On the 200th anniversay of Gustave Courbet’s birth, Jenny Farrell looks at his revolutionary choice of theme and form, called ‘socialist propaganda’ by his critics A constant... Continue reading
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Jenny Farrell honours Pete Seeger as we near what would have been his 100th birthday There are few people more famous in the political song movement than... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell presents the historical background and the art of Leonardo da Vinci, who died 500 years ago, on 2 May 1519. New trends in art do... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Liam O’Flaherty’s re-issued novel,“Hollywood Cemetery” Published in London in 1935, but never re-issued until now, “Hollywood Cemetery” is one of five novels by O’Flaherty... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell introduces B. Traven, a writer who stood consistently and unreservedly on the side of the working class and the oppressed. Like Robert Tressell, his novels and... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews a new anthology of working-class writing A History of Irish Working-Class Writing, edited by Michael Pierse (CUP 2017) is a book to be greatly welcomed. It... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell protests the decision only to charge one paratrooper, and introduces extracts from Thomas Kinsella’s poem, Butcher’s Dozen Shock and disbelief is the reaction of most... Continue reading
To mark International Women’s Day, Jenny Farrell reviews Pioneers of Women’s Emancipation in Ireland, by Priscilla Metscher Since times immemorial, people involved in the struggle for a... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus, the German art school started in 1919 Inspired by Germany’s November 1918 Revolution, which was ultimately crushed by the Social... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews the novel Milkman, a peripheral view on a besieged working-class community during the North of Ireland Troubles, which has won the Man Booker Prize... Continue reading
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