struck me most on moving back after 12 years in UK. People are reading and discussing books all the time! and it’s not just a soft-hands class-related pursuit the way it’s sometimes shown in UK media
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If someone didn't pick me in Love Island, I would start crying on the spot. Also, unrelated, if I lost a penalty shootout I would have to turn to drink. I am not cut out for either of the paths available in public life
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I wrote about beautiful pints. Thanks to everyone at
@vittlesmagazine
for their editorial support, and to everyone I interrogated in the pub in the last few months
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But support is far more than just bursaries - it's funding for magazines to seek out new writers and support them, to run events, classes, and of course vital resource organisations like the Irish Writers Centre 🙏🏻
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So why is that? I think that the role of the state in encouraging literature is key. It means books aren’t only a commercial thing, that you don’t have to play to the market necessarily to publish and have a career as an author. That changes things for the book-buying public.
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I just don’t think that kind of stereotype exists here in the same way. I think ‘the typical reader’ here could be any age, background, education, political beliefs, etc. I see this when I use my local library
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Is anyone else now just trapped in a loop of remembering incidents of casual sexual harassment and violence they've experiences on the street over the years + had forgotten until now, over and over
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christ almighty. I knew all of it and saw much of it for myself living in London. But to see it spelled out like this
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Anytime I hear about CBT or tolerance-based treatments for PMS I am reminded of this from psychiatrist Julie Holland
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Agree with this. I loved Cheer but found the way athletes break their bodies in service of their admiration for their coach chilling. The concussions were terrifying.
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My bf refuses to drink coffee while moving at all (even, say, on a train) because “only Anglos do that” and “Italy has built a whole culture out of stopping to drink your damn coffee”
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These articles come every autumn now. I understand the tragic events of the last two years have had a profound effect on many women but I don't think it helps anyway to imply that all women are afraid (and thus should be afraid) to leave the house after 4pm.
"49% of women reported feeling unsafe walking alone after nightfall in a busy public place."
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I haven’t read Motherhood yet but saw this on Instagram and can’t get it out of my head.
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the most important thing I did this year was start cooking with cream. This coincided with moving to Ireland, where dairy is very very high quality. I now cook with cream at least once a week. And my quality of life? Off the charts!
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It’s not 'virtue signalling' or trying to show off your literary taste or class position on social media. It’s just a great, eminently readable book about an Irish family, that readers are finding gripping. And it was written with financial support from the Arts Council.
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Call me completely out there but I just don’t think a government of landlords should get to decide housing policy
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I interviewed a very prominent Irish historian last week who told me how gratifying it is to have this reading public: people might not always like what you’re writing, but they’re certainly reading it
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The contrast between this perfect Valentino show and you know putting slogans on fluffy dresses for Instagram is unbelievable
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Book Here!!!
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@anakinsella
's LOOK HERE: ON THE PLEASURES OF OBSERVING THE CITY is on its way (27 May 2022) and here is its gorgeous cover. A beautiful, meditative book, it's a multilayered portrait of London & a celebration of how its people are its heart & character💙💛❤️
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Normal People (book) was moody (cool) and the TV adaptation was appropriately the same, all very good. However CWF book is spiky (hot) but the TV show is also rendered cool. Gonna need to reread book now to remedy this
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please stop replying to this to say that's what some other guy does already... I believe there is enough walking to go around and also I'm a woman who wrote a book about this already
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when English people say you're pronouncing your Rs wrong and you're like they don't even teach you imperialism's drawbacks in school
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@joshbythesea
No but if there's any cold tea left in the bottom of a mug she'll have some of that please
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Not even a stan and this just fills me with a very pure joy
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Crazy - never in my wildest dreams did I think Look Here would have its own window, let alone one filled with tiny little people climbing over the books 😍 thank you
@dauntbooks
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also I'm very wary of articles that focus on 'the pandemic made people reassess things' that don't also mention that the pandemic made a lot of wealthy people even wealthier! those two things are LINKED
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Book HERE!
Incredibly excited to kick start the campaign for
@anakinsella
's brilliant LOOK HERE. A book about the joy of city life that will captivate you.
Out 26 May 2022
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Good point from newest Opulent Tips: 'trend fatigue' is generally trend reporting fatigue more than anything else
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I miss when Instagram Explore was like, cakes being glazed mesmerically instead of 20 women more beautiful than me, all wearing the same top
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Has anyone figured out why novels about very posh English people are exponentially more enjoyable than the reality of very posh English people
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I wrote today’s Dirt about a corner of Instagram I got obsessed with in lockdown, and how much fashion content has changed in 10 years, short thread incoming, sorry, tl;dr everything is catalogue now
Welcome to the flat era of fashion 👗
“Today it doesn’t matter where an influencer lives, because she dresses like she’s from the internet, and that’s all that counts.”
@anakinsella
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I remember reading (prob on twitter) that British publishers often imagine a typical reader - mid-20s woman, Russell Group uni, home counties, commutes to work with a book/kindle in her bookshop tote bag.
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this debate is baffling to watch from outside the UK. You could solve this problem by funding the arts and literature. State funding for expensive 'middle class' book festivals in Ireland is complemented by frankly amazing free programming at local and national public libraries
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Sad that the golden era of economic crisis photography is dead. Nowadays nobody reads newspapers on street corners or even wears belt braces and signet rings anymore
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And while it didn’t win last night, I think the Bee Sting is good example of this. I can't remember a time where so many people around seem to be reading and having opinions on this one book (haven't read Prophet Song yet, it's next on my list!)
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I made this small game about pubs in London for Karl, but you can play it and hopefully find a new fave pub too!
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My beautiful cat Blathnaid died. We are so bereft and the house is so empty. But I think I was so lucky to have her for five years in her dotage. She was truly one of a kind, even when she was stealing pizza crusts from my plate
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(ot but also why I hate hate hate ‘they didn’t loot bookshops’ from last week’s RTE news coverage)
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Feel like in a few years prosecco will be dated, like prawn cocktail, and you’ll only drink it at themed Noughties parties where guests dress up as like Hard Brexit
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I have a new books column at
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Got married in pink boucle Bottega shoes and I'm still obsessed with them and the BV green box they came in. They look like Brunch (ice creams)
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Every single Friday since the end of March we have made a big fuss over the 'first drink of the weekend'. We talk all week about what we'll drink and what fancy snack to have. Apero hour has been the best thing about this horrible year
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Announcement at the ladies pond, followed by panto booing: “Ladies, a man is coming in to fix the toilet. Please be aware.”
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Imagine being able to write like this
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I've been freelance for 6 months now and my only tips are:
a) don't work in clothes you wouldn't leave the house in
b) find a way to mark the end of the work day in winter (a walk, a treat, a glass of beer while cooking dinner)
c) the washing machine is a pomodoro timer
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When I went freelance two years ago, I had two hard fast rules: no TV during the day and only wear clothes you’d leave the house in. Anyway, Federer is playing and I just laundered my fave silk kimono
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This painting is insane?? I have never seen this before
Johannes Vermeer, View of Houses in Delft, aka 'The Little Street', c.1660
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Current mood: this giant PANIC lorry getting stuck entering a yard
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the BBC's open, blatant hatred of Justin Gatlin is quite frankly inspiring
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I wrote about The Clock, quitting my job and my one wild and precious life for
@ElephantMag
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I am still furious and shocked at Hadley Freeman using the Irish repeal movement, which clearly works hard to be inclusive, to make transphobic arguments in her column yesterday.
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The real winner of tonight's GBBO? Us, the viewing public, because I assume this is the last time we ever have to watch Matt Lucas on our televisions
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You think you've seen it all! This city can't show you anything else impressive! Then you see four Italian greyhounds out for a walk, each one clad in a hand-knit turtleneck of a different colour! Humbling
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Can't stop thinking about Tessa Hadley, one of this country's greatest novelists, getting ribbed mercilessly by her own children
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I can't believe I ran into my husband on the street while he was secretly smoking and he immediately tried to stub it out with his shoe discreetly, like I was a teacher!!
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Wandering around Paris looking at chic women, trying to decide if they are actually chic or if I’ve just internalised the idea that thinness and chicness are essentially the same thing
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