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Former English professor, dean of faculty and acting president of Lyndon State College judged people by their character, not their title

Ferguson McKay RUTLAND — Ferguson McKay, 91, devoted husband and loving father, sadly left us on December 2, 2023, after a brave battle with Parkinson’s disease. He passed peacefully in

Ferguson McKay, 91, devoted husband and loving father, sadly left us on Dec. 2, 2023, after a brave battle with Parkinson’s disease. He passed peacefully in his sleep at The

Student Hub digest: Peig Sayers enjoyed her time in Dingle, “a place that filled me with wonder”, and also a place where she saw clashes between townsfolk and the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC).

Owen McCafferty’s new play focuses on the negotiations leading up to the Good Friday Agreement

  “It’s been such an odd time. We’ve produced a new play by a major writer on the main stage, we’ve had a dress rehearsal and previews but no audience. The process has been nerve-wracking, a bit like a Hitchcock film, right up to the endgame. As the numbers grew, we were playing Russian roulette with the production. If anyone had tested positive for Covid, the whole thing would have been over.” Jimmy Fay, executive producer at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre, describes th...

“In retrospect, you remember secrets whispered in shops and the things people wouldn’t say to each other. Seamus Heaney puts it perfectly in that line, ‘whatever you say, say nothing’, and in the bog poems, where he writes about bodies in the land and unanswered questions. Down around there, there was always that sense of things happening around corners and people appearing out of hedgerows.” Allegory of the land Brandon’s terse dialogue resonates within a close-kn...