Éistigí, The Youth Wing Of Saoradh
Éistigí or “Listen”*, is the teenage wing of the minor Irish republican party, Saoradh. It sometimes uses the sobriquet RepublicanContinue Reading
Category: Art
William Morris And JRR Tolkien
JRR Tolkien’s admiration for the historical romances and epic poems of the late 19th century British writer and illustrator, WilliamContinue Reading
Le Vingtième Siècle. La Vie Électrique By Albert Robida
I’ve discussed my interest in the late 19th century French writer and illustrator, Albert Robida, in a number of previousContinue Reading
Optimistic Nihilism
From Kurzgesagt, a German-based YouTube channel and design studio with an interesting take on science and culture, a short introduction toContinue Reading
Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time… The Revolution
I’m a huge fan of the late Italian director Sergio Leone, the inventor of the Spaghetti Western, a broad sub-genre of Western-styleContinue Reading
The Five-Pointed Star In Irish Republican Iconography, Flags And Symbols
Over the last one hundred years the five-pointed red star has become a well known symbol of communism and some strandsContinue Reading
3D Modelling The Archaeology Of Ireland
The Discovery Programme, a national archaeological research body supported by the Heritage Council, has been publishing some fantastic 3D models forContinue Reading
Iain McCaig, From The Forest Of Doom To The Broadsword And The Beast
Though he illustrated only a handful of publications in the Fighting Fantasy line of roleplaying gamebooks by Steve Jackson andContinue Reading
Imaginary Maps In Fantasy Fiction
Over the course of the summer the Library of Congress in the United States published a wonderful online series called “ImaginaryContinue Reading
La Guerre Infernale, By Pierre Giffard And Albert Robida
For many people living in Western Europe during the late 19th century the defining event of the era was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871. The Second FrenchContinue Reading
More On The Artist Seaghán Mac Cathmhaoil Or John P. Campbell
My post yesterday on an eyewitness account of the Easter Rising of 1916, published some three months after the insurrection by the NewContinue Reading
The Neo-Celtic Architectural Revival That Wasn’t
Most observers agree that the applicability of the term “Celtic architecture” is largely a matter of perception since no such tradition of buildingContinue Reading
Here Be Dragons, Book Images Of The Internet Archive On Flickr
Susceptible as I am to the marriage of history with technology, being the original antiquarian-technophile, my love affair with the Internet ArchiveContinue Reading
Saltire: Ionnsaigh, The First Scottish Language Graphic Novel
A quick break away from politics with news of the release of Saltire: Ionnsaigh, the first graphic novel in the ScottishContinue Reading
Atmo-Craft, Colin Wilson
During a quick discussion over on CLR in relation to Joss Whedon’s short-lived Sci-Fi series “Firefly” I was reminded of theContinue Reading
The Forge In The Forest, Ian Miller
Ian Miller is a British artist whose distinctive, sometimes surreal style will be familiar to many readers of Fantasy andContinue Reading
Sladmhargadh, Karl Uhlemann
I’ve written before about my love of vintage book covers, especially those to be found in the genre fields ofContinue Reading
That Alan Moore Interview
The Ard Rí of Irish Sci-Fi and Fantasy fandom, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, has managed to secure a lengthy Q&A withContinue Reading
From The New Sun To Dune, Bruce Pennington
Following the positive reaction to my brief post highlighting the career of the British illustrator Bruce Pennington (notably his artworkContinue Reading
Raven, Swordmistress Of Chaos, Chris Achilléos
Chris Achilléos is a Cypriot-born British artist who came to prominence in the 1970s and ‘80s with illustrations for aContinue Reading
Death Dealer, Frank Frazetta
The name of Frank Frazetta will conjure up for many some of the most luscious and artistically accomplished Fantasy artContinue Reading
The Shadow Of The Torturer, Bruce Pennington
For lovers of science-fiction and fantasy book art from the 1970s and ’80s the name of Bruce Pennington looms large.Continue Reading
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