Jenny Farrell – Page 8 – Culture Matters

Charles Dickens and working-class literature

11 May 2020 / 338

Jenny Farrell discusses Charles Dickens, the first English novelist to put ordinary people at the heart of the story This month marks the 150th anniversary of the... Continue reading

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Poetry

‘The life I lived was a woman’s life’: Eavan Boland, one of Ireland’s finest poets

28 April 2020 / 378

Jenny Farrell remembers the life and work of the late Eavan Boland Eavan Boland died on 27 April 2020. She ranks among Ireland’s finest poets, and was... Continue reading

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Fiction

Robert Tressell’s 150th anniversary

19 April 2020 / 387

Robert Tressell was born 150 years ago, on 17 April 1870 – see here Continue reading

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Poetry

Easter Rising 1916: The Wayfarer, by Pádraig Pearse

10 April 2020 / 321

Jenny Farrell presents the final poem in the series of poems written by the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916. It is Pádraig Pearse’s “The Wayfarer”.... Continue reading

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Poetry

Easter Rising 1916: Die Taube, by Joseph Plunkett

10 April 2020 / 317

Jenny Farrell presents the third poem written by the poet-leaders of the Irish Easter Rebellion in 1916. It is Joseph Plunkett’s “Die Taube”, written in 1915. Engagement... Continue reading

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Poetry

Easter Rising 1916: The Man Upright, by Thomas MacDonagh

10 April 2020 / 323

Jenny Farrell presents the second of the four poems written by leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, the first anti-imperialist uprising in Europe. Here is Thomas MacDonagh’s “The... Continue reading

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Poetry

Easter Rising 1916: Mise Éire / I am Ireland by Pádraig Pearse

10 April 2020 / 329

Jenny Farrell introduces a short series of poems and commentary to mark the Easter Rising 1916 Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Ireland will for the first time... Continue reading

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Visual Arts

The deep and realistic humanism of Raphael

5 April 2020 / 512

Jenny Farrell presents the life and some of the work of Raphael, who died 500 years ago The great Italian painter and architect, Raphael, died on April... Continue reading

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Music

Chopin and the revolutionary inspiration of his Polonaise in A flat major

31 January 2020 / 354

Jenny Farrell discusses Fryderyk Chopin and the revolutionary inspiration, force and vigour of his Polonaise in A flat major Fryderyk Chopin was born on 22 February 1810... Continue reading

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Visual Arts

A deep and compassionate humanism: the 150th anniversary of Ernst Barlach

27 December 2019 / 353

Jenny Farrell presents the life and work of Ernst Barlach, born 150 years ago Ernst Barlach was born near Hamburg on 2 January 1870. He was the... Continue reading

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