Courtney McGrailThe World of Books
Category: Reviews
Drama and debate on the human person
Brendan O’ReganUsually you have to wait for the new season to find some good new dramas, but BBC One got off to an interesting but early start Tuesday of last week with an intriguing new crime drama, One of Us. It was all a bit confusing at first with an array of seemingly unrelated characters, but…
Seven hundred saints for today
Peter CostelloBlessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses by Robert Ellsberg (Liturgical Press, distributed by the Norwich Press, £19.99)
A prisoner of the Emperor at the first ‘ground zero’
A Doctor’s Sword: How an Irish Doctor Survived War, Captivity, and the Atomic Bomb by Bob Jackson (Collins Press, € 22.99)
Growing up in Troubled Derry
This Man’s Wee Boy: A Childhood Memory of Peace and Trouble in Derry by Tony Doherty (Mercier Press, €12.99)
Catholics and the Bible – take it as read
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Woody Allen on auto-pilot in bittersweet charmer
Aubrey MaloneCafé Society (12A)
High school student exploited by online ‘game’
Nerve (15A)
TG4 discover a real gem with married couples
One of the most enjoyable programmes I saw last week was Mí na Meala, one of TG4’s treasures, featuring married couples revisiting their honeymoons. The photo-album motif was appealing, with music ranging from apt to cheesy! Last Wednesday it was the turn of Etaín and Séamus Ó Síocháin, a couple very much in love and…
Simple and beautiful, an inspirational book for all
Soulfulness: Deepening the Mindful Life by Brian Draper (Hodder & Stoughton, £13.99)