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What’s The Best Way To Cook Hedgehog?

I edited a book recently about growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s — and it was fascinating.

Jan 22, 2020

What’s The Best Way To Cook Hedgehog?

Jan 22, 2020

Gary Finn

Cooking Hedgehog The Right Way

My daughter, Hana, was born two years after the invention of the first smartphone, the iPhone, and has not known a life without the…

Dec 13, 2019

Cooking Hedgehog The Right Way

Dec 13, 2019

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It’s Not The Height But The Drop Which Is Terrible

Four months after leaving the psychiatric ward I found myself 300 feet up on the top of a Belgian cooling tower holding an empty bottle of…

Nov 13, 2019

It’s Not The Height But The Drop Which Is Terrible

Nov 13, 2019

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Why They Play Pink Floyd In The Psych Ward

They say smell is the most powerful of senses, but for me it has always been hearing. Or, more specifically, music.

Nov 6, 2019

Why They Play Pink Floyd In The Psych Ward

Nov 6, 2019

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How Did You Get Those Scars?

You can tell what a society fears by the euphemisms it uses.

Oct 23, 2019

How Did You Get Those Scars?

Oct 23, 2019

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Why Ice Cream Is The Currency Of The Psych Ward

I was moved from the ward to a solitary room after my escape attempt from the psych unit.

Oct 18, 2019

Why Ice Cream Is The Currency Of The Psych Ward

Oct 18, 2019

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About That Time I Escaped From The Looney Bin, For Real

It was supposed to have been a routine case conference.

Sep 18, 2019

About That Time I Escaped From The Looney Bin, For Real

Sep 18, 2019

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Haldol & Me — Getting To Grips With A Chemical Cosh

For as long as I can remember my head was filled with voices. Lots of them.

Sep 11, 2019

Haldol & Me — Getting To Grips With A Chemical Cosh

Sep 11, 2019

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One Flew Into The Cuckoo’s Nest

I’ve only ever hugged my father twice.

Sep 4, 2019

One Flew Into The Cuckoo’s Nest

Sep 4, 2019

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About That Time I Went Mad

Nuts. Bonkers. Looney. Insane. Psycho.

Aug 30, 2019

About That Time I Went Mad

Aug 30, 2019

Gary Finn

Gary Finn

CEO and founder of branditmedia.ie, Ireland’s best one-stop agency for native content, brand journalism, and digital media strategy. Ex-Guardian, ex-Daily Mail

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