The Sigla Blog

I was all set to blog something about airport security prompted by Damien who points out the farcical security at the Dublin airport - and all for the love of getting a domestic flight. I was going mention that I’m flying to London ridiculously early in the morning for work, so as well as being […]

Last night Channel showed a documentary called Married To The Prime Minister. Unsurprisingly, cameras followed Tony Blair’s wife Cherie and explored her life within - as she puts it - “the goldfish bowl” of Number 10 Downing Street. We were shown Cherie’s life as wife to the PM and all the duties that come […]

On Saturday night I went to one of the most interesting gigs of the year. Cocorosie are two sisters with extraordinary voices. Bianca sings like a cross between Billie Holiday and Stina Nordenstam while Sierra whoops operatically, raps and sings pop. Both are multi-instrumentalists and have created one of the most unique sounds I’ve heard […]

Another guest blogger this week after Ernie’s George Best sonnet, this time from my friend Paul in Barcelona gives his a wry take on Pope Benedict’s pronouncements on homosexuality and the priesthood earlier this week.

God “knocked for six” by Vatican decision to shut limbo - Heaven braces itself for huge soul influx

God is said […]

Being freelance, I get to work at home. This means that, contrary to popular belief, I actually get up every morning at the same time, generally quite early, and start work. I don’t stay in bed until the afternoon only to roll out from under the duvet just to watch Ricki Lake. […]

A couple of weeks back Damien Mulley posted a link to a story on Google’s blog news channel about the most powerful women in the bloggersphere. Damien’s laconic response was spot on: “We need more women in the blogosphere and more non techies.”

In the comments section of the news story, there were two links. One […]