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Michael Viney

Michael Viney

Michael Viney has been writing for the Irish Times for half a century, with a parallel career in broadcasting, film-making and as natural history author. His Saturday column began in 1977, when he moved with his family from Dublin to settle on the Mayo coast. “Another Life” has developed from experiments in self-reliance to a deep concern with nature and ecology and is illustrated with his drawings and paintings.

The writer's 1965 painting made while camping on Inishvickillane
I doubt if Charlie Haughey ever stewed a rabbit on a fire of sheep dung

ANOTHER LIFE: SUCH A SHAME that the one taoiseach to count love of nature among the finer things in life should have been such…

Quirky: a limestone mushroom sculpted by the lapping waves of a vanished lake. Illustration: Michael Viney
Laois and Offaly, I take it all back

Another Life

Hoverflies: they come with the gift of bilocation. Illustration: Michael Viney
It’s time to watch out for our nectar lovers

Another Life

Potent: dandelions that inhaled twice as much carbon dioxide as usual increased in size, had 83 per cent more flowers, and developed even better parachutes for spreading their seeds. Illustration: Michael Viney
Climate change or just a late spring: what to make of the messages plants send us?

Another Life

Nephin’s nature: wilderness in a modified landscape. Illustration: Michael Viney
Out in the wilds: a welcome road to nowhere

Another Life

Spring audition: Browning wrote about the song thrush. Illustration: Michael Viney
Why should we care about those effing birds?

Another Life

Finest fleeces: ewes have been blow-dried to perfection. Illustration: Michael Viney
Weather warning: nature’s co-ordinates are failing

Another Life

Beloved by Francis: a violet ground beetle. illustration: michael viney Beloved by Francis: a violet ground beetle. illustration: michael viney
Looking down at the beetles and up at the stars

Beloved by Francis: a violet ground beetle. illustration: michael viney Beloved by Francis: a violet ground beetle. illustration: michael viney
From the beetles to the stars

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