- Another day in the archive, reading the diaries of a 19th-century doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. This Irish migrant's story was, I thought, heartbreaking: May 30 1877, "Yesterday I was called into a ward to interpret for an old man who had been knocked down by an omnibus. ... 1/2Jan 29, 2026 17:54
- 2/2 ... He will, I fear, die. He sold nuts in the street and only knew a little English though he has been years in London. In his coat were sewn his savings: two hundred and seventy pounds. I spoke to him in Irish and he told his tale clearly enough in his own language." #Spéirghorm
