The Maze Escape
It is 30 years since the Maze Prison escape by the IRA, which at the time was the biggest prison break-out since WW2. Here’s an…
Online boasting should be deemed as an unsociable disease
Flashy stars have a bad habit of making every day look like they just picked the winning seven numbers for the EuroMillions jackpot. Has it…
Greetings from Death Row
Sunny Jacobs was convicted of murder and sentenced to death but miraculously lived to tell her extraordinary tale. The American singer-songwriter Steve Earle played cupid…
From Fight Club to Fast Food: The corporate neutering of entertainment
I am a huge fan of both the big and small screens, but, lately, I feel like a time traveller dropped in a dystopian nightmare…
Culture wars, populism, religion, and the economy
As a child of the late 60s I grew up in a calm Irish societal structure until the divisions and horrors of ‘The Troubles’ appeared…
Banning Harry Potter: A Tale of Misguided Fear and Modern Censorship
The Church’s Obsession with Harry Potter: Fear, Censorship, and Outdated Beliefs. I am reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, and it got me reflecting…