ENOUGH! Confronting Woody Allen
These are extraordinary times. Last month serial sexual abuser Harvey Weinstein, had his 23-year sentence…
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LONG READ: The Sleep of Reason II
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of an extended essay by Irish artist Terence…
Podcast: A Flawed Consensus: COVID-19 in Africa
Bonus Episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep8-bonus-flawed-103879168 Or via apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cassandra-voices-podcast/id1728086643 In our latest Podcast Frank Armstrong…
Where is Shane MacGowan’s 1916 Rifle?
We are sad to report that a Lee Enfield rifle, used in the 1916, Rising,…
LONG READ: The Sleep of Reason I
It is a notable feature of the prevailing world order that citizens of Western states,…
Freebirthing in Ireland
It’s Mother’s Day morning and I am on the brink. Desperate, determined, exhausted and certain…
Applying Hitchens’s Razor: Jim Sheridan and Ian Bailey
Jim Sheridan is a significant figure in the international film industry because of his creativity…
Feathers for Rosa – a tribute to Rosa Luxemburg
To celebrate International Women’s Week, The New Theatre is presenting ‘Feathers for Rosa’ by Noël…
Jim Sheridan Authors Screenplay about Lockerbie
In entertainment news, reports have surfaced that Jim Sheridan – who directed and co-wrote In…
A Whistleblower’s Motive
In a seminal scene at the end of the film Joker (2019) the eponymous character,…
Podcast: Believe Nothing Until it is Officially Denied! With guest Patrick Cockburn
The first Cassandra Voices Podcast, hosted by Luke Sheahan, features a long form interview with…
White Christmas
Editor’s Note: Readers of a sensitive disposition may find aspects of this account of drug-taking…
False Prophecy
Imaginative fiction offers invaluable insights into everything from national characteristics to institutional malaise and pathological…
The Passing of Shane MacGowan
I sat for a while by the gap in the wall Found a rusty tin…
Classic Paddies
The music was the code. It was the transliteration of the style. It was not…
Late Art and Hackney Diamonds
The theme of ‘late art’ was recently explored by the art historian Carel Blotkamp in…
The Cult of Literary Narcissism
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore…
Public Intellectuals: Thomas Mann
Born in 1875, like many in his era Thomas Mann was initially a Great German…
Ciaran Carson: The Dichotomy of Being
Belfast writer, and poet, Ciaran Carson carried a black flute with silver keys on its…
Ten Faery Tales for Our Time
This article is dedicated to Patrick Healy. The Irish people have a long-standing relationship with…