Boo George: I m talking about cowshite one day, the next photographing Keira Knightley
He s photographed everyone from Kim Kardashian for the cover of Elle to Victoria Beckham. Internationally acclaimed fashion photographer, Boo George, speaks to us from his West Cork lockdown base
Boo George, the Wicklow photographer who shot Kim Kardashian s latest cover
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Carina McNally I love West Cork. I idolise the place; when I fly from London to JFK or back, I’m always looking down for a landmark; if I see Bere Island, I’m laughing. Or, I say to myself ‘there’s Kenmare bay’ or ‘there’s John Dunne’s house. Those are the little things that I love.
Irelandâs pilgrim trails The ruins of the monastic city of Glendolough mark the end of the 18-mile long St. Kevinâs Way, which winds through the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. (Adobe Stock)
select Arguably, Irelandâs most famous pilgrimage trail runs to the top of Croagh Patrick. More than a million pilgrims climb the holy mountain every year. (Adobe Stock)
“Not all who wander are lost,” wrote J.R.R. Tolkein in his 1954 novel “The Fellowship of the Ring.” Making pilgrimages brings meaning to life for Christians around the world. Walking a pilgrimage adds an even bigger challenge and can serve to unite pilgrims with creation as well as the life of saints who lived in a world without technology or automobiles. Many know Spain’s famous Camino de Santiago. But what about some of the other walking pilgrimages in the world? Ireland, for instance, can offer visitors a hike through beautiful landscapes and historic places,
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Awaken body and soul with these staycation trips, says Sarah Marshall. One of the key Covid symptoms is loss of taste and smell, but lockdown has arguably deadened all our senses, by detaching us from the outside world. So, as we unfurl from our sofas and prepare to venture outside, it’s no surprise sensory experiences are likely to direct travel plans. According to a poll by VisitEngland, the experiences Brits are most looking forward to include eating fish and chips, listening to the jingle of an ice cream van, or smelling the waft of sea air. From coast to countryside, the UK and Ireland is a sonic, visual and audio wonderland. Here are a few more of the visceral experiences we’re eager to enjoy this summer.
Peter O Sullivan stitching into existing grassland with his PTR 3000s multipurpose drill.
Peter O’Sullivan farms with his father at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains, near Blessington.
They also run a small contracting business carrying out the services of baling, plant hire and, in more recent years, reseeding, which led Peter to set up Bullseye Engineering.
Having struggled with ploughing due to the rocky Wicklow surroundings, Peter made the decision to ditch the plough and try his hand at building a machine for low-disturbance grassland reseeding.
“I bought a plough and found myself selling it a year later. It was too hard to keep going due to the amount of stones in our land. Ploughing around here raises a lot of stones. We tried power harrowing, but it wasn’t much better.