Culture That Made Me: Neil Jordan picks his favourite films, music and writers
The author and film-maker includes Fellini, Boorman and Bob Dylan among his reference points Neil Jordan has just published his latest novel. Picture: Chris Pizzello/ Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Thu, 25 Feb, 2021 - 20:00
Richard Fitzpatrick
Neil Jordan, 70, grew up in Dollymount, Dublin. His films include Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and The Crying Game, which won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1992. His latest novel, The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small, has just been published by Lilliput Press.
Learning from German masters in Dublin’s flea pits
Cork s Greatest Records: Cypress Mine s Exit Trashtown and its early DIY attitude
B-Side The Leeside: In 1987, the ambitious indie outfit decided to take matters into their own hands and release an album, albeit with the help of a manager who d go on to find fame himself in a totally different field
Cypress Mine: Ian Olney, Mark Healy, Ciarán Ó Tuama, Denis O Mullane (Skoda). Picture: Jim McCarthy
Thu, 25 Feb, 2021 - 08:30
Ellie O’Byrne
When a young band scrapes together the money to record a self-released debut album against the stultifying background of a small city in the throes of a recession, they might hope the album will be their one-way ticket out of town. When they call that album Exit Trashtown, it might seem like they’re raising two fingers to their beleaguered hometown on their way off to better things.
Monday s TV Tips: Ain t no mountain high enough for Davy s Toughest Team
Plus: Cora Staunton lines out in the AFLW and streaming favourite Fleabag continues its Irish terrestrial telly debut on RTÉ Two
Davy Fitzgerald: GAA s shoutiest coach gives young men the benefit of his experience, RTÉ One, 9.35pm. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
Mon, 22 Feb, 2021 - 15:00
Ed Power RTÉ Two, 9pm
Phoebe Waller-Bridge was recently busily engaged directing Paul Mescal in a video for indie singer and near namesake, Phoebe Bridgers.
And she has just been unveiled opposite Donald Glover in a remake of his ’n hers spy caper Mr and Mrs Smith (let’s hope it’s less scandalous than the Brangelina original).
Book reviews: tall tales of the high seas, from Waterford s vantage point
To say that Doherty, from Cheekpoint in Co Waterford, is steeped in stories of the sea is a bit like saying the tide itself ebbs and flows.
A Clyde Shipping Co. vessel in Waterford Harbour
Sun, 21 Feb, 2021 - 07:33
Dan MacCarthy
Andrew Doherty
History Press Ireland, €12.99
THE past year has seen the publication of some fabulous Irish maritime books not least Connie Kelleher’s The Alliance of Pirates, and Marc Vallig O’Sullivan’s People of the Sea about seafaring life on the Beara Peninsula. Joining them is a riveting collection of memories about coastal life in Co Waterford by Andrew Doherty.