Jul 10, 2009 | Latest
10th July. Received a letter from the Press Complaints Commission acknowledging my complaint that the ‘Irish News’ refuses to carry a retraction in relation to false information it published by Richard O’Rawe about myself [and Gerry Adams]. 8th July. Spoke at the...
Jun 5, 2009 | Latest
27th May. Though it still requires some re-writing I finished the last chapter of my new novel, ‘Rudi’, but not with a flush of euphoria. It has been very long in the making even though it is quite short at 45,000 words but will probably grow. But it is the length I...
May 12, 2009 | Latest
11th May. Finished ‘Timbuktu’ by Paul Auster, always an interesting author. It is the story of two characters, a terminally-ill schizophrenic tramp, Willy G. Christmas, and his dog, Mr Bones, and is told from both characters’ point-of-view. At times moving and funny,...
Apr 15, 2009 | Features
Only recently found the manuscript of this short story which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000. It was inspired by a story I read in my youth, ‘A Tale of Terror’ by the British writer Thomas Hood, first published in ‘The London Magazine’, 1821 Richard found...
Apr 14, 2009 | Features
The London ‘Times’ journalist, Kevin Maher, interviewed me for a feature on how the Troubles have been depicted on film. His feature was published on April 11th and can be read here in full. REBIRTH OF THE REEL IRA Do films on the Troubles illuminate or just...
