Musician of the Month – Matthew Jacobson
A Brother’s Influence I distinctly remember this day, aged about twelve, going for a family…
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Manus in Seomra Spraoi
Seomra Spraoi was a hub of resistance. The space was located just off the quays…
From Psalm 119
Gimel/Retribue servo tuo O do well unto thy servant Vincible world, I see blown blossom…
No Comment – Saoirse Sexton
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Brazil’s Struggle for Life is a Global Concern
The year began darkly in Brazil. On January 1st, 2019, Jair Messias Bolsonaro was sworn…
A Monk Manqué II: Thaura Mornton
Back to love and sex. Liking is preferable to loving – and less conducive to…
No Comment – Jenny Hauser
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Kaleida’s Vesper Wood on her First Solo Album ‘Instar’
C.V.: Your album is entitled ‘Instar’, meaning ‘a phase between two periods of moulting’, which…
Fintan O’Toole’s Brexit Myopia
As a freshly UK-embedded Irish barrister I am adjusting from confronting Ireland’s problems to addressing…
How Irish Propaganda Operates III – the Inversion of the Food Pyramid
How Irish Propaganda Operates Part I (HIPO I) identifies an ‘essential constituency’ of farmers, which…
Double Take
In 1973, my first time here, I’d stood in wonder with my head strained back…
Explaining the Shutdown with Trump’s Magic Eightball
Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice.…
Numb
Dublin, October 1992. Well he hugged me and he said that it was time for…
Inside China: What My Students Knew about European Culture
Up to my retirement several years ago I taught spoken English at an agricultural university…
Stayers’ Hurdle
His eyes squint as the 6am light reflects off the plastic bags, cans and crisp…
Sic Transit Gloria
I learned to drive in a field when I was five, from the same grandfather…
Artist of the Month – Ruth Lyons
Salarium 230 million BCE – Ongoing – We are salted by the salt of this…
Musician of the Month – Rhob Cunningham
The other morning I was cutting through Dublin on the way to the national bus…
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…