The “song” that was chosen apparently is sung by a Norwegian and composed by a Norwegian so if Ireland wins, Norway takes the prize. There again, some other country may win with an Irish song sung by an Irish singer, so there’s a chance for us yet? The “song” [and I use the...
November 11, 2024ByAnn MorganinEvents,Post-world,Reading the World (book)Tags:books,Dublin Book Festival,Ireland,literature,translation,travel,writing6 Comments Last weekend, I had the privilege of being part of the line-up atDublin Book Festival, an annual celebration of all things literary in...
Last but not least, the prize for the best overall presentation went to the first year PhD student,Ian Clancy. An outstanding and informative talk, one of the only complaints Ian received was his timing, technically going overtime by about 40 minutes as a consequence of both technical issues ...
Wendy's The Heidi Chronicles was a resounding success, winning a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. Lola referred to her daughter's "Nobel Prize" and said she would be just as happy if Wendy married a lawyer. Wendy went on to further success with The Sisters Rosensweig. However, she was ...
The British War Office is also 100% right, they’ve matched the ‘risk’ perfectly, in terms of military doctrine they augment their forces just enough to prevent total calamity, and its seen upfront in the invasions when these small bordering garrison forces – of professional officers and me...
In Ireland over the 30-year course of ‘the troubles’ a total of 300,000 British troops were used to contain 10,000 IRA guerrillas. Closer to home, so the arm chair Boer war generals get this – over the course of the Angolan Border War (1966-1988) and the ‘Struggle’ (1960-1994...