We need artists in politics! Or at least artists like Mannix, who are crystal clear about the issues. See his website VoteMannixFlynn.ie A pity I can’t vote for him – I’m in Dublin Central. Even if I didn’t know him and he wasn’t a colleague, I’d vote for him having seen Ghost People, below. He’s [...]
Many moons ago, I met the artist Eileen Ferguson at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annamakerrig, the retreat for writers, artists and musicians. Eileen recently stumbled across my website and asked me to highlight a different kind of retreat outside Sligo town. Glad to. Here’s what she wrote. Anyway I am trying to contact writers [...]
Poet Michael O’Dea has suggested, as a means of increasing poetry readership …that Poetry Ireland, (since it will take such a central organisation), organise a Poets Corner in Dublin (maybe the first of many throughout the country) where everyone/anyone can stop for 15 minutes to listen and buy poetry. I would suggest that a meeting [...]
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 to [...]