No Comment – Jenny Hauser
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2018December
No Comment – Jenny Hauser
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Building the Book: Cassandra Voices Volume I
‘This is madness’, two friends chimed one night upon hearing I planned to bring out a book, reminding me I had no marketing strategy or distribution network. I would lose a fortune they maintained, consigning good paper to land fill. I was at least reassured by the designer’s, Distinctive Repetition, insistence on the most stringent … Read more
A Monk Manqué
PROLOGUE ‘The reverend Judge leaned over and addressed the defendant’ ‘I have taken your spotless record into account.’ ‘However…by the power vested in me I am obliged to sentence you to three score years and ten, maybe more, maybe less.’ ‘You will serve this time in an open facility.’ ‘Allowing for the normal remission for … Read more
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Migrant Crisis
I raise myself into the UNHCR’s prefrabricated 10×20 ft unit; directly in front of me is the 5×4 latrine I was looking for. Occupied. I’ll have to wait, glad, in fact, just to be cool. I turn my attention left to the man whose workplace is this metal container, a stocky Afghan, with thick, combed, … Read more
Irish Propaganda II – from Celtic to Paper Tiger
THE LONG READ: In the last edition ‘How Irish Propaganda Operates’ explored how political and media duopolies uphold a dominant consensus of steady economic growth and rising rents, to the benefit of a shrinking, propertied elite. The Irish media sector is commented upon in a 2018 survey of press freedoms by Reporters Without Borders which found … Read more
Redefining Opportunities for Female Architects in the Post-Recession Era
Architects … are better able than many other professions to ride out recessions … They will use the lean times to think hard about the directions architecture might take when the good times roll once again. (Glancey, 2009) In August 2008 Ireland was the first EU country to declare itself officially in recession. The economic … Read more
Review: Rather His Own Man by Geoffrey Robertson
In his autobiography– in itself an unusual exercise for a lawyer – Geoffrey Robertson QC, refers to himself as a ‘Baby Boomer’, and devotes a chapter to that generation. Although of Generation X myself, we share similar career trajectories in our commitment to human rights, which is probably why Geoffrey kindly sent me this biography, … Read more
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 brilliant book. If you are a curious person who loves short stories then this is the book for you, and you learn all about philosophy and philosophers without even realising it. The book is divided into three sections: Part 1: … Read more
Who did pay that Restaurant Bill Mr Varadkar?
Following an account of a New York banquet in a recent biography of Leo Varadkar[i], we submitted a Freedom of Information Request (FOI) to the Department of the Taoiseach. We are seriously concerned at the close proximity between the Taoiseach and leading Irish journalists, including one of the authors of Leo: A Very Modern Taoiseach, … Read more
Hello Julian Assange
It was sunny outside. Manus still felt something akin to minor guilt at lying in bed on a sunny day. Just having the option carried a guilt. He had spent most of his life not having to get up in the morning, not working, living off social security benefits. There was a certain amount of … Read more
Artist of the Month Luz Peuscovich: ‘the power of the bonds’
Nothing is born alone. We all come from somewhere and are the result of thousands and thousands of bonds over time. To be an explorer of nature is to discover those webs, networks, circuits and fluids. And reconnect with the subtle dimensions of nature, looking over those multiple and diverse universes of the organic kingdoms. … Read more
Musician of the Month: Massimiliano Galli
This statement might make me sound old, but I have been through many different phases as a musician during my fifteen year career. I began as the talented kid in the school of music, where I started playing guitar in the 1990’s. Next, I was the super-unprofessional teenager, with no clue as to what I … Read more
