http://www.dannymorrison.com Writer Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:16:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Was invited by Denis Haughey of the SDLP to participate in the McCluskey Civil Rights Summer School in the old Church of Ireland Holy Trinity Church in Carlingford, last Saturday, 28th August. I was to debate with Austin Currie the question: “How might the Civil Rights campaign have developed had ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1698 I wrote a piece about Béal na mBláth commemoration in West Cork yesterday which was addressed by Fianna Fail minister Brian Lenihan. The piece was published in today’s edition of the Andersonstown News:   To the right of de Valera’s headstone in Glasnevin Cemetery hung a few forlorn and wilted red roses ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1692 Wrote a feature for Monday’s edition of the Andersonstown News. Title of article: ‘Writers Block While The Writer’s Blocked’ Brendan Behan once said, “I only take a drink on two occasions: when I’m thirsty and when I’m not”. Sounds hilarious until you consider that he died at the age of 41, and ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1685 Finished ‘My Father’s Life’ by Rétif de la Bretonne, a wonderful little French book and chance find in a second-hand bookstore in a market in Gorey a few weeks ago. I was at a wedding and had a few hours to spare, went into Gorey and bumped into Gerry Hanratty, ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1677 Finished this second volume in late July. Am trying to finish all four before Christmas. [The four-box set was a Christmas present last year!] In his introduction Orhan Parmuk writes: “The Paris Review interviews were not tied to a particular book or work that the authors were obliged to promote. ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1662 At Féile an Phobail I introduced many speakers during the festival including Seamus Heaney who spoke at Sam Thompson’s grave in the City Cemetery before giving a talk on his old friend and school head master, Michael McLaverty. 7th August. Introduced Lara Marlowe [Irish Times] who spoke about her journalism ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1655 At Glasnevin in Dublin we were given a wonderful tour by the cemetery’s chief executive, George McCullough, a Belfast man. It was so moving. I had last been there in 1989 at the burial of my uncle, Harry White, in the Republican Plot. So, we visited Harry’s grave and that ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1641 Whether a work of art, a poem or a novel can stand on its own, be judged on its own, without reference to its provenance and its creator, is a recurrent question in criticism. Because Wagner was anti-Semitic does this inevitably taint his music? Would our judgement be flawed if ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1633 After the publication of the Saville Report many letters appeared in the Irish Times, including one by a Niall Ginty, attempting to draw attention away from the British government and the Paras. A letter I wrote in response was published in that paper on 24th June. Madam, Niall Ginty (June 18th), ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1626 Back, exhausted, from an equatorial Glastonbury. On the last day I saw Ray Davies with the Crouch End Festival Choir, Richard Thompson and Stevie Wonder [who didn’t play ‘My Cherie Amour’ or ‘You Are The Sunshine of My Life’, but was still brilliant]. Ray Davies was mesmerising and I felt very ... http://www.dannymorrison.com/?p=1610