The RHA’s new president, Ethical Diamond at Del Mar, Andrew Sullivan, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Manuel, Jonathan Freedland and an unfortunate slip in Cork.
Ardmayle
Random musings on current affairs, sport and the arts.
Thursday, November 06, 2025
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Substack for 30 October 2025
John Kelly’s wonderland near Union Hall, a tasty bite of Blake, Warren Zevon in softer mood, and an embarrassing incident in a hospital in Abbeyleix.
https://johnposullivan.substack.com/p/30-october-2025?r=37fycr
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Substack for 23 October 2025
The support Catherine Connolly edition - posted on Substack on Thursday 23 October. Happy to see her resounding victory and classy acceptance speech. And Heather Humphrey’s dignified response.
https://johnposullivan.substack.com/p/23-october-2025?r=37fycr
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Substack for 16 October 2025
Yamba XXX from Bridget Flannery’s impressive and expressive exhibition Unquiet Layers at the Draiocht in Blanchardstown - plus soupçons of Ian Dury, Olga Tokarczuk, Ernest Dawson, and a memory of the great John Joe O’Reilly.
Thursday, October 09, 2025
Substack 9 October 2025
Sean Molloy: Family Album 8 - showing the Molesworth Gallery.
Eclectic mix: Kiefer and Van Gogh at the Royal Academy, The Weir at the Harold Pinter, Sean Molloy at the Molesworth Gallery, Martin’s folly, the Byrds and Patrick Kavanagh. Plus a poor boy bullied in the Curragh.



