Hello there! My name is Sheehan Quirke (otherwise known as The Cultural Tutor) and this is my website.

I’ve written a book and you can get it here. The Cultural Tutor: A Modern Guide to Art, History, and Philosophy is a kind of whirlwhind introduction to art, architecture, history, love, poetry, and literature… in a word: culture. These things are written about both for the good they represent in themselves and also because of what they offer in our present day: culture as an alternative to the 24 hour content cycle and culture as an antidote to doomscrolling.

My new travel show with Audible is out now, called The Cultural Tutor’s Grand Tour: The Story of Europe in Six Cities. What will you encounter on this tour? A Bosnian cemetery built in the year 5845, Istanbul’s most peculiar graffiti, and the mystery of the ten days missing from your phone’s calendar; you’ll hear first-hand accounts of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and the Viking siege of Paris in 885 AD (both brought to life by the miracles of modern sound engineering!) and you’ll meet the likes of Jo van Gogh, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and Erik Satie. You can listen to the show here.

There’s the Areopagus, my occasional newsletter. Subcribe here, if you like.

Otherwise you can watch my short film (and subscribe to the accompanying channel); there’s only one video, but (all being well) there’s more to come.

You can also follow me on X or Instagram.

Email me at sheehan@culturaltutor.com for whatsoever reason you choose.

What brought you here? What did you dream of last night? Time rushes on; the World is turning. Farewell!