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Tuesday, August 4th, 2026

Lots of fiddlers playing at a table in front of an an alcove window.

Tuesday morning session in Belfast

Monday, August 3rd, 2026

One of my classmates from the Irish course I did in Donegal two weeks was on University Challenge tonight—worlds colliding!

Two young women playing fiddles with a man on guitar.

Monday afternoon session in Belfast

A young girl playing flute with two young women playing fiddles on a bench on the street.

Monday morning street session in Belfast

There are many food trucks here at the Fleadh in Belfast, many of them selling burgers, and yet not one of them is called Fleadh Feóil na hÉirinn.

Sunday, August 2nd, 2026

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde: to fuck up HTML once is unfortunate; to fuck it up twice is downright careless.

https://adactio.com/journal/22360

It’s baaaa-aaaack!

With the latest update to iOS26, Safari has reintroduced this shocking bug that they had previously fixed:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305719

Apple, you’ve broken HTML. Again.

Slow clap.

Musicians gathered playing in a cosy snug: accordion, pipes, flute, and guitar.

Sunday afternoon session in Belfast

Saturday, August 1st, 2026

A throng of musicians sitting together outside a pub and playing fiddles, flutes, bodhráns, guitars, accordions, and more.

Saturday afternoon outdoor session in Belfast

Going to Belfast. brb

Friday, July 31st, 2026

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds on a big stage with dramatic lights at dusk.

Back in Brighton for one night to see Nick Cave in Preston Park.

Thursday, July 30th, 2026

A keyboard player with flutes and concertina in a nice sunlit corner of a pub.

Thursday afternoon session in Belfast

Wednesday, July 29th, 2026

Fiddles, concertina, and guitar.

Wednesday afternoon session in Belfast

A big crowd of people of all ages with musical instruments gathered in a square.

Mohoooosive session in Belfast—over a thousand people playing a tune together!

Tuesday, July 28th, 2026

The core musicians: fiddles, concertina, whistle, bodhrán, guitar, and more. A row of musicians including a cheeky young lad playing my mandolin. A pub literally packed to the rafters with musicians playing. The fiddles alone are beyond count. Connor Caldwell on fiddle and Joanne O'Connor playing my mandolin.

Tuesday night session in Belfast

Fiddle, box and flute.

Tuesday afternoon session in Belfast

Monday, July 27th, 2026

Legendary Irish traditional musicians on flute, concertina, fiddle and bouzouki.

Monday evening session in Belfast

Flute, guitar, fiddle and bodhrán players at a rectangular table.

Monday afternoon session in Belfast

Sunday, July 26th, 2026

Me with my mandolin and a cup of tea having a chat between tunes. A little child taking great delight in my mandolin that I'm encouraging him to strum. Jessica playing her fiddle with her eyes closed. Jessica with her fiddle smiling between tunes.

Today was a good day for sessions in Belfast!

Two concertina players and two fiddle players.

Another Sunday session in Belfast