Oct 31, 2012 | Latest
Interviewed by Martina Purdy on ‘the art of the political speech’ for tomorrow night’s BBC magazine programme (1st November), ‘The View’, which replaced ‘Hearts & Minds’ but is not as good. Asked my opinion on the best speech I ever heard I cited Martin Luther...
Oct 23, 2012 | Features
In a press statement on Sept 14th, which coincided with the submission of his affidavit to a Belfast Court, Ed Moloney outlined his view of his Belfast Project debacle (“summarizing the essential facts”) and then states that what he has just written proves that he was...
Oct 20, 2012 | Features
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XFr0T8Etes The Irish News phoned me the other day for an interview: they were doing a feature on the thirtieth anniversary of the Assembly elections which were held in twelve constituencies under PR on 20th October, 1982. I had...
Oct 20, 2012 | Latest
Finished ‘Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone – The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson’. Hilarious and informative writing from the man who invented ‘Gonzo’ journalism, that genre comprising a mix of irreverent, trenchant journalism with literary (or fictional!)...
Oct 9, 2012 | Features
So disquieted by ‘The Book of Disquietude’ by Fernando Pessoa to the extent that I couldn’t finish it. You feel immoveable, that the story is leading you nowhere except into depression and perhaps even death! Not sure where I first came upon his name but a few years...
