The central theme of The Show appears to be an attempt to demonstrate some sort of moral (or amoral) equivalence between the Communist Party and the work of those who opposed Communism through the Movement/NCC. Continue reading
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Remembering Transported Females
Tasmanian artist Christina Henri’s Roses from the Heart Memorial focuses on the 25,566 women and children sentenced to transportation to Australia up to 1853. By Christina Henri In 2003 I took units in ‘Historical Landscape’ as part of a Fine Arts degree at the University of Tasmania, a subject that included visiting the Cascades Female … Continue reading
A First Novel to Cherish
Book Review by Frank O’Shea Alan McMonagle. ITHACA. Picador. 310 pp. €15 ISBN: 978-1-5098-2985-9 RRP: €15 In any list of memorable opening sentences, Galway writer Alan McMonagle’s start to his first novel has to be up there with the best: ‘I am the cancer-ridden only son of a dangerous driver who has thoughts of turning … Continue reading
Meeting Vincent O’Brien
Nijinsky is perfectly balanced.’
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An Extraordinary Family
let us look at a family that truly deserves the word ‘extraordinary’ Continue reading
Reading John Boyne
The book ties in to events and personalities of the time Continue reading
Alan McMonagle – A Young Writer to Watch
In any list of memorable opening sentences, Galway writer Alan McMonagle’s start to his first novel has to be up there with the best … Continue reading
McKinty wins US award
Congratulations to Adrian McKinty on winning the prestigious Edgar Award for 2017 Continue reading
Casey, you’re the divil
In the eyes of many he ‘fell from grace’, but he maintained a silent dignity to his grave. Continue reading
The troubles of DI Sean Duffy
That Sean Duffy, McKinty’s main character, is a Catholic means that his Northern Irish police superiors are unsure of him and that he is as much an outsider on the Gerry Adams side of his society as on the Ian Paisley side. Continue reading
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