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The ‘Contraceptive Train’ and Dr Caroline De Costa
This brave act of defiance, with Caroline as part of the group, paved the way for discussions about access to contraception in the ROI and particularly highlighted the need to start exploratory discussions on the provision of contraception for Irish women living there. Continue reading
Pure and Sublime Poetry: A conversation with visual artist Robert Amos
Sara Jewell, of Waywords and Meansigns, interviews a Canadian Visual Artist. Joyce aficionado Robert Amos has had a copy of Finnegans Wake since 1969. One of Victoria’s best known artists talks frankly to us about Finnegans Wake, decorating the entirety of the James Joyce Bistro in Victoria, British Columbia, and writing out (by hand) one of … Continue reading
Anchor Books, an Irish-Australian Enterprise
Anchor Books, producing quality books, designed and printed in Australia, by less well-known historians. Continue reading
Four Courts Press – an interview
Four Courts Press genuinely believes that we have a list that offers something for everyone, in a multitude of disciplines and a wide range of subjects. Continue reading
‘Is it Literature?’: Finding the music in ‘Finnegans Wake’
His prose is in fact very poetic, very much attuned to the melody of sound. Continue reading
Four centuries of O’Neills and an unmarked grave in Perth.
Vanessa O’Neill’s play, In Search of Owen Roe O’Neill (see What’s On for details) on her great grandfather, Owen Roe O’Neill (no, not the c17 hero, but he does get a guernsey) opens at La Mama on 24 June for a two-week season. Continue reading
The Last Minstrel
I have just finished a painting of the fair at Ballycastle which had impressed me no end from the description in the old song. Continue reading
Q&A WITH MARGARET BYRNE
Northern Ireland’s Margaret Byrne is CEO of Premiership club Sunderland. She tells John Hagan about her background, how she scored a dream job, and her role in a great soccer club. Continue reading
On Hearing of the Death of Seamus Heaney
Do you agree that when poetry and music meet and match, the magic of the senses release the greatest of satisfactions? Continue reading
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