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Debut novelist J. H. Gelernter’s “Hold Fast” (out May 4) is a ripping Napoleonic War adventure that leans heavily on its influences but nevertheless manages to chart its own course to a satisfying conclusion. The year is 1803; Boston-born Englishman Thomas Grey is in mourning for his wife, Paulette, who was killed after the ship on which they were traveling is attacked by a French frigate, the Fidele. Heartbroken, Grey resigns from the British secret service, intending to retire to a quie...

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) (Film4, 9pm) OLD-school thrills. Peter Weir’s swashbuckling adventure, adapted from Patrick O’Brian’s novels, is a proper swashbuckler . Captain “Lucky” Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and the 197 crew of the HMS Surprise are ordered to intercept the French Privateer Acheron and “sink, burn or take her as a prize”. The first altercation between the two vessels leaves Aubrey’s ship badly damaged and many crew injured. Aubrey he...

Seventeen films on TV this week that will do you good Reporter: );  ); Ahead of the lifting of the 5km travel limit on Monday, Ronan OMeara has been scouring the TV schedules to find films to watch. Here are 17 to choose from....enjoy! Enemy Of The State: Saturday, Sony Movies @ 9pm A murder is accidentally caught on film and when the evidence is slipped to a lawyer without his knowledge, he finds himself running for his life while trying to uncover a conspiracy that reaches the higher echel...

Whats New to Stream on Amazon Prime for April 2021 Great Westerns, new movies from Russell Crowe and Michael B. Jordan, and one of the best YA films in years! Crossing the Streams is our series of guides looking at all the offerings hitting the big streaming services each month. This time we’re checking out the new Amazon Prime arrivals for April 2021, including plenty of new releases, great Westerns, Russell Crowe movies, and more!  Amazon Prime Pick of the Month for April 2021 While most Y...

« The Arrogant Heedless Closure of Police Stations is Nothing New | Main | Please back this petition against masks in schools » Republished to mark new editions of Olivia Mannings Balkan Trilogy some Thoughts on a Neglected Author It’s odd how Portsmouth seems to produce or stimulate writers and stories. Conan Doyle was a penniless doctor in Southsea (grubby, tarry Pompey’s green seaside twin sister). Charles Dickens was born there. H.G. Wells toiled in a draper’s shop in S...

Falling Faintly; a Poem for the Late Team Race Legend Jimmy Fitzpatrick 10th February 2021 Writer Alison Hackett knew the late Jimmy Fitzpatrick as a great friend since her university sailing days in the 70s and 80s. Hackett says Jimmys obituary written by David Sommerville on Afloat last week meant an awful lot to her and she has responded to the sadness she feels at the death of the team racing legend with a poem FALLING FAINTLY for the last time, the gate open a little, his absence not a...

  Enda O’Coineens RIYC Talk on Across the Atlantic by Inflatable & Other Ways to Get Wet 2nd February 2021 RIYC member Enda OCoineen The Royal Irish Yacht Clubs Home Together virtual talk this Thursday 4th February will feature RIYC member Enda O’Coineen. Enda will recount the extraordinary story of his epic transatlantic solo voyage onboard his 16-foot inflatable, the Kilcullen just over 35 years ago. Having first made landfall in Dunmore East, upon arriving finally in Dun Laoghaire, En...

Who is the Chief Executive of the Royal Irish Yacht Club?  Padraig McCarthy is the RIYC CEO.  Tel  01 280 9452 extn 7 email: [email protected] What reciprocal club arrangements does the Royal Irish Yacht Club have?   As one of Irelands leading clubs, the Royal Irish Yacht Club has significant reciprocal arrangements with yacht clubs across Ireland and the UK, Europe, USA and Canada and the rest of the World. If you are visiting from another Club, please have with a letter of introducti...

Despite some people’s conventional wisdom, Russell Crowe movies are not the cure for insomnia.

That Awkward Moment When an Oscar Winner Personally Responds to a Movie Critic   Share Source: Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," is one of Russell Crowes finest hours. In the 2003 film, based off of the novels written by Patrick OBrian, Crowe plays Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey, who leads his crew on a mission to capture a French vessel. In terms of action, the movie paces slower than your average Marvel movie or a Jerry Bruckheimer all exp...