The Old Anew

The Irish Times invited me to contribute a 'new proclamation', along with a few others, which was published last weekend.  Mine was a slightly edited (for word count reasons) version of the one I wrote in my book back in 2010.

It was a nice touch on the part of the Time's designers to recreate it in 'ye olde parchment' style:

I was pleasantly surprised that my own version had stood the test of time (all 5 years!) since I wrote it.  Needless to say, it won't stand the test of time as well as the original (which I reckon is still the best - and most relevant - version going).