The complete online text of Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by George MacDonald.

During the mid-to late-Victorian period, George MacDonald was a public personality and a well-known literary figure. Leading critical journals printed long articles on his work; in 1869 the London Quarterly Review called him "one of the most popular auth...

Any study that seeks to trace the influences of English and European romanticism in "mythopoeic" fantasy must turn to the works of the Scottish author George MacDonald. He was a contemporary of Lewis Carroll (MacDonald's children read "Alice's Adventures...

George MacDonald is remembered as one of the founding fathers of modern fantasy. Although he wrote many different kinds of books, including realistic novels, poetry, sermons, and literary criticism, his imaginative fairy tales of growth and redemption we...

REGULAR readers of this column will remember my initiative to launch a property version of Neighbourhood Watch. This was a service designed to assist prospective house buyers in assessing their new neighbours to be. It is a well-known fact that the most delightful property...

Neighbourhood Watch Location: The throbbing aorta of Dublin 6. Residents: Home to a whole range of people, from ex-footballer Eamon Dunphy to ex-Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald to ex-Tanaiste and ex-Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell. Area's most memorable moment: Residents are divided....