adolescencesRomeo and Juliet pitched at the bebo generation is a risky proposition. Ever since Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film for the e generation, theatrical productions which aim to give this teen tragedy a contemporary feel, and reach new, younger audiences, have a hard act to follow. But, given the power of this play, it should survive [...]
A 15 year old girl, Mannik Murphy, threw herself in front of a train recently, just after receiving her excellent Junior Cert results. She left a note. Apparently with everything to live for, bright and popular and pretty, her family have asked for privacy and so this writer is inclined to respect that. Press intrusion [...]
I’ve immersed myself in JK Rowling’s fictional world for the past while, escaping to a fantasy realm that has been richly satisfying on many levels. Prior to this Potterfest, I had only read the first one when it came out, and enjoyed it for what it was: a fantastic read for 11-year-olds. Its intriguing [...]
I’ve decided to publish my formal complaint to Stephen Rea, editor of the Evening Herald, here, further to this blog post and this article about the story. The offending article, by Cormac Looney, is here.
My email two weeks ago to the Herald, with the subject line “Complaint to the editor about front page story [...]
I read in today’s Evening Herald (not available online) that “sources have revealed” that charges are going to be made against “at least” one man, a married scout leader, for having sex with a 14-year-old in the story that broke four months ago, which I wrote about in the 14-year-old on Gaydar. Despite reports at [...]
Trying to piece together what really happened in the case of the 14 year old who had sex with men he met from the internet is an impossible task at the moment, and the full story will only become clear when the case goes to trial. Media reports have been wildly conflicting and sensationalised. At [...]
I’ve just heard that Hazel O’Connor will be singing a few songs at the Howl at 50 gig in Dublin on Thursday and I’m thrilled skinny.
Hazel O’Connor blazed into my consciousness when I was seventeen – the impressionable age, the impossible age. This was the punky/nihilistic zeitgeist, the early Thatcher chill, hunger strikes, Berlin Wall [...]
Kate Bush is my adolescence, my yin, my yearning. I listen to Kate and it’s as if I never left those heartsick years, I’m still waiting for that man with the child in his eyes. She moves me to my soul. Listening to her talk on this Radio 2 documentary on 19th November is a [...]
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