Thinking Machines: The Inside Story of Artificial Intelligence and Our Race to Build the Future by Luke Dormehl (W H Allen. £14.99)
Category: Reviews
Brothers in Arms
Courtney McGrailThe Hales Brothers and the Irish Revolution by Liz Gillis (Mercier Press 2016)
Pictures from the past
Peter Costello
Father Browne’s Titanic Album: A Passenger’s Photographs and Personal Memoir, by E. E. O’Donnell, foreword by Dr Robert D. Ballard (Messenger Publications, €16.99)
Evangelical Catholicism and the future of the Church
In the aftermath of 2011’s World Youth Day in Madrid, John Allen attempted to discern at ncronline.org what the phenomenon of World Youth Day says about the future of the Church. Entitled ‘Big Picture at World Youth Day: “It’s the Evangelicals, Stupid!”’, the article identifies evangelical Catholicism as a potent force coursing through the modern…
The fools of fashion and the madness of crowds
The World of Books
Telling the story of Heaven meeting Earth
Michael KellyA new documentary offers a fascinating glimpse of Knock shrine, writes Michael Kelly
Cartoon koala searching for his down-under dad
Aubrey Malone
Blinky Bill: The Movie (G)
Church coverage lacking the necessary insight
Brendan O’Regan
The only thing new I learned from Last Orders with Gay Byrne, RTÉ 1, Tuesday night of last week was that Gay Byrne played the organ in church in Rialto. Everything else in this review of the decline of the Church in Ireland has been rehashed ad nauseam. I can understand increasing the programme’s audience…
Richard, the ill-famed king
Richard III: The Maligned King by Annette Carson (History Press, £12.91)
Prayer and reflection ideal for the Modern Day
When You can’t Pray by Finbarr Lynch SJ (Messenger Publications, €11.99) The Cross, Our Only Hope: Daily Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition ed. by Andrew Gawrych CSC and Kevin Grove CSC, with a foreword by Richard Warner CSC (Ave Maria Press, € 11.99)