Posted in Literature, French, Bastards on May 7th, 2008 7 Comments »
Take a look at the wee family spat over here on the Guardian’s site, classic ‘Little House on the Prairie’ stuff I think you’ll all agree : Houllebecq’s Darlin’ Mother
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Posted in Literature, RTE, irish culture on Mar 27th, 2008 19 Comments »
[ Cathal Ó Searcaigh c. Book Cover ]
Cathal Ó Searcaigh has given his first interview since the screening of the ‘Fairytale of Kathmandu’ film to Radio na Gaeltachta’s Barrscéalta programme. The interview is about an hour long and is available on Barrscéalta’s page on RnaG’s site here :
Barrscéalta Page, RnaG
Thanks to the […]
Posted in Literature, immigration, Film, music, Ireland on Mar 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
OK, I may have been looking for that famous footage of Bonnie Langford in a Youghal-stitching monokini but what I actually came up with was far more interesting. Somehow or other, I recently stumbled across the below clip on YouTube :
I often curse the damn things but, yet again, thanks to a mobile phone, I […]
Posted in Literature, James Joyce, dublin on Mar 5th, 2008 2 Comments »
The picture on the left is from the Dublin Streets blogspot. It struck me that only in Dublin could you make a literary reference with your hands in your pockets.
Posted in Literature, cinema, France on Mar 5th, 2008 4 Comments »
I appear to be becoming somewhat of the obituarist about these parts. If only this ageing French population would slow up a bit on the dying ! During the latter part of February news came through of the passing away at the age of 85 of one of France’s better known postwar novelists - Alain […]