On the 210th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth, 7 February 1812, Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin writes about Dickens, how social realist cinema has filmed his books, and how modern society... Continue reading
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Jenny Farrell celebrates Joyce‘s Ulysses, on the centenary of its publication On James Joyce’s 40th birthday, Sylvia Beach in Paris published his now most famous work, Ulysses,... Continue reading
Christmas In Belfast, 1991 by Owen Gallagher Before mass, the milk runs, the paper rounds,she hauled her son in through the door.The soldiers returned to barracks for... Continue reading
This video was produced by Stephen Gargan. See also here for an article by Jenny Farrell on Kinsella’s poem Continue reading
Gabriel Rosenstock presents a bilingual haiku, in Irish and English, in response to a photograph by Alain Schroeder Little Brickmaker of Bangladesh carrying the weight of... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell gives the background to Robert Ballagh’s new painting, marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday When Robert Ballagh, the outstanding contemporary Irish painter, found a... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Colm Tóibín’s latest novel There are many books, including biographies, of Thomas Mann as well as about other members of the Mann family. There... Continue reading
imagine by Julie Easley imagine you had just crossed the seacrashed out of the wavesfell down onto your knees imagine your kids strapped to your sidestheir lives... Continue reading
Is by Kevin Higgins It depends what the meaning of “is” is,which depends what the meaning of “isn’t” is,which depends what you mean by “my hand”,which depends... Continue reading
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