Ronnie Convery
Ronnie Convery is a journalist and broadcaster who has written for a variety of publications in the UK and Italy. Currently he divides his time between directing communications at the Archdiocese of Glasgow and serving as Italian Honorary Consul in the city. He has a long background in print and TV, a strong presence on social media and recently penned a book entitled Reclaiming the Piazza (about creating space for dialogue to overcome division).
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Word warping in a time of pandemic
(5 minute read) Ronnie Convery finds himself having a grammar meltdown as he ventures out after lockdown.
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Healthy minds and healthy bodies
(4 minute read) Ronnie Convery examines the practical steps we can take to keep our lives in balance, not neglecting mind or matter, as we enter a new version of “normal” after lockdown in many parts of the world.
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Is a new form of journalism possible in the internet age?
(6 minute read) Thanks to the internet anyone can be a journalist. But has this really contributed to truth and social cohesion? Ronnie Convery learns from a master communicator that there is a better way forward.
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Walls, walls everywhere …
(5 minute read) Ronnie Convery highlights the dangers of public policies which foment populism and favour division, even in the midst of a pandemic.
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Editorial: Don’t just survive, thrive!
There was a time when survival writing was a rather niche market. If you looked really hard, or asked the bored assistant, bookshops tended to stock a light range of boy scout-esque manuals on what to carry as emergency rations, the joys of Kendal Mint Cake and how to light a fire with sticks. More recently (before the lockdown, of course), if you mentioned the term “survival writing”, you would have found yourself conducted to the shelves containing another genre … generally filed under “self help”, the survival in this case being of a different order: how to survive a divorce, how to survive a bereavement, how to survive redundancy…
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Editorial: Time to get serious about time
One of the few positives about the world of lockdown is that people across the globe who were previously time-poor suddenly find themselves time-rich. And just as lottery winners can find their bonanza more a curse than a blessing unless assisted by a money coach to help them manage properly their new found wealth, so it is that our newly discovered abundance of time can leave us confused, anxious even, as we end up squandering this precious resource which we know will never return. That’s where this month’s Adamah comes in. This new edition could be like a “time coach” for us as we navigate the hours without deadlines, the…
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Editorial: Finding Direction in a World Turned Upside-Down
“Love, hope, fear, faith — these make humanity. These are its sign and note and character.” These words by the American poet Robert Browning were written long before anyone had ever heard of the word “coronavirus”. But they seem to sum up these days (of hope and fear), and offer us a challenge – how to live them well (with love and faith). Adamah was born in a world where people were materially rich but time poor. In just a few short weeks that formula has been reversed. Forced closures of workplaces mean millions now have time on their hands and no real guide as to how to use it.…
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Three lessons from a city under siege
(3 minute read) Ronnie Convery draws lessons from his parents on how to confront coronavirus.
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A man of surprises: Pope Francis seven years on
(5 minute read) Ronnie Convery remembers the election of Pope Francis and considers what that dramatic evening has to teach us about his whole papacy.
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Editorial: Viruses worse than corona
(2 minute read) Viruses are everywhere. Some viruses kill. We need to protect ourselves from viruses. We have a responsibility to each other as members of the same human family …
