The Economic strengths of small states are better focussed upon than their deficits, argues Stephen Kisella. Continue reading
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Meeting An Old Classic
That Trench was one of those responsible for the Famine exodus cannot be entirely excused by the fact that his motives were good, and that he felt this was a better solution than the humiliation of the workhouse and the cruelty of road-making. Continue reading
2018 International Commemoration of Famine to be in Melbourne
International Famine Commemoration to be held in Williamstown. Continue reading
Barry vs Kelly
Play about Ned Kelly to be reprised in regional Victoria Continue reading
Slow Reading of ‘Ulysses’ in Brisbane
Reading Ulysses slowly and in a community. Continue reading
Walking the NI Border before the Good Friday Agreement
Insistent talk of hard and soft borders in the North revived this readers’s interest in Spike Milligan’s lampoon, Puckoon(Penguin, 1963), Colm Tóibín’s Bad Blood: A Walk along the Irish Border(Vintage, 1987). Continue reading
James Joyce’s knowledge of Obstetrics
The moral of this story is don’t trust a novelist masquerading as an an obstetrician. Continue reading
A Feast of Clarification
In Holy Cow!, pathos was blended with comedic bombast, prolixity with wordless groans, and irony with genuine feeling. The ending was incredibly moving, reminding us of Joyce the man and the writer. Continue reading
Ned Kelly Fundraising Dinner in Glenrowan
A fundraising dinner to be held to create a Ned Kelly Museum at Glenrowan. Continue reading
Holy Cow! Bloomsday’s 2018 Festival
Holy Cow! Bloomsday in Melbourne’s 25th season celebrates women, fertility, the uses and abuses of tradition. Continue reading
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