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Author Archives: No Small Talk
Life in Direct Provision Centres
Ireland’s system of Direct Provision for asylum seekers was only ever meant to be temporary in the lives of the people who are housed within it but many people find themselves trapped there for years. Twenty years after its inception, … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Interview
Tagged Direct Provision, Donnah Vuma, Every Child Is Your Child (ECIYC), Fighting Words, Front Line Defenders, Leo Varadkar, Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI), Now We're Cooking, Red Line Book Festival, Rev. Vicki Lynch, The Irish Times, University of Limerick, University of Sanctuary, Yes We Still Drink Coffee!
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Imprisoned Voices: A Hearing
Today is PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Last night, the Freedom to Write Campaign held a poetry reading in the brilliant Parnell Square premises of Poetry Ireland, who were supporting the event, as was Irish PEN. The format … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Write, Gigs
Tagged "June" PEN International poem relay (2008), Ahmet Altan, Anthony Glavin, Brian Keenan, Catherine Dunne, Celia de Fréine, Chimengul Awul, Colm Keegan, Cormac Breathnach, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Dawit Isaac, Eamon Sweeney, Erol Zavar, Freedom to Write Campaign, Galal El-Behairy, Harold Pinter, Irish Pen, June Considine, Kate Ennals, Lia Mills, Liz McManus, Maria McManus, Mountain Language, Nedim Turfent, PEN International, Poetry Ireland, poetry memorial, Shi Tao, Tal Al-Mahouli. Chris Murray, Toni Morrison
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No Small Talk (Brexit: the Use and Abuse of Language)
Are you concerned about the divisive rhetoric used during prolonged Brexit debates? Irish people living in Britain report noticing a change in atmosphere and attitudes when the Backstop was a live issue. Friends in the North are understandably sickened by … Continue reading
Writers Under Threat: Nurcan Baysal, Daphne Caruana Galizia
Last Wednesday I was at a moving, powerful vigil for murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Many people spoke about Daphne’s life and read from her work. She had been a consistent campaigner against corruption and collusion throughout her … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Speech
Tagged Ahval, Article 19, Daniel Gorman, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Dublin Book Festival, English PEN, Fighting Words, Front Line Defenders, Kurds, NURCAN BAYSAL, Orla Lehane, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders, Syria, Turkey, Turkish Security Forces, Yes We Still Drink Coffee!
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POETRY MEMORIAL FOR DAPHNE CARUANA GALIZIA – Call for poems
It’s hard to believe that almost two years have passed since the Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered, but 16th October will mark the second anniversary of her death. A fierce critic of the political establishment in Malta, … Continue reading
Suspension of UK Parliament, August 2019 (1)
Yesterday (28th August) Boris Johnson asked the Queen to suspend Parliament and she agreed. Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) and Jo Swinson (Lib-Dem) sent letters to the Queen asking her to refuse BJ’s request but they were too late; she had already … Continue reading
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Tagged Abingdon Green, Arlene Foster, Boris Johnson, Brexit, De Valera, Downing Street, Gina Miller, Jeremy Corbyn, Jo Swinson, Joanna Cherry, John Bercow, Michael Collins, Nicky Morgan, Nicola Sturgeon, Offred, Parliament Square, People's Vote, Philip Hammond, Privy Council, Prorogation of Parliament, Queen's Speech, Scottish Independence, Theresa May
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“Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light” at The National Gallery (London)
The Sorolla exhibition in the National Gallery (London) stunned me. I didn’t know enough to have expectations, and then found myself in front of immense canvasses that spilled light and colour into the gallery. My absolute favourite was this one: … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged Joaquin Sorolla, National Gallery (London), National Gallery of Ireland
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