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HELD TOGETHER BY BOLTS AND OPTIMISM
What travelling thrills felt like before entertainment moved indoors.
 • Clare McGinn
Embracing The Zest
Post-Menopause: the system reboot no one asked for. It's when the cork pops. Suddenly you’re “not marketable”. Fine. We’re not for sale. We’re doing it…
 • Clare McGinn
THE BOOK OF DREAMS
Remember circling toys in the Argos catalogue and saving stamps for months? Before Temu and one-click hauls, wanting things was a team sport. I miss…
 • Clare McGinn
Cataloguing Christmas: From Analogue to Digital
Remember circling toys in catalogues, shut Sundays and no next-day delivery? An analogue Advent for 70s/80s kids and Gen Z doubters of 24/7 Christmas.
 • Clare McGinn
Beware the Slow Loris in Khaki Shorts
Chaos is their cover story. The cad is not extinct — he’s alive and well in the corridors of soft power. Think slow loris: wide-eyed, soulful…
 • Clare McGinn
There’s Grapes on the Table
And nobody’s sick.
 • Clare McGinn
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Episode 10: Napoleon and the Biggest Small Lie in History
Listen now | On 7 September 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte fought his bloodiest battle at Borodino outside Moscow.  Not bad for a tiddler - or was he?
 • Clare McGinn
Blame Culture and the Death of Trust
How journalism’s obsession with easy targets and gossip has drained the public square of accountability.
 • Clare McGinn
THE CURE FOR BOREDOM ISN'T YOUR PHONE
What Late Night Radio Taught Me
 • Clare McGinn
Clare McGinn
Clare McGinn
Napoleon’s Nose is a weekly channel of essays and audio about food, culture and memory — rooted in Ireland, written for curious readers everywhere.
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