Our First Day in Ireland & the day the IRA have declared a ceasefire – to take place at midnight tonight. Continue reading
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Riverrun’s Olwen Fouéré talks to Tinteán
Riverrun, an adaptation of the last section of Finnegans Wake, by Olwen Fouéré, had its genesis in Sydney in 2011…. Continue reading
St Brigit’s Crosses.
the St Brigid’s cross is living proof that prejudice and anti tolerance will not win. Continue reading
Ulysses, Burke, Edgeworth, and Chandler.
We are indebted to Professor Chandler for placing Edgeworth’s fine novel before us. It is a multi-faceted work deserving of much study for its range of characters, comedy, satire, social commentary, philosophy and scholarship. Continue reading
Utopia – home of the human spirit
The story of a quilt which articulates the dreams of Utopians wherever they manifest for a place where there is no rich or poor, no master or slave, where all are equal, and where access to land, healthcare and education is the basis for a society that knows not want and misery…. Continue reading
Belfast Dark Arts: Interviewing Adrian McKinty
On 17 December 2014, Adrian McKinty, a master of Belfast crime fiction now living in Melbourne, was interviewed by Felicity Allen, one of the Tinteán editors, about his Sean Duffy trilogy. By popular demand, the trilogy is soon to be extended to a fourth novel. Continue reading
Disintegrating Socialist Utopia
A FEATURE by Frances Devlin-Glass Two years ago just before Easter, I was preparing a paper on Joseph Furphy’s articles for the Bulletin for a very special mobile conference to ‘God’s Own Riverina’ (Furphy’s euphoric name for the area between the Murray and the Lachlan Rivers where he was running bullock teams to remote stations, just … Continue reading
Water, water, everywhere
Only Ireland, – until now – is legally exempt from the requirement to charge for domestic water usage. Continue reading
The Snap
Across the valley was a long walk for a three–year old. I was put standing on a dry stone-wall which was probably three feet high but to me seemed like a skyscraper.. Continue reading
A Centenary for The Bad Boy of Welsh Literature
Thomas’s best-loved work is his play for voices, Under Milk Wood. A late work, it perhaps belongs in the category described by George Orwell as ‘a good bad book’ with its mixture of vulgarity and sentimentality. The prayer of Revered Eli Jenkins is an example of how the most famous of Anglo-Welsh poets inspires both love and embarrassment in Wales. Continue reading
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