Mar 8, 2010 | Latest
‘The Art of War’ was written by Sun Tzu in China about 2,500 years ago. On Sunday (7th March) I was interviewed by the historian and broadcaster Julian Putkowski for the World Service of the BBC on the enduring nature of the advice given by Sun Tzu. I first read the...
Mar 6, 2010 | Features
The inspiration for this book, according to its author Richard Dawkins, was a two-part documentary he made for Channel 4 in Britain, Root of All Evil?in 2006. He aims to offend, to outrage, by his attacks on all faiths (and agnostics!) and how ridiculous he considers...
Feb 7, 2010 | Latest
7th February. On Royal Avenue on a freezing day I met Tom Mathews and knew/ That a pint of stout he would want, a pint that I might later rue.So, we went to Madden’s Bar to literally discuss the state of the literary nation. He had been in a shop, trying to buy Martin...
Feb 5, 2010 | Features
A few weeks ago Lara Marlowe in the Irish Times was reporting on the aftermath of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti which killed upwards of 150,000 people. She wrote: “Before the earthquake, Haitian funerals were an occasion for celebration. Families splashed...
Feb 5, 2010 | Latest
5th February. Spoke last night at the book launch of ‘The Badness of Ballydog’ by Garrett Carr in the No Alibis Bookstore on behalf of Féile an Phobail and as part of our Spring Festival, Féile an Earraigh. Other events over the next few days – besides lots of...
