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Shelley’s poetry: an integral part of the culture of the labour movement

26 June 2022 / 325

Shelley was born shortly after the French Revolution, heir to a substantial estate and also to a seat in Parliament, on 4 August 1792 in Sussex, England.... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Films

Marlene Dietrich: anti-fascist and a role model for women’s emancipation

1 May 2022 / 364

Marlene Dietrich, who died 30 years ago, on 6 May 1992, should be remembered not only for her importance as role model for emancipation, but also for... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Visual Arts

Leonardo da Vinci

13 April 2022 / 353

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Italian painter, engineer, inventor, and scientist was born 570 years ago, on 15 April 1452. He embodied in many ways the High... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Cultural Commentary

Tomás Mac Síomóin: From One Bright Island Flown

19 February 2022 / 318

Jenny Farrell pays tribute to Tomás Mac Síomóin and reviews From One Bright Island Flown – Irish Rebels, Exiles,and Martyrs in Latin America, Nuascéalta, 2022 Tomás Mac Síomóin... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Cultural Commentary

Class-based barriers to cultural production

13 February 2022 / 336

Jenny Farrell’s presentation to the recent conference in Dublin on working-class writing In an unprecedented venture, Culture Matters published a trilogy of anthologies of contemporary Irish working... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Georg Weerth, the German proletariat’s first and most important poet

12 February 2022 / 300

“Weerth, the German proletariat’s first and most important poet, the son of Rhineland parents, was born in Detmold, where his father was church superintendent. In 1843, when... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

Ulysses

1 February 2022 / 416

Jenny Farrell celebrates Joyce‘s Ulysses, on the centenary of its publication On James Joyce’s 40th birthday, Sylvia Beach in Paris published his now most famous work, Ulysses,... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Visual Arts

Robert Ballagh’s ‘The Thirtieth of January’ and Bloody Sunday, 1972

24 January 2022 / 508

Jenny Farrell gives the background to Robert Ballagh’s new painting, marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday When Robert Ballagh, the outstanding contemporary Irish painter, found a... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

The Magician, by Colm Tóibín

24 January 2022 / 472

Jenny Farrell reviews Colm Tóibín’s latest novel There are many books, including biographies, of Thomas Mann as well as about other members of the Mann family. There... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

In search of the Marxist novel

15 January 2022 / 406

30-year-old Irish author Sally Rooney has been in the headlines following her refusal to grant the translation rights of her new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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