Irish Echo on ‘Walls’

My interview with the New York-based Irish Echo is now available and can be read here – irish-echo-interview    

‘Walls’ Now On Kindle

The Irish Times cultural section carried a feature on Then The Walls Came Down and the US-based Irish Echo also published a Q & A with me on the book. Here they are, with the Irish Times first: A prison diary made up of love letters As Then The Walls Came Down is...

All The Dead Voices

My memoir, All The Dead Voices, was published in 2002 but has been out of print for some years. It was launched in Culturlann by the then Mayor of Belfast, Alex Maskey, and there was a large crowd in attendance. However, just before the launch, when the...

Reading Fidel

Former British Army soldier Glenn Bradley, who is a member of Veterans For Peace, and participates in a number of reconciliation initiatives, recalls reading Fidel Castro whilst on duty in Germany. Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara are constants in my life. Che,...

The German War

Finished reading The German War – A Nation Under Arms, 1939-45 by Nicholas Stargardt, a monumental work of research, condensed into a narrative featuring certain protagonists throughout, their letters and diaries: from soldiers, their lovers or wives; writers and...