Tim Severin: The Brendan Voyage [2005] paperback ZMANG behind only Brian O'Driscoll and

behind only Brian O'Driscoll and Ronan O'Gara in the all-time records

he considers the differences between capital cities and the rest to understand why it is that we often feel more comfortable in our identities as Londoners

and different ways of preparing and eating them

Against his better judgement Mack arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon

'As bright and shiny as a newly minted coin

Tim Severin: The Brendan Voyage [2005] paperback ZMANG behind only Brian O'Driscoll andIt has been described as the greatest epic voyage in modern Irish history. Tim Severin and his companions built a boat using only techniques and materials available in the sixth century A. D., when St Brendan was supposed to have sailed to America. The vessel comprised forty nine ox hides stitched together in a patchwork and stretched over a wooden frame. This leather skin was only a quarter of an inch thick. Yet Severin and his crew sailed Brendan