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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Gavin Bryars talking about Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Recorded at the Happy Days International Beckett Festival in Eniskillen in 2014. This brief interview with composer Gavin Bryars was carried out as part of a report on the festival for the Irish arts programme Culture File. Read more
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Campaign for Martinstown House
I created a series of videos last year for Martinstown House, a beautiful 17th century strawberry gothic manor house in the Curragh. Martinstown House is owned and managed by the Booth family who run the property as a spectacular wedding venue and guest house. I spent three days shooting in the house and gardens, and… Read more
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Campaign for Sonairte Eco-Centre
I created this series of videos to promote the ecology centre Sonairte. The centre is located less than a mile from the seaside, close to where I grew up in Laytown, Co Meath. Founded in the 1980’s, it was set up to promote hands on learning about the environment, and to exhibit alternative energy, a… Read more
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Why do people kill? Psychology in Mind Episode 6
Download: Why do people kill? Psychology in Mind Episode 6 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, SoundcloudRead: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question: Why do people kill? We’ll be exploring the topic of… Read more
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Campaign for Wicklow Sudbury School
Wicklow Sudbury School is an experiment in Irish education. The first curriculum ‘free school’ in the country. A school where students spend all day long, pursuing their real interests. The Sudbury Valley model, pioneered in Massachusetts in the late 1960s, puts children in charge of directing their own education. A few years ago I organised… Read more
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Pardon Me – Shy Mascot (Music Video)
There’s a long tradition of puppet music videos, from Gabriel Byrne’s cameo in the Rubber Bandits’ ‘Fellas’, to Ed Sheeran’s muppet of muppet. But as far as we know this is the first time someone’s remade ‘Smack My Bitch’ up with marionettes. Inspired by the tough guy lyrics of Shy Mascot’s new track ‘Pardon Me’,… Read more
