Richard Ryan
@bookshopguy
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Self-employed bookworm, early musick enthusiast, amateur birder, out-of-retirement organist and long suffering Spurs fan.
Belfast
Joined November 2009
‘We weren't put here to make money or to acquire status or reputation. We were sent here to search for the light of Easter in our hearts, and when we find it we are meant to give it away.’ JOHN O'DONOHUE Dawn Mass Reflections at Corcomroe Abbey
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Inside the NI bookshops at the heart of their communities: ‘You can leave all your worries at the door’ https://t.co/bUJNr8hZZg
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Meet the NI independent bookshop owners at the heart of their communities
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🎉 PUFFIN PUFFIN PUFFIN 🎉 Windy, wet and cold out here currently, but what a breathtaking scene! Gazillions of Guillemots and Razorbills, and very briefly our first Puffin of the year 🥳
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The bookshop where I began my career is now a fancy pants coffee shop, and it is stunning I have to say, and much busier than ever our bookshop was. A lovely morning spent reminiscing.
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On Ravel’s birthday today, I was reminded of this outrageous piece of music that so enthralled me when I first heard it as a youngster
🎹🎶 Hélène Grimaud and Tugan Sokhiev performed Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major in 2010. » https://t.co/3ju7WgTwZ8 Join us this week, when Tugan Sokhiev returns to the podium to conduct pieces by Lili Boulanger, Gustav Mahler and a premiere by Donghoon Shin.
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We prayed the Litany last night, as we do every Ash Wednesday. I hope in some way, booksellers can be included in this one
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#Lent doesn’t have to mean giving something up. It could be ‘clearing out a space for something new to enter.’ Extract below from ‘A Different Kind of Fast’ by Christine Valters Paintner
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The countdown to Easter is well and truly on, and the lectionary readings on the Transfiguration today prompted me to start this wonderfully reflective book by Rowan Williams.
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Love it when it’s dry and sunny on the beach, and all the rain is out at sea
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I voted for This is the Record of John by Orlando Gibbons in The Classic FM Hall of Fame 2025. Vote for your favourite: https://t.co/Kn4LgJTWi9
#gibbons400 @QuireMemes
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The world’s biggest poll of classical music tastes is open for 2025!
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If you find our shop is closed in the next hour, it’s because my Liverpool supporting delivery driver is due and I can’t face him!
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If we were to get Orlando Gibbons into the @classicfm hall of fame this year, which piece of music would that most likely be with? #Gibbons400
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I’m surprising myself to admit this, but at 13 degrees out there on the 13th January, I’m really missing those crisp icy cold winter days of last week
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I love how these books compliment each other. 2 gifts from 2 different people who know me very well! A whole year’s worth of nature from Britain and Ireland #booktwt
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