Can the European Project be Kept on Track?
Czech border police snoop along the rail carriage as we pass the frontier from Germany.…
Browsing: Society
Making Films
I’ve just made my last film, a short called Bog Graffiti. Another last film. I…
A Monk Manqué II: Thaura Mornton
Back to love and sex. Liking is preferable to loving – and less conducive to…
Building the Book: Cassandra Voices Volume I
‘This is madness’, two friends chimed one night upon hearing I planned to bring out…
A Monk Manqué
PROLOGUE ‘The reverend Judge leaned over and addressed the defendant’ ‘I have taken your spotless…
Redefining Opportunities for Female Architects in the Post-Recession Era
Architects … are better able than many other professions to ride out recessions … They…
Review: Rather His Own Man by Geoffrey Robertson
In his autobiography– in itself an unusual exercise for a lawyer – Geoffrey Robertson QC,…
Review: Adventures in Philosophy: Stories & Quests for Thinking Heroes, by Brendan O’Donoghue and illustrated by Paula McGloin
I think that Adventures in Philosophy – Stories & Quests for Thinking Heroes is a…
‘Don’t let me stop you from going for a swim’
Picture this scene. Next to a Martello tower, a grimy concrete shelter below which a…
Don’t believe the Autonomous Car Hype – It’s a Sequel!
Earlier this year, The Economist (March, 2018) published a special report speculating on the potential…
UK’s Surveillance Regime in Breach of European Convention on Human Rights
In a previous editions of Cassandra Voices we discussed the Russian surveillance system, called SORM,…
Dating a Narcissist is no Tea Party
In nineteenth century England, ‘erethism’, or ‘mad hatter disease’, was an occupational hazard for hat…
Archaic Oscars Find no Place for Millennial Fantasies
This August the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a new award, honoring…
The Towering Qualities Needed in an Advocate
Leonard Cohen’s ‘Tower of Song’ is a short history, and valedictory, to the tradition of…
How to Free Yourself from a Narcissist
A proud man has disdain for other people, he undervalues them. The Narcissus overvalues them,…
The Limits of Artificial Intelligence
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was an unqualified success. While the number of goals scored…
What One Thing Could Make You Happier?
Studies show that if you get married and then divorce, your happiness will dip below…
The Torture of my Irish Visa Application
I am writing this account for the sake of those who follow. As victims of…
The Key Change to Fix the Irish Constitution
The Harp needs more than tuning. The single most important and useful change we should…
Rimbaud in the Emergency Room
Interstitial space: a space between structures or objects, i.e the contiguous fluid-filled space existing between…