For tomorrow, Tuesday the 9th, night’s reading in the Lounge of the Hostel at 18:30: Pegeen = Allison Shawn Keogh = Chris Michael James = James Philly Cullen = Kelsey Jimmy Ferrell = Kimberley Christopher Mahon = Jonathan Old Mahon = Joan Widow Quin = Chloe Sara Tansey = Savanna Susan Brady = Kate the […]
In relation to conflict, objectivity is an idealistic perspective. The word is defined as: “Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.” In my theatrical experience, we refer to audience inherent biases as “impression structure.” This idea encompasses the spectators’ history with the show itself and the show’s themes, feelings toward […]
There were terrible troubles in Ireland. There were also bonfires and shootings and bombings and prejudice and hatred and fear and a general lack of playing nice. But none of these compared to the specter that haunted the fields of the North. The Wolf-Sheep of Coleraine. This nightmarish ewe had fangs like daggers of the […]
In my neck of the South Carolina, a question that often comes up is “Carolina or Clemson?” On this subject, I tend to stay neutral. I make more friends that way. But that puts me in a minority; almost everyone in the Upstate will defend one or the other to the death. Perfectly good friends […]
Light pulls swing of their own accord. A breathy female voice calls for help. Invisible soldiers tramp. A Monet print is repeatedly hurled off the wall. Guests report that someone strokes their face and holds their hand as they sleep. All of these mysterious happenings have been chronicled at the Dobbins Inn in Carrickfergus. “Does […]
Quick disclaimer: I have not been classically trained as a journalist. Or non-classically trained, for that matter. The only “journalism” I’ve ever done (and I use scare quotes liberally) has been personal, reflective work on current events, where I take something that seems interesting and relevant to me and write about what that is and […]
The question for today’s blog isn’t really a topic that I considered much while in Belfast. While I did have the opportunity to speak to so many people from Ulster, very few seem affected by their respective opposing religion. Our tour guide, Neill, told me that he lives in an area where “Catholics and Protestants live […]
After touring the BBC and listening to a few of the reporters and editors talk about the stories they covered over the years, I envy their experience but don’t envy the difficulty they faced working to appease every side of the Troubles. Being a new member to the world of journalism, I am learning all […]
I know I’ve made pithy, shade-throwing references to American superiorism over the past week-odd of blogging, but now that I’m heading back from Belfast, I feel almost obligated to unashamedly comment on the trouble that I will be departing from in a matter of hours and 3000 miles away from in a matter of weeks. […]
“Tell me where is fancy bred / Or in the heart or in the head?” –William Shakespeare. Also Willy Wonka. I found Ireland today I looked for her in the streets of her tourist’s cities The H&Ms, the Subways, the towers of glass and cement But I did not find Ireland there I looked for […]
