Revolutionary new air travel experiment

Ryanair defends use of “sky oars” in new sub-economy Galley Class Ryanair has robustly defended the introduction of ‘sky oars’ in their new sub-economy class. Each oar is operated by a row of three passengers and the designer, Patrick from Marketing, thinks they could help propel the aircraft. Stripped to the waist and heavily manacled, [...]

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Camping in Connemara & Dingle

News from England would make you sick! Heatwave health alerts and hosepipe bans indeed – not in Connemara and Dingle last week! Now get get me wrong, the West of Ireland is amazingly beautiful – it’s just that the soft refreshing rain comes from hauntingly atmospheric grey clouds that tend to inhibit one’s view of [...]

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Window on Wycliffe @HG Day Five: Part One

First a few reflections from yesterday – Investing in the Poor: We preach Christ by valuing the minority and marginalised communities. By this will all men know that you are my disciples – if you have love for one another. We are called to be a blessing. This was the morning I had been looking [...]

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How do you see people: scenery, machinery or people?

The “scenery people” are for example those that we photograph during our vacations. We see them as decoration or objects on display, not as real people. We do not care whether the photo we are taking respects their dignity or not. The “machinery people” are those that we expect to function in a certain way, [...]

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