I’m sure you’ve heard the expression, ‘He’s about as funny as cancer.’ It’s used to describe dour individuals. The unique thing about the cancer film Sunny Dancer (15) is that it is indeed funny. The characters in it, all teenage sufferers from the disease, gather together at a Scottish summer camp where they interact in…
Passage to America: the story of Ulster’s emigrants Taking ship: Essays in transatlantic migration from Ulster, edited by Sophie Cooper, Patrick Fitzgerald and William Roulston (Ulster Historical Foundation, £11.99 / €13.99) Felix M. Larkin *** An Post has recently marked the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence with a stamp featuring a portrait…
I’m back from my sabbatical. On July 14, I left the glorious sun- shine of Victoria and was soak- ing up the glorious sunshine of Dublin the very next morning. And that wonderful weather con- tinued awhile, helping to ease me back into Ireland. But into every life some (met- aphorical) rain must fall. I…
Aubrey Malone
Peter Costello