This sad news from Poetry ireland: Sydney Bernard Smith Poetry Ireland was saddened to hear of the passing of poet and writer Sydney Bernard Smith. In the past Sydney had read for Poetry Ireland, has been a contributor to Poetry Ireland Review and his Poems 1957-2006 was favourably reviewed in PIR 92. He published a [...]
The Tailor (Ronan Wilmot) and Ansty (Nuala Hayes) Yesterday was one of those days you don’t expect. I somehow got into a discussion with some elderly people who were defensive about the good old days and the sense of spirit and community they experienced in the Ireland of the forties and fifties (and probably up [...]
The National Library of Ireland has described as a “major boost for Irish scholars” its acquisition of an extensive collection of 800 printed and other items by and about Samuel Beckett. see report in The Irish Times
I’ve missed a lot of things of late, for various reasons, but perhaps the event I most regret missing was Letting Go of That Which You Most Ardently Desire. It was devised by Mannix Flynn and his Far Cry Productions company, and one of the reasons I missed it was that I didn’t quite appreciate [...]