It’s only a few decades old, but our reliance on the internet is almost total: financially, structurally and emotionally
Seán Moncrieff
Seán Moncrieff columns
Apparently, it gets worse the older you get
Sometimes I talk to people, now dead, who made an imprint on my life
Daughter Number Four’s sassy slang is the start of a realisation that her generation is different to that of her embarrassing parents
If anything, older people should think more about their sex lives than the young
I love the city, as it is now – but I fear that might change. Pray that Prophet Song remains a work of fiction
Sean Moncrieff: Singers represent a country, but all too often they are of mixed heritage, of uncertain gender or no gender at all, yet still attract votes from competing countries
Every time – every single time – I get the 'approval needed' announcement and hear myself saying to some 20-year-old: I am desperate for your approval
Daughter Number Four’s birthday became more of a birthday week, not with the usual play centre party, but a pampering session
Ours are full of fancy corkscrews that don’t work, a slow cooker we never got the point of, a block of blunt knives – will we ever learn?
When it comes to immigration and the Irish, it’s the same old story
Seán Moncrieff: The centre ground can be a dull place but without it there’s less chance of change happening
Try to remember many people aren’t Christmassy. So if they are a bit withdrawn or quiet, leave them be
They obviously don’t watch the nine o’clock news. They’re all TikTok and Instagram and think the stuff the old people look at is irrelevant
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