Colm O'Regan: Olde Photos of Ireland is my new favourite group

"The bittersweetness comes in photos near the edge of towns. You see dotey fields with massive hedges and wild corners that are now ‘mews’ and ‘crescents’ and ‘ways’ that ‘views’ are named after the countryside townlands they swallowed up."

Columnist, broadcaster, comedian and author Colm O'Regan. Picture Chani Anderson

Stone soup. It’s not part of a new year resolution diet. It’s not something that’s going to help you hold onto the gains you made from this “simple 40 day chair yoga work out plan”.

‘Stone Soup’ is the name of my favourite fairytale. There are various variations told but the basic deal is as follows.