St. Patrick was probably English, not Irish. (Patrick comes from Patricius - member of the patrician order, a noble, or member of the upper class or ruling elite). There were probably more than one ‘St. Patrick’. Moreover the arrival of Christianity, what is ostensibly a cult of death and resurrection - the sacrifice of earthly … Continue reading Unhappy St Patricks Day
politics and art
The most important thing an arrogant person can learn
is the fact that always there is someone smarter and therefore more powerful than you. I remember recently ending a lengthy and complex relationship I had with Facebook mainly because of the overwhelmingly unreal atmosphere that pervades that medium of social interaction. It was addictive, exhausting, a realm for self promotion and bragging and ego … Continue reading The most important thing an arrogant person can learn
If you lie to me, I will hurt you
I have real difficulty seeing what the reason for the furore around the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty, Katherine Bigelow’s latest movie. Martin Sheen has come out in opposition to it. Naomi Woolf had come out in the Guardian calling Bigelow the latest Leni Riefenstahl, and the torture scenes themselves are rather tame … Continue reading If you lie to me, I will hurt you
Feminism and Woody Allen and the accusations meted out against him
I recently finished putting together a book with a good friend of mine, the incomparably cool Ajit Kumar, on the equally incomparably cool Doris Lessing. We collected a series of essays on the Author from experts from round the globe and contributed an essay each ourselves. Its due out this year from Seven Towers. … Continue reading Feminism and Woody Allen and the accusations meted out against him
Fucking Chickentown
The story begins with the collapse of the banking system in Ireland in 2008 due largely to corruption and over investment and lack of fiscal restraint of the building market. Instead of allowing the commercial Banking system, to collapse, the Irish Government sought monies from the European Central Bank to stabilize the economy. To date … Continue reading Fucking Chickentown
You will be unprepared for how pretentious this movie is ….
I have been watching the interesting, highly erotically charged movie 'Sucker Punch (2011)” in effect it is an extended dream sequence about an abused young woman who is incarcerated in an asylum and then lobotomised. The lobotomy method is particularly gruesome, inserting a long spike up through the nose into the frontal lobe, in … Continue reading You will be unprepared for how pretentious this movie is ….
Dread of Death, and Sex
This post was published to Oran Ryan at 22:18:47 23/09/2012 Dread of Death, and Sex Account Oran Ryan Judge Dredd (the Movie), beautifully shot, wonderfully plotted, faithfully rendered, very well acted, filled with grim accuracy about a future world after the bomb drops, is a thoroughly good film, and much better than the first Dredd … Continue reading Dread of Death, and Sex
THE JAILING OF MARGARETTA D’ARCY
One of the most, well, disturbing aspects of living in Ireland, aside from the surveillance of ones internet and cellular traffic by the NSA, is the awful fact that Shannon Airport, a civilian airport, is used on a day to day basis by US Aircraft on their way to war zones. The fact that … Continue reading THE JAILING OF MARGARETTA D’ARCY
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