Sunday, December 23, 2012

My Big Reading Plans for 2013

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I have been thinking about what big old books I want to read in 2013, to fill in the embarrassing gaps in my reading of the classics. These ...
Sunday, December 02, 2012

NaNoWriMo Fail

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Alas, this year I have failed to complete NaNoWriMo, which means I have not written a 50,000 word novel in November. For the curious, I have...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012

A Hero Will Rise

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(yes, it is a trailer for Fatal Deviation )
Monday, November 05, 2012

Belfast Cat Goes On Big Journey

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When Northern Ireland man Gary O'Sullivan set off on a drive from Belfast to Derry, he heard some strange noises coming from his engine ...

"Searching for Sugarman"

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This is a documentary film about this guy Rodriguez, who released two folk-pop crossover albums that no one bought in the late 1960s and the...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

"Ek Tha Tiger"

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This is the famous Bollywood film partially set in Dublin. The main character is an agent for RAW, the Indian secret service, whose codename...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Is it worthwhile being a clever tit?

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Scientists have established that great tits are very clever birds - they seem to be adept at solving all kinds of puzzles in order to obtain...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Dublin Butoh Festival Part 2: Short films and "The Speaking Body"

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Part two of my visit to the Dublin Butoh festival. You can read part one here . There followed an interval at which the organisers served ...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Dublin Butoh Festival Part 1: "An Offering To Heaven" and "Vulnerably Raw"

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I went to some performance in the first Dublin Butoh Festival recently. But what is Butoh? Well, it is a form of Japanese modern dance that ...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

They Saw Me Coming - Things I Brought Back From Egypt

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A jellabiya A sunhat Some post cards (unsent because I had forgotten my address book) A copy of the English version of the Al Ahram news...