Archive for November, 2009
Evening in Belfast
Posted in Uncategorized on November 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Another Pesky Belfast Mural
Posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Talk about Podcasting
Posted in Culture and Society on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is a conversation I had with Paddy Hoey, editor of Gobshite’s Miscellany, about blogging and podcasting and the future of new media and old. Mind you, Paddy did most of the talking. We recorded it over an ordinary BT landline with a SSS RTL-650 from Solid State Sound.
The Churches and the Troubles
Posted in Politics, Northern Ireland, Religion on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One overlooked aspect of the Eames Bradley report on the past was the charge that the churches have a responsibility for sectarianism. [You'll note that there is a new player format here now. It's a bit brash, I know, but I'll find something more suited to the genteel people who visit this site.] Rev Lesley [...]
The new book, some extracts..
Posted in Uncategorized on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My next book, Under His Roof, to be published by Summer Palace Press in time for Christmas, is a sequence of vignettes about my late father, Barney O’Doherty. I have recorded a few pieces below and will add more later. Keeping Yourself to Yourself Barney assessed the merits of a man by his ability to [...]
Digging
Posted in Culture and Society, Politics, Northern Ireland on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There can be few more grim and ghoulish jobs than sifting a wet and mucky bog for a body. Those who consigned Gerry Evans and others into the dark grime in remote country areas intended that those bodies would never be found. And the most benign interpretation of their failure now to give precise location [...]
Shying Away from Suicide
Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
No one really understands suicide in Northern Ireland. The numbers registered each year vary wildly despite efforts to reduce them. Traditionally suicide was treated like a shameful secret. Now the disinclination of the media to report it is rationalised as compassion for the bereaved. The outcome is the same, scant reportage and minimal discussion.
All My Audio
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I use a host site to support all the audio on both this blog and on ArtsTalk. You can visit that site now as a faster way of tracing podcasts. It’s called Voice of Mal.
