Patricia Leslie

I really wish I was a time traveller. There are so many things I want to know. Who were the Picts? What did their carvings mean? What about the Tuatha de Danann? And the Firbolgs and Formorians. Were they the precursors to the Milesians; the Celts? Tribes that superseded each other, their individual cultural practices and beliefs melding together into one big melting pot that in turn overflowed into neighbouring islands? Like the Annunaki, did they become the deities of myth

It seems that Sheila na Gig and Baubo share a growing number of connecting dots. As female figures, historians are not quite sure if they are symbols of warning or iconographic remains of goddess worship. I’d hazard a guess to say both and more. Each of the carvings differs; Baubo to Baubo, Sheela to Sheela as well as Sheela na gig to Baubo. Similarities are hinted at almost as if stonemasons across the northern half of the glob are winking at each other. “I like what you’re

I love catching up with other writers and having a good chat about the writing life, their novels, and some of their inspirations. Recently, I had the chance to have just such a conversation with Faith Hogan author of My Husband's Wives and the newly released Secrets We Keep. Let's start with a quick bio and an extract from Secrets We Keep, and then we'll jump straight into the Q&A. Faith Hogan is an Irish writer who has worked as a fashion model, event organiser, in the inte