Our first podcast of 2023 with three wonderful stories from 2022: John Moriarty gave us our title with his Small World story; Willa Murphy joined us in Limavady with a disturbing tale of a disturbing priest; Jim Livingstone had a poignant reuniting with an old school friend. Paul is your host.
Lorna Dunn had the Black Box audience enthralled on December 21 with this wonderfully romantic tale of love in a cold climate, on the farm. Paul has a short message.
Three seasonal stories from the past 12 months: Richard O’Leary is a ruthless director of the Nativity play; Maire McGrath gets a shock after a good deed; Paul Hutchinson’s family Christmas ends in a drunken bar fight. Paul is your host.
To make the US launch of Pádraig’s Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World, here’s a story from the tenx9 co-founder from March 2022 when the theme was Reality. (Paul was down with Covid.)
Three stories to cheer a Winter’s day: Jim Livingstone reunites with a long-lost school mate; Michaela McDaid moves to Mars; Adam Milligan discovers the danger of false friends. Sacré bleu. Paul is your host.
Three stories on the theme Small World told in the Black Box: Brendan Green discovers the Irish know exactly how small the world is; Paul Hutchinson goes across the world to meet his new daughter; Lydia Searle finds a world of love with a dog called Murphy. Paul is your host.
Tenx9 returned to Limavady’s Roe Valley Arts Centre for Secrets & Lies: Florence Forbes learned the value of a white lie; Mary Farrell learned her secret love was the one for her; Gloria O’Connor revealed her darkest secret for the first time. Paul is your host.
Three stories, two storytellers: Margaret McClory tells the Black Box about her tricky parents; Paul Hutchinson tells Portstewart about ghostly tongues. Paul is your host.
Three stories with varying degrees of horror: Emma Kane reveals her terror of the White Nun to the Portstewart audience; Gloria O’Connor spots a dancing skeleton hanging outside a hospital ward; Paul Brady goes to a pre-marriage course from hell. Paul D is your host.
Three stories from recent months: David Simpson discovers love in Derry; Jane Searle discovers she’s a worrier; Pádraig Ó Tuama discovers the importance of connection far from home. Paul is your host.
