Orson Welles performs 'War of the Worlds' in 1938. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. At 8:12 p.m. on 30 October 1938, America was not being invaded. Families were sitting peacefully around their radios, listening to music and entertainment as they did every evening. Then, suddenly, the music was interrupted by reports of something extraordinary: strange objects had landed in New … [Read more...] about The night America heard from Mars
Built by the Wild Atlantic: How Galway’s Weather Shapes Its Architecture
Shop Street in Galway City. Credit: Expedia. https://www.expedia.ie/Shop-Street-Galway-City-Centre.d6207027.Attraction It would be unfair to Galway to generalise the city’s architecture into one defining style. It is less a carefully composed aesthetic than an accumulation of centuries of history, materials, people, and weather. Medieval stone sits beside brightly painted … [Read more...] about Built by the Wild Atlantic: How Galway’s Weather Shapes Its Architecture