Five things for the week: A stream from Paul Brady, a chat with author Donal Ryan.
. plus an Irish-made show from Netflix, and classical music from Kilkenny Donal Ryan takes part in an online event hosted by Cork County library service. Picture: Moya Nolan
Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 20:06
Des O’Driscoll
1 |tv| An Saol Beo
A look at efforts to reintroduce eagles to Ireland. So far it s had mixed success, with several birds breeding, but others poisoned.
Monday, TG4, 7.30pm
2 |literature | An Evening With Donal Ryan
Cork County Council library service hosts a Zoom meet the author event with the much-loved Tipperary writer.
Donald Trump might be able to boast better live attendance figures for his swearing-in, but millions of people worldwide will be taking the best seat .
Oliver Stone’s freewheeling autobiography tells the story of the first half of his life
Oliver Stone won a medal for bravery in the Vietnam war in the 1960s and won Oscars for his films in the 1980s. Picture: Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images for ZFF
Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 12:30
Review: Noel Baker
Monoray, €20
IT S early in the piece but maybe the best way to explain the allure of Oliver Stone’s romantic, freewheeling autobiography is to tell you how one of my best friends took on the experience.
My mate, a self-confessed Stone nut, downloaded the audio version of Chasing the Light - as read by the author - and then proceeded to drive around Cork city with the Oscar-winning director and screenwriter for company. “Love how he paints a picture of post-war optimism in New York circa 1945-46,” he messaged me. “Take me there.” Throughout his storied but turbulent career, Stone has certainly taken us places - the steaming jungles of Vietnam, the (serial) killing fields of
Sarah Jessica Parker: Samantha isn’t part of this story. But she will always be part of us
A Sex and the City revival is on the cards. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon have confirmed the news, but Kim Cattrall will not be returning to the show
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker are set to return in a Sex and the City reboot on HBO Max.
Mon, 11 Jan, 2021 - 10:00
Ciara McDonnell And just like that is the title of the Sex and the City revival being launched by HBO Max and set to start production in New York this spring. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, the show will follow Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Nixon) and Charlotte York (Davis) as they navigate life and love in their 50 s.
Ageing in literature: Old age isn’t about being unhappy. it’s about blossoming
Emergence, a book of poetry and prose, has been compiled by Dr Shane O’Hanlon and other medics working in geriatric medicine to underline the positive aspects of ageing
Emergence, compiled by Dr Shane O’Hanlon (on left) includes pieces by Seamus Heaney and President Michael D Higgins.
Tue, 12 Jan, 2021 - 15:01
Ellie O’Byrne
When it comes to ageing, we live in a cultural paradox: youth is increasingly fetishised and worshipped in our media, even as our life expectancy and our chances of living to a ripe old age rises. For Dr Shane O’Hanlon, the evidence of this phenomenon is all around us. “We’re constantly hearing adverts for anti-aging treatments and serums and things, as though aging is something you need to spend your life trying to avoid,” O’Hanlon, a consultant in geriatric medicine at Dublin’s St Vincent’s Hospital, says.