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The Cultural Life

January 15th, 2008 at 12:18 am » Comments (0)

Between OS problems, service provider problems, wireless problems, paypal problems, domain problems, general sociability and the cultural life in central Dublin, there hasn’t been much time for my own work.
The technical problems and solutions will probably find their way into Ubuntu Learner when I get a minute, and as I don’t expect you [...]



Unarmed and Dangerous!

June 4th, 2007 at 10:05 am » Comments (0)

I once had the life-enhancing experience of a lift in Mary Duffy’s Volkswagon van. To sit beside a beautiful woman who is driving and steering with her feet, and feel completely at ease, is to find a new confidence in life. We were on our way, with a friend of Mary’s, to a party to [...]



Thomas Kinsella to be made Freeman of Dublin

May 24th, 2007 at 9:06 am » Comments (0)

Along with artist Louis le Brocquy, who illustrated his translation of The Táin, poet Thomas Kinsella will be made a Freeman of Dublin today.
Last Sunday, Dublin’s Lord Mayor, Vincent Jackson, unveiled a plaque to the poet at 37 Phoenix Street, in The Ranch, Inchicore, Dublin, where Kinsella spent the first 10 [...]



Doll’s Face

April 26th, 2007 at 11:53 pm » Comments (0)

Extraordinary video by Andy Huang, who’s a senior Fine Arts major and Animation minor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Doll’s Face is reminiscent of Björk’s All is Full of Love video, another amazing work, but is nevertheless distinctive and original.



The Parlour Review

December 4th, 2006 at 5:44 pm » Comments (0)

The Parlour Review is a concept radio show The idea is that each week a different artist joins Marian Kelly to discuss their recent work, their influences and the arts in general in their area. To date she has been joined by John Moriarty, Judith Mok, Tom Mathews, Michael O Loughlin, Declan Meade, Robert [...]