Calvin DuffyTop 10 Books Read in 2022For 2022, I had the goal of reading 75 books. I only managed 60, mainly because I moved country. The following are my top 10 of those read…Dec 30, 20221Dec 30, 20221
Calvin DuffyTen Films from 2021Nothing more or less than my ten favourite films, of all those that I watched in 2021.Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
Calvin DuffyFifteen Movies from 2020Despite working in a cinema for over four years, I would never have called myself a film buff. Sure, I always enjoyed movies, but my…Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
Calvin DuffyTen Books from 2020I passed the early months of 2020 lockdown reading at a considerable rate, though this dropped off somewhat after the initial relaxation…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
Calvin DuffyReview: Normal People by Sally RooneyNote: Mild spoilers are contained below, though this is not exactly a plot-driven novelMay 23, 2020May 23, 2020
Calvin DuffyLying about Learning: Homeschooling in IrelandI didn’t sit in a classroom until I was 18, when I took a photography course at my local college.Apr 1, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Calvin DuffyReview: The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne WestadIt may surprise you to hear this, but historians love fads. You may have thought that the guardians of knowledge about the past would be…Mar 28, 2020Mar 28, 2020
Calvin DuffyReview: Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelWe bemoaned the impersonality of the modern world, but that was a lie, it seemed to him; it had never been impersonal at all. There had…Mar 23, 20201Mar 23, 20201