The End of RTÉ’s “Drive Time” Omertá
And so, the omertà as to the RTÉ personnel getting ‘freebie’ cars has finally broken. It’s no coincidence that this…
The Implications of Evolution
Evolution by natural election is the ‘greatest idea ever’ — a view which has been well set out by Julian…
Ciaran Carson: The Dichotomy of Being
Belfast writer, and poet, Ciaran Carson carried a black flute with silver keys on its main body, which he would…
Featured Artist: Gary Farrelly
Over the last seven years, I have been reshaping my practice from being primarily hermetic, manual and materially fixated into…
Musician of the Month: Myriam Kammerlander
When I was five, I made myself a paper flute. I played it sitting on a stone in the Danish…
The Death of Blake
The bed had been positioned deliberately near the window so the artist had a view of the sky. The sky…
Hitching the Plough to the Stars
Paul O’Brien’s biography, Sean O’Casey, Political Activist and Writer (Cork University Press) is a timely re-assessment of an often controversial,…
Napoli: It Hurts
It’s an exciting time to be Neapolitan right now. Or should I say a supporter of Napoli FC? I have…
Facilitating the Dirty Business of the State
Both as a lawyer and Supreme Court judge, Louis Brandeis was an inveterate opponent of big business interests. Less well…
