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he next Leviathan Political Cabaret is on the question: “Should we now privatise the health service completely?” will be on Sunday June 18th at 9pm in CrawDaddy, in Dublin. The panel discussion will be hosted by David McWilliams, along with a showing of the next brand new cartoon from Langerland.com as well as music, comedy and satire from Paddy Cullivan and guests. The last podcast is lengthy, but worth a listen.
Great little review of Listening to Van Morrison by Griel Marcus… It’s a short book, not a biography or a career survey, but an attempt to follow those moments in Morrison’s music, as he’s made it from his first records with Them, from Belfast in 1965 to the present day, when something happens that breaks [...] read our review »
More as a trailer than a review – as it’s out on Thursday– I draw attention to Fintan O’Toole’s latest polemic “Enough is Enough – how to build a new Republic“. Fintan has been promoting the book vigorously on this side of the water, on Radio 4’s Start the Week and here at greater length [...] read our review »
It took me a long time to warm to advertising agencies. The first time I worked with one I was working in sales management on Fairy Washing Up Liquid. I was due to attend a meeting at which I was to be told what consumers really thought of the brand. I remember my reluctance to [...] read our review »