Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Dying Art of Letter Writing

Posted on June 25, 2010 by admin

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a Luddite – no mobile until 2003, no email until same year, used a Walkman every day until 2004 – but I do think that electronic communication has, to … Continue reading →

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A New Future for Derry after Saville

Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

Early last Tuesday morning, 56 men and women, two relatives of each of the 27 people killed and injured on Bloody Sunday, met in silence at Derry’s historic city walls. In the course of a solemn, hour-long procession, they walked … Continue reading →

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Warm welcome in Derry as ‘truth is set free’ after 38 years

Posted on June 16, 2010 by admin

At 9:45am yesterday, 56 men and women met in silence at Derry’s historic city walls. In the course of a solemn, purposeful procession, they walked by the Bogside’s low-rise flats complexes and on past William Street, each carrying a black-and-white … Continue reading →

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How Hollywood threw Shane Jones into the spotlight

Posted on June 15, 2010 by admin

Director Spike Jonze’s interest in surreal debut novel Light Boxes is a career boost. February is persecuting the town. It has been snowing for 300 days, children are disappearing and all forms of flight are banned. The downtrodden residents are … Continue reading →

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Aarhus: A city that’s second to none

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin

This feature on the beautiful (and wonderfully vibrant) Danish city of Aarhus appeared in The Irish Independent on June 6. “Why wasn’t Jesus born in Aarhus?” starts a popular Danish joke. “They couldn’t find three wise men.” Evidently, second-city bashing … Continue reading →

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Unlucky Jim fails to find a foothold as Lucky Jim holds firm

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin

I argued that baby-boomers need to be coaxed down from the top of the academic tree in this opinion piece in The Times Higher Education on June 3. There’s been quite a bit of reaction and comment to the piece … Continue reading →

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The explosive affair that scandalised Victorian society

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin

This review of Chloe Schama’s excellent debut book Wild Romance appeared inThe Sunday Business Post on May 30. In February 1861, the Four Courts hosted a trial that gripped the public imagination, not only in Ireland but in Britain also. … Continue reading →

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