Mar 8, 2011 | Latest
Did an interview today with Sarah O’Neill whose thesis is a literary biography of Jennifer Johnston, and Jennifer was one of the writers who came into the H-Blocks whilst I was there to teach creative writing. 7th March. Did interview along with David Hume of the...
Mar 4, 2011 | Features
Wrote a feature about the hunger strike which appears in today’s print edition of An Phoblacht. I called it The Night of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and its relevance becomes clear. Here it is. Sometimes the bell didn’t work so you banged on the door. If he didn’t know you,...
Feb 19, 2011 | Features
I was interviewed by Brian Rowan in a feature for the ‘Belfast Telegraph’ about next week’s elections in the South. Feature was titled, ‘When Sinn Fein risks need to translate into Dail seats’. “The party’s former PR director is not playing the...
Feb 19, 2011 | Latest
Finished ‘Negotiating With The Dead’ by Margaret Atwood on the role of the writer. It was just about okay. Book to follow up on – ‘Doctor Glas’ by Hjalmar Soderberg 14th February. Interview with Brian Rowan re Gerry Adams standing in Louth, published in Belfast...
Feb 7, 2011 | Features
Men would arrive late at night, on foot or on bicycle. They stayed for a couple of nights, were fed and rested. Someone would come out from Derry and rendezvous with them, bringing them a message of when it was safe to travel. Among the fugitives were escapees from...
