Viisting David McDermott of McDermott and McGough fame at his charming residence in Co. Meath.

A wonderful place to browse. So many books I would love to read. Picked up a copy of the collected writings of the painter Nevill Johnson. In 1952 and 1953 he made a wonderful series of black and white photographs between the canals in Dublin published as 'Dublin: the People's City'. In the late nineties I went to visit him in his flat in Peel street, Notting Hill Gate, London. Times were hard and I don't think he ever received the recognition he deserved. "Like the first intriguing image of a foreign land the magic of Dublin enlarged my heart. Tatty and peeling maybe, but what relief from pew-brown facades and the lip-pursed ardour of Belfast. Through its people, thonged as they were by dogma and tacitly in thrall to the hereafter, ran a maverick undertow. These folk laughed and winked like boys behind Godmaster's back". http://www.lilliputpress.ie

D story on Jacquetta Wheeler just published.

The campaign which I shot for Canterbury's new Ireland Rugby kit has just launched.

Isabella and Grace about to be "...introduced to the mystery of God's great love".

Isabella and Grace after having been "..introduced to the mystery of God's great love".

The quiet before the storm... all set up for the annual SARI Soccerfest which kicks-off tomorrow morning in the Phoenix Park, Dublin and runs for two days. This is the 18th year of Soccerfest -  I've been involved since the start! - and it's grown from 120 players in 1997 to well over 600. Teams come from all over Ireland and last year there were over fifty nationalities represented. On Sunday we have the Love/Hate All Stars captained by Aiden Gillen playing the SARI All Stars captained by TD and Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. May the best team win!  

www.sari.ie

I'm a big fan of the Dardenne brothers and was keen to see their new film 'Two days, One Night' starring Marion Cotillard. This is the first time they've worked with a "star". She's good and the film is good but the script is a little predictable/traditional and it certainly doesn't have the edge of earlier Dardennes' films like 'Rosetta' - a masterpiece in which they re-invigorated social realism. See my interview with the Dardennes: Read here

Shooting in the Oscar Wilde Bar at the Cafe Royal Hotel, London.

New story just published in D magazine. see all