Irish News, Politics, Culture
A quick post to recommend this short essay, “The Political Imagination: Irish Fantasy Writers and the Easter Rising“, by Rob MaslenContinue Reading
Some of you may be aware of yesterday’s launch of “History of Magic in North America”, an expansion of theContinue Reading
The phrase, two bald men fighting over a comb, springs to mind when reading this Guardian report on the legalContinue Reading
I thought some readers of An Sionnach Fionn might be interested in this interview, originally published in The New YorkContinue Reading
In the 1990s and early 2000s many critics decried the stunted practice in the movie and television industries of plagiarising the productions of rivalContinue Reading
From two newspaper articles over the last twenty-four hours. The Derry Journal reporting on the opinions held in 1972 by the BritishContinue Reading
A quick post to note this Daily Beast interview with Kelly Sue DeConnick, one of the more interesting figures working in comics today.Continue Reading
Salon has a short interview with the cult animator, Ralph Bakshi, who among other things produced a decidedly dark version ofContinue Reading
Just a quick heads-up for those who have access to the series “Twentieth Century British History” from the Oxford Journals.Continue Reading
Sometimes an individual should simply stick to doing what he or she does best. In the case of the BritishContinue Reading
Oh happy days! Well not quite, but forgive a brief moment of satisfaction following the discovery of the name –Continue Reading
Susceptible as I am to the marriage of history with technology, being the original antiquarian-technophile, my love affair with the Internet ArchiveContinue Reading
I love Ireland. I love the Lord of the Rings and most of the other associated works in J.R.R. Tolkien’sContinue Reading
Judging by the positive reactions it seems that many of you have enjoyed my occasional posts highlighting the earliest occurrences of the term “Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
The problem with being a hopeless Teicógach (or Irish Geek) is the habit of collecting one’s interests – or obsessions –Continue Reading
When I was growing up in Ireland during the 1980s and ’90s possessing a passion for Science-Fiction almost inevitably led one toContinue Reading
Scottish blogger Tocasaid has cast a cold eye over the Anglo-American television adaptation of the genre-defying Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon, and drawnContinue Reading
Author Sara Baume writing in the Irish Times: “There are plenty of arguments against the inclusion of Sayers inContinue Reading
Neil Gaiman at the Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture 2015.
Over the last two decades relatively few studies have been published analysing the cosmological traditions of the Celtic-speaking peoples, atContinue Reading
Cautioning on the perils of machine translation, especially when expectations surpass achievable results, Michael Bauer on his Dear Developer blog posts a letter he has written toContinue Reading
I’ve discussed my interest in utilising online resources for researching various historical topics a number of times on ASF, as can be seenContinue Reading
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