‘The Secret Scripture’

This is a wonderful novel by Sebastian Barry and won the Costa Prize in 2008. For reasons that would be clear to cineastes, it made me wonder if Sebastian Barry had ever seen the film, ‘Madame X’! Roseanne McNulty, an Irish Protestant, who came through the Tan War and...

Joyce Lecture in Belfast

28th November.  As chair of Féile I introduce historian Dr Eamon Phoenix and Dr Jörg Rademacher who are speaking about the visit of James Joyce to Belfast exactly one hundred years ago. The event is co-sponsored by the ‘Belfast Telegraph’ and Féile an Phobail. 27th...