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In this episode of Talking Practice, host Grace La interviews Sheila O'Donnell, architect, educator and co-founder of O'Donnell + Tuomey. Sheila reflects on the creation of O'Donnell + Tuomey, the practice she formed with John Tuomey in 1988. She traces the evolution of her practice through the workings of Group 91 and shares her insights on how their collective energy reshaped Dublin's Temple Bar District.  She discusses how context fundamentally influences her design approach and the professional opportunities that opened for many of Ireland's most successful practitioners. Sheila describes the collaborative spirit within her firm, the challenge of competing against large corporate offices, and the creative benefits that a smaller, design-focused team offers its clients. She explores the evolving conversation around sustainability and material choice, offering a grounded yet optimistic view on how contemporary practices navigate design, context, and climate responsibility. The podcast highlights the early significance of working with existing buildings and honing an acute attention to context — characteristics that have become central themes of O'Donnell + Tuomey's practice. For more on Sheila O'Donnell, check out her GSD Department of Architecture lecture – “Conversations with Place.”       Sheila O'Donnell established O'Donnell + Tuomey with John Tuomey in 1988. O'Donnell + Tuomey's work is developed in the spirit of architectural, social and cultural investigation. The practice has been commissioned with a variety of work, including renowned projects such as the Photographers' Gallery and LSE Student Centre, a new museum for the V&A and a dance theatre and academy for Sadler's Wells. She is an Honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In 2009 she was elected a member of Aosdána, an affiliation of Irish Artists. In 2015 she was joint recipient with John Tuomey of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Brunner Prize, both awarded in recognition of a lifetimes work.  Sheila has been a lecturer in Architectural design in UCD since 1981 and a Professor since 2016. She has taught and lectured at schools of Architecture in Europe, Japan and the USA, including Harvard GSD, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, among others. About the Show Developed by Harvard Graduate School of Design, Talking Practice is the first podcast series to feature in-depth interviews with leading designers on the ways in which architects, landscape architects, designers, and planners articulate design imagination through practice. Hosted by Grace La, Professor of Architecture and Principal of LA DALLMAN, these dynamic conversations provide a rare glimpse into the work, experiences, and attitudes of design practitioners from around the world. Comprehensive, thought-provoking, and timely, Talking Practice tells the story of what designers do, why, and how they do it—exploring the key issues at stake in practice today. About the Host Grace La is Chair of the Department of Architecture and Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where she served as Chair of the Practice Forum, and former Director of the Master of Architecture Programs. Grace is also Principal of LA DALLMAN Architects, internationally recognized for the integration of architecture, engineering and landscape. Cofounded with James Dallman, LA DALLMAN is engaged in catalytic projects of diverse scale and type. The practice is noted for works that expand the architect's agency in the civic recalibration of infrastructure, public space and challenging sites. Show Credits Talking Practice is produced and edited by Maggie Janik. Our Research Assistant is Victor Ohene. Contact For all inquiries, please email practicepodcast@gsd.harvard.edu.

"The country spoke Irish largely before it spoke English. Grammatically, the structure of Irish is different from English. As Ireland adopted the English language, this sort of hybridization started to occur, where the English language was placed on top of Irish grammatical constructions. You get this slipperiness, this ability to move sentences, to place words in interesting places, and to use constructions that you just wouldn't find in England, for example. The thing about being an Irish writer is there isn't a reverence. There's a sort of implicit freedom to use the language however we like. So long as you have mastery and command of the language, you can push it to the edges."Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcastPaul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

"The country spoke Irish largely before it spoke English. Grammatically, the structure of Irish is different from English. As Ireland adopted the English language, this sort of hybridization started to occur, where the English language was placed on top of Irish grammatical constructions. You get this slipperiness, this ability to move sentences, to place words in interesting places, and to use constructions that you just wouldn't find in England, for example. The thing about being an Irish writer is there isn't a reverence. There's a sort of implicit freedom to use the language however we like. So long as you have mastery and command of the language, you can push it to the edges."Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcastPaul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

"The country spoke Irish largely before it spoke English. Grammatically, the structure of Irish is different from English. As Ireland adopted the English language, this sort of hybridization started to occur, where the English language was placed on top of Irish grammatical constructions. You get this slipperiness, this ability to move sentences, to place words in interesting places, and to use constructions that you just wouldn't find in England, for example. The thing about being an Irish writer is there isn't a reverence. There's a sort of implicit freedom to use the language however we like. So long as you have mastery and command of the language, you can push it to the edges."Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcastPaul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

"The country spoke Irish largely before it spoke English. Grammatically, the structure of Irish is different from English. As Ireland adopted the English language, this sort of hybridization started to occur, where the English language was placed on top of Irish grammatical constructions. You get this slipperiness, this ability to move sentences, to place words in interesting places, and to use constructions that you just wouldn't find in England, for example. The thing about being an Irish writer is there isn't a reverence. There's a sort of implicit freedom to use the language however we like. So long as you have mastery and command of the language, you can push it to the edges."Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcastPaul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

"The country spoke Irish largely before it spoke English. Grammatically, the structure of Irish is different from English. As Ireland adopted the English language, this sort of hybridization started to occur, where the English language was placed on top of Irish grammatical constructions. You get this slipperiness, this ability to move sentences, to place words in interesting places, and to use constructions that you just wouldn't find in England, for example. The thing about being an Irish writer is there isn't a reverence. There's a sort of implicit freedom to use the language however we like. So long as you have mastery and command of the language, you can push it to the edges."Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcastPaul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

"The country spoke Irish largely before it spoke English. Grammatically, the structure of Irish is different from English. As Ireland adopted the English language, this sort of hybridization started to occur, where the English language was placed on top of Irish grammatical constructions. You get this slipperiness, this ability to move sentences, to place words in interesting places, and to use constructions that you just wouldn't find in England, for example. The thing about being an Irish writer is there isn't a reverence. There's a sort of implicit freedom to use the language however we like. So long as you have mastery and command of the language, you can push it to the edges."Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcastPaul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

 “We narrate the story of our lives to ourselves. We narrate it in linear fashion. And I know many writers have played with time in all sorts of amazing ways, but we're storytellers. This is what we do. And if you give the brain a story, a prepackaged story, you're giving a cheesecake. That's what it wants. That's why it loves stories. That's why our society is just built on stories. Politics is nothing but stories. Everything you do in the evenings – we sit down, we're watching Netflix – just stories. We consume them all the time. We are just machines for belief.”Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

 “We narrate the story of our lives to ourselves. We narrate it in linear fashion. And I know many writers have played with time in all sorts of amazing ways, but we're storytellers. This is what we do. And if you give the brain a story, a prepackaged story, you're giving a cheesecake. That's what it wants. That's why it loves stories. That's why our society is just built on stories. Politics is nothing but stories. Everything you do in the evenings – we sit down, we're watching Netflix – just stories. We consume them all the time. We are just machines for belief.”Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

 “We narrate the story of our lives to ourselves. We narrate it in linear fashion. And I know many writers have played with time in all sorts of amazing ways, but we're storytellers. This is what we do. And if you give the brain a story, a prepackaged story, you're giving a cheesecake. That's what it wants. That's why it loves stories. That's why our society is just built on stories. Politics is nothing but stories. Everything you do in the evenings – we sit down, we're watching Netflix – just stories. We consume them all the time. We are just machines for belief.”Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

 “We narrate the story of our lives to ourselves. We narrate it in linear fashion. And I know many writers have played with time in all sorts of amazing ways, but we're storytellers. This is what we do. And if you give the brain a story, a prepackaged story, you're giving a cheesecake. That's what it wants. That's why it loves stories. That's why our society is just built on stories. Politics is nothing but stories. Everything you do in the evenings – we sit down, we're watching Netflix – just stories. We consume them all the time. We are just machines for belief.”Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

 “We narrate the story of our lives to ourselves. We narrate it in linear fashion. And I know many writers have played with time in all sorts of amazing ways, but we're storytellers. This is what we do. And if you give the brain a story, a prepackaged story, you're giving a cheesecake. That's what it wants. That's why it loves stories. That's why our society is just built on stories. Politics is nothing but stories. Everything you do in the evenings – we sit down, we're watching Netflix – just stories. We consume them all the time. We are just machines for belief.”Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Peace Prize for Fiction, and other prizes. Prophet Song presents a dystopian vision of Ireland and a mother's determination to protect her family as her country slides towards totalitarianism. The Booker Prize Jury said, “It's a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.“ In 2024, Lynch was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts, honoring distinguished artists. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's Sunday Tribune newspaper. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.Episode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast

On Thursday 6 February 2025, President Higgins conferred the symbol of the office of Saoi, the gold Torc, to Paul Muldoon at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin. Members of Aosdána may receive the honour of Saoi for singular and sustained distinction in the arts. It is the highest honour open to an Irish artist. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-confers-the-torc-symbol-of-the-office-of-saoi-on-paul-muldoon

Ciaran O'Driscoll is a poet; a member of Aosdána with ten books of poetry, a memoir and a novel to his credit. Far from resting on his laurels, O'Driscoll, at 80, has produced something of a 'shocker'; a brave and beautifully written novel called "The Golden Ass" that explores sexuality in its spectrum, questions the notions of beauty, tours imagination and fantasy, traverses trauma as well as dealing with duty and responsibility. The Golden Ass will be launched today at The Teachers Club in Dublin. To find out more, Peter O'Connell was joined by Ciaran O'Driscoll. Photo (c): https://limerickwriterscentre.com/product/the-golden-ass-by-ciaran-odriscoll/

Francesca Diano"Il vento e la creta"James HarpurMolesini Editore Veneziawww.molesinieditore.itAnime rapite dal dubbio, innamorate di un Dio smarrito nella selva dei giorni.Scelta, traduzione e cura di Francesca DianoPer Harpur la poesia non è solo una vocazione, ma una missione, lo strumento privilegiato per esplorare se stessi e il mondo, un'incessante ricerca spirituale, un'attività che affonda le sue radici nel Sacro e, in tal senso, assai simile alla meditazione e alla preghiera. Nella sua scrittura poetica si fondono cultura classica, pensiero filosofico occidentale e orientale, mitologia celtica, tradizione bardica, patristica medievale, mistica occidentale e orientale, pensiero junghiano, e naturalmente tutta la grande tradizione poetica che l'ha preceduto. La poesia di Harpur, di diamantina bellezza e ricchezza stilistica, pur limpida alla lettura, va accolta nella complessa fusione dei piani che la costituiscono. È un'esperienza trascendente e totalizzante, di meditazione e di immersione nel profondo. L'intensa spiritualità che la connota ha tuttavia una potente connessione con la modernità. Una poesia incredibilmente attuale e oggi più che mai necessaria. Il travaglio del passaggio da un'epoca a un'altra, infatti, è l'eco del nostro travaglio. Le domande che torturano i suoi asceti – cristiani e pagani – sono le nostre domande. I dubbi che attanagliano i suoi peccatori, i suoi indovini, i suoi monaci, sospesi tra un mondo e un altro, sono i nostri dubbi. Così la percezione della fine drammatica di un'epoca che si avvia incerta verso l'ignoto si fa specchio del nostro sgomento.James Harpur (Weybridge 1956), di famiglia angloirlandese, ha fatto studi classici e si è laureato in letteratura inglese al Trinity College di Cambridge. Ha scritto otto libri di versi, premiati in patria e all'estero. È stato direttore della sezione Poesia di Southword, e dirige il settore poesia della Temenos Academy Review. È membro di Aosdàna, l'Accademia irlandese delle Arti. Tiene conferenze, letture pubbliche, televisive e radiofoniche in Irlanda e Gran Bretagna. Ha scritto una storia del pensiero mistico e studiato i miti cristiani e le Crociate. Nel 2021 ha pubblicato il suo primo romanzo, The Pathless Country. Vive a Clonakilty con la moglie e la figlia.Francesca Diano (Roma 1948) è storica dell'arte, studiosa di tradizioni orali e folklore irlandese, saggista, scrittrice e traduttrice letteraria. Ha vissuto in Inghilterra e Irlanda, dove ha insegnato all'Università di Cork. Ha pubblicato un romanzo, raccolte poetiche e di racconti, tradotti anche in inglese.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Catherine Dunne talks about her childhood in Clontarf, an inspiring teacher, and what led her to write her new novel as she tells Ruth McKee which books she would save if her house was on fire.  Catherine Dunne is the author of several award-winning novels, essays, and one work of non-fiction. She received the 2018 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature and is a member of Aosdána. Her latest book, A Good Enough Mother, is out now (Betimes Books).

Deirdre Madden (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to talk about Marilynne Robinson's classic novel Housekeeping, siblings, writing with a density of language, and the unacknowledged humor present even in hard times. Reading list:  Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson • Moby-Dick by Herman Melville • Carl Jung • William Shakespeare • Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson For a full episode transcript, click here. Deirdre Madden is a writer from Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The author of eight acclaimed novels, she has twice been a finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction (2009, 1996) and has received numerous other awards and honors, including the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame (2014), the Somerset Maugham Award (1989), and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature (1980). Madden holds a BA from Trinity College, Dublin and an MA from the University of East Anglia. She has been a member of Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland, since 1997, and is currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Co-Director of the M.Phil in Creative Writing at Trinity College, Dublin. The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast is a program of The Windham-Campbell Prizes, which are administered by Yale University Library's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

A Clare-born writer is set to have her legacy secured in this county with the renaming of a library in her honour this evening. An event taking place later on will officially mark the renaming of Scariff Public Library to the Edna O'Brien Library, following a unanimous decision by East Clare local representatives earlier this year. Born in Tuamgraney on December 15th 1930, Edna O'Brien has long been considered one of Ireland's most gifted, groundbreaking and provocative creative figures. Before embarking on her literary career, she attended the National School in Scariff, the Convent of Mercy at Loughrea and the Pharmaceutical College in Dublin. No stranger to controversy, her first novel "The Country Girls" was banned in Ireland for its sexual imagery and national critique, but has been credited with breaking the silence on sexuality in Ireland. For her work, the Tuamgraney native has been appointed to the state-supported association of Irish artists, Aosdána and has been bestowed the organisation's highest title of Saoi. Clare County Librarian, Helen Walsh says Edna's talent has always went hand-in-hand with her ferocity and bravery. An event at Scariff Public Library at 7 o'clock this evening will see the Mayor of Clare officially rename the building The Edna O'Brien Library. The move has come about following a motion tabled by Maghera Fianna Fáil Councillor Pat Hayes in January which received the full support of the Killaloe Municipal District. Councillor Hayes believes that given the level of opposition Edna has faced throughout her career, having her local library named after her is symbolic of great social change in Ireland.

On this month's episode, host Nicole Flattery is joined by Dean Fee and Emily Cooper to discuss their work as writers and editors of The Pig's Back. Read and discussed on the podcast are Danielle McLaughlin's short story, 'Night of the Silver Fox' originally published in Issue 23, Volume 2 of The Stinging Fly, and Mathew Sweeney's poem, 'Donegal', originally published in Issue 37, Volume 2 of The Stinging Fly. Dean Fee is a writer from Cavan. His short fiction and non-fiction has been published in The Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly, Banshee and The Tangerine. He has received two Literature Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland. He was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Foundation Award in 2021 and was editor-in-residence at the Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny, in 2022. He is represented by Zoë Waldie at RCW and is the managing editor of The Pig's Back literary journal. Emily Cooper is a poet and writer based in Donegal. Her work has been published in The Stinging Fly, Banshee, Winter Papers, London Magazine and others. She was a 2019 recipient of the Next Generation Award and has been awarded three Literature Bursaries by the Arts Council of Ireland. Her poetry collection Glass was published by Makina Books in 2021 and The Conversation, a collaborative collection written with Jo Burns will be published this year by Doire Press. She is represented by Harriet Moore at David Higham Associates and an editor for The Pig's Back literary journal. Danielle McLaughlin is the author of the short-story collection, Dinosaurs on Other Planets, and the novel, The Art of Falling, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award. She has been Writer in Residence at University College Cork and Visiting Writer Fellow at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College, Dublin. She has also designed and delivered workshops in Creative Writing for various organisations and festivals and currently mentors a number of emerging writers. Matthew Sweeney (1952-2018) was born in Lifford, County Donegal. His poetry collections include A Dream of Maps (1981), A Round House (1983), The Lame Waltzer (1985), Blue Shoes (1989), Cacti (1992), The Bridal Suite (1997), A Smell of Fish (2000), Selected Poems (2002), Sanctuary (2004), Black Moon (2007), The Night Post: A Selection (Salt, 2010), Horse Music (2013), Inquisition Lane (2015), My Life as a Painter (2018), King of a Rainy Country (2018), and Shadow of the Owl (2020). His work has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award and won the inaugural Pigott Poetry Prize. He was a member of Aosdána. Nicole Flattery is a writer and critic. Her story collection Show Them A Good Time, was published by The Stinging Fly and Bloomsbury in 2019. Her first novel, Nothing Special, was published by Bloomsbury in 2023. The Stinging Fly Podcast invites writers to choose a story from the Stinging Fly archive to read and discuss. Previous episodes of the podcast can be found here. The podcast's theme music is ‘Sale of Lakes', by Divan. All of the Stinging Fly archive is available to subscribers.

In this episode I am thrilled to be speaking with the hugely talented Marina Carr – winner of multiple international awards, a member of Aosdána and regarded by many as Ireland's leading playwright. Marina delves deep into the power behind the characters she creates and her writing approach, as well as fascinating insights on how she views history, men, women, and the future of humanity. And having just completed the final script for her latest play, the cast at The Abbey Theatre goes into rehearsals this week for the worldwide debut of Audrey or Sorrow - grab your tickets now!  

Dr. Jack Cush reviews selected AOSD & systemic JIA abstracts from the ACR 2023 Annual meeting held in San Diego, November 12th thru 16th.

The December Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with writer Mike McCormack about his novel 'The Plague of Souls'. Mike McCormack comes from the west of Ireland and is the author of two collections of short stories Getting it in the Head and Forensic Songs, and three novels Crowe's Requiem, Notes from a Coma and Solar Bones. In 1996 he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Literature and Getting it in the Head was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. In 2006 Notes from a Coma was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award. In 2016 Solar Bones was awarded the Goldsmiths Prize and the Bord Gais Energy Irish Novel of the Year and Book of the Year; it was also long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. In 2018 it was awarded the International Dublin Literary Award. He is a member of Aosdána.

This is an accredited continuing education series of two (2) podcasts as downloadable audio files (MP3). In this podcast series, Dr. Scott Canna and Dr. Alexei Grom discuss diverse mechanisms and clinical presentations in patients with suspected MAS, approaches for the timely diagnosis of MAS, and considerations for appropriate treatment and management strategies.  Launch Date: December 21, 2023 Release Date: December 21, 2023 Expiration Date: November 30, 2024 FACULTY BIOSScott Canna, MDAssistant Professor of PediatricsUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicineAttending Physician, Rheumatology and Immune DysregulationThe Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Alexei Grom, MDProfessor of PediatricsResearch DirectorDivision of RheumatologyCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, Ohio This podcast provides accredited continuing education credits. To qualify for credit, please read all accreditation information at the provided link below prior to listening to this episode.https://www.practicepointcme.com/CMEHome/expert-insights-on-mas-sjiaaosd-and-macrophage-activation-syndrome-an-interactive-case-based-discussion-37

This is an accredited continuing education series of two (2) podcasts as downloadable audio files (MP3). In this podcast series, Dr. Scott Canna and Dr. Alexei Grom discuss diverse mechanisms and clinical presentations in patients with suspected MAS, approaches for the timely diagnosis of MAS, and considerations for appropriate treatment and management strategies.  Launch Date: December 21, 2023 Release Date: December 21, 2023 Expiration Date: November 30, 2024 FACULTY BIOSScott Canna, MDAssistant Professor of PediatricsUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicineAttending Physician, Rheumatology and Immune DysregulationThe Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Alexei Grom, MDProfessor of PediatricsResearch DirectorDivision of RheumatologyCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, Ohio This podcast provides accredited continuing education credits. To qualify for credit, please read all accreditation information at the provided link below prior to listening to this episode.https://www.practicepointcme.com/CMEHome/expert-insights-on-mas-sjiaaosd-and-macrophage-activation-syndrome-an-interactive-case-based-discussion-37

Eugen Feist, MD - Anwendung der ersten deutschen AOSD-Therapieleitlinien: die Rolle und Position von Biologika

Eugen Feist, MD - Anwendung der ersten deutschen AOSD-Therapieleitlinien: die Rolle und Position von Biologika

The December Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with writer Bernard MacLaverty about his book, Blank Pages and Other Stories. The Laureate says “MacLaverty offers a masterclass in how to create character, how to build scenes by accretion of detail, how to work with implication and suggestion, how to write indirectly and manages to create more energy and more expression by working in muted colours and plain textures.” Bernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast (14.9.42) and lived there until 1975 when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children. He has been a Medical Laboratory Technician, a mature student, a teacher of English and occasionally a Writer-in-Residence (Universities of Aberdeen, Augsburg, Liverpool John Moore's and Iowa State). After living for a time in Edinburgh and the Isle of Islay he now lives in Glasgow. He is a member of Aosdána. He has published five novels and six collections of short stories most of which are gathered into Collected Stories (2013). He has written versions of his fiction for other media – radio plays, television plays, screenplays, libretti. Blank Pages, published in August 2021, is his sixth collection of short stories. Read more about the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme here: https://www.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Literature/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction-2022-2024/

Review of Adult-onset Still's Disease by Dr. Jack Cush, Executive Editor of RheumNow.com

The Curiosity Series is an Arts Council podcast commissioned as part of the Council's 70th anniversary celebrations hosted by writer, comedian and podcaster Maeve Higgins. In each episode, you'll hear artists involved in music, dance, poetry, literature, visual arts and theatre in conversation with Maeve as they get curious about each other's work, explore the integral role that creativity has played in their lives, and discuss the broader issues and themes that connect their art. Episode three sees Maeve Higgins follow the musical journeys of composers and friends Roger Doyle and Trevor Knight. Roger and Trevor came to their artistic practice through different routes in the 1980s: Trevor learning his craft with pop music group Auto Da Fé while Roger trained as a composer at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and later at the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht. Since then they have worked together on various music projects over the years, which have encompassed their shared artistic interests despite their very different paths to careers in music, from their early love of jazz and working in theatre to their shared interest in music improvisation. Along the way, they look back on the changing music scenes in Ireland in the 80s and 90s, reflect on the changing landscape for musicians starting out in today's world, as well as highlighting the role and responsibility of the Aosdána to support artists working in different forms of music. Looking back on successful artistic careers that have seen them cross genres and engage with many different artists and art forms, Roger and Trevor paint a vivid picture of their musical lives, sharing anecdotes and stories that illuminate the artistic richness and occasionally the madness of being a composer and musician in Ireland. Production: Milestone Inventive and bigO Audio engineering: Scimitar Sound Title music: ‘Ag Oscailt' by Gareth Quinn Redmond Music heard in this episode: Auto Da Fé, ‘When The Curtain Goes Bang': https://trevorknight.bandcamp.com/album/when-the-curtain-goes-bang-an-anthology Roger Doyle, Thalia: https://rogerdoyle1.bandcamp.com/album/thalia Roger Doyle, ‘Mansard' from Babel - Temple Music: https://rogerdoyle1.bandcamp.com/album/babel-temple-music Catalpa (play by Donal O'Kelly with music by Trevor Knight): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYsw5M_twAo Links Roger Doyle website: https://rogerdoyle.com Trevor Knight Contemporary Music Centre biography: https://www.cmc.ie/composers/trevor-knight Trevor Knight Bandcamp: https://trevorknight.bandcamp.com

Ciaran O'Driscoll lives in Limerick. A member of Aosdána, he has published ten books of poetry, including Gog and Magog (1987), Moving On, Still There: New and Selected Poems (2001), and Surreal Man (2006). His work has been translated into many languages. Angel Hour (SurVision, 2021) is his most recent full collection. Liverpool University Press published his childhood memoir, A Runner Among Falling Leaves (2001). His novel, A Year's Midnight, was published by Pighog Press (2012). His awards include the James Joyce Prize and the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship in Poetry. His poem ‘Please Hold' (featured in Forward's anthology Poems of the Decade (2011) has become a set text for A Level English Literature. Five of his poems are included in the forthcoming anthology Contemporary Surrealist and Magical Realist Poetry, edited by Jonas Danys (Lamar University Literary Press, USA).This week's Southword poem is ‘Sept 13th, 2001' by Dante Micheaux, which appears in issue 41. You can buy single issues, subscribe, or find out how to submit to Southword here.

This week's Stills disease Journal Club features expert discussants Drs. Olga Petryna, Daniel Lovell, Hermine Brunner and Jack Cush. Journal articles reviewed includes:  - CONSIDER Trial. Canakinumab for Treatment of Adult-Onset Still's Disease. Kedor C. Ann Rheum Dis 2020 Aug;79:1090-1097  https://bit.ly/3coPFg0 - TENDER Trial. Tocilizumab in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. De Benedetti F. N Engl J Med. 2012 Dec 20;367:2385-95 https://bit.ly/3uXFq8Q

This episode of Blúiríní Béaloidis was recorded in the beautiful surrounds of the Museum of Literature Ireland, in the historic UCD Newman House on St Stephen's Green in the heart of Dublin - and, I might add - for the first time, in front of a live studio audience. This was a great pleasure for me personally, so thanks to Ian, Benedict, Katie and Simon at MoLI for their kindness and hospitality in having us along. This aim of this podcast is to present listeners with the richness, artistry and depth of vision to be found in our folk traditions, and to this end, each episode to date has taken a singular fragment of that tradition as its primary focus; holy wells, sacred trees, rites of passage, calendar observances, the house, and so on. This format, while useful for our purposes, is necessarily somewhat artificial as an approach, for in our own lives, tradition rarely compartmentalises itself so neatly, instead manifesting as a tapestry of many threads, and a chorus of many voices which serve to keep to the past present. For this episode however, instead of focusing on one aspect of tradition, we for the first time dedicate our explorations to one individual; Mairéad ‘Peig' Sayers who, by her artistry and mastery as a storyteller in the oral tradition, skilfully managed to express the ‘wisdom of the many in the wit of the few', and yet whose printed autobiographies, as Irene Lucchitti notes in an article in Folklore and Modern Irish writing: ‘experienced a decline in reputation, suffering critical disdain and schoolyard ridicule in equal measure'. Now, nearly sixty-five years after her death, we hope to provide a platform through which her tales might find a new audience, one which, it is hoped, may find in her a source of inspiration and insight. It is a pleasure then, to announce that quite apart from this podcast, our friends and colleagues at MoLI, having worked in collaboration with ourselves at the NFC, will host a nine month exhibition on Peig Sayers called 'Thar Bealach Isteach' / 'Into the Island', on the Blasket Island storytelling tradition, and the context in which priceless fieldwork collections of oral literature held today in the archives of the National Folklore Collection at UCD, were recorded from that community by the Irish Folklore Commission. With me to explore Peig's stories for this episode, I am hugely honoured to have been joined by Dr. Pádraig Ó Héalaí and Dr. Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. Pádraig is a retired Senior Lecturer in Modern Irish at NUI, Galway. His area of specialisation is Irish folklore and he has published on many aspects of this topic, including religious tradition, Blasket heritage and beliefs and practices associated with the supernatural. He is a former editor of the journal Béaloideas and with Bo Almqvist, he edited with Peig Sayers: Labharfad le Cách / I Will Speak To You All and Níl Deireadh Ráite (both of which were recently republished by New Island). Recently, he edited An Blascaod Trí Fhuinneog na Scoile (2015), a young teacher's account of her experience of life on the Great Blasket when it was still home to a vibrant community. Éilís Ní Dhuibhne was born in Dublin. Author of more than thirty books, her works include The Dancers Dancing, The Shelter of Neighbours, Cailíní Beaga Ghleann na mBláth and Hurlamaboc, among others. Her most recent books are Twelve Thousand Days: A Memoir, Little Red and Other Stories (Blackstaff 2020), and Look! It's a Woman Writer; Irish Literary Feminisms 1970-2020 (ed.) (Arlen House, 2021) As well as being a writer, she is a folklore scholar and has written extensively on aspects of traditional narrative. She has been the recipient of many literary awards, most recently the Pen Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature. In Autumn 2020 she held the Burns Scholarship at Boston College. She is a member of Aosdána, and President of the Folklore of Ireland Society.

Ciaran O'Driscoll lives in Limerick. A member of Aosdána, he has published ten books of poetry, including Gog and Magog (1987), Moving On, Still There (2001), Surreal Man (2006) and, most recently, Angel Hour (2021) 

Conor Tallon spoke to Michael Waldron of the Crawford Gallery about this WORK OF THE WEEK , which has just turned ten years old…Into the Mire (2011) by Nigel Rolfe records one of the artist's performance pieces as a response to the global financial crisis of a decade ago and serves as a metaphor for Ireland's own economic collapse.Filmed in the Bog of Allen, located west of Dublin between the Shannon and Liffey rivers, it “is a slow-motion capture of the artist falling into deep, dirty bog water.” Incongruously dressed in a clean white shirt, dark trousers, and formal shoes, the artist's intentional fall registers as a visceral shock, his recovery requiring effort. Commissioned by Crawford Art Gallery, this significant performance articulates Rolfe's research interest in place, landscape, and sociopolitics, which can be considered as emblems for human differences.Nigel Rolfe (b.1950) is a performance artist and member of Aosdána. Born on the Isle of Wight, he moved to Ireland in 1974 where his performances attaining legendary status. The performance is a solitary event. His work also incorporates photography, video, and sound, and is held in the collections of Crawford Art Gallery and Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). In addition, he has taught in Philadelphia, at the University of Pennsylvania, and in London, at the Chelsea School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art (RCA).Into the Mire (2011) by Nigel Rolfe is showing in our Screening Room (Floor 2) as part of Laura Fitzgerald: I have made a place until 19 September. Open daily | Free entry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Julie O'Callaghan reads Early on Indian Hill. Born in Chicago in 1954, Julie O'Callaghan has lived in Ireland since 1974. Her most recent publications include New & Selected Poems (2008) and Magnum Mysterium (2020). She has received the Michael Hartnett Award for poetry and is a member of the Irish academy of arts, Aosdána.

Optimising Treatment Outcomes in SJIA and AOSD

Optimising Treatment Outcomes in SJIA and AOSD

An online event hosted by Trinity Long Room Hub to mark the launch of Approximate Formality - Morphology of Irish Towns by Valerie Mulvin architect of the TLRH. Professor Linda Doyle (Provost Elect of Trinity College Dublin) will speak, along with an introduction to the book by author Valerie Mulvin, followed by Q&A. "Approximate Formality" discusses the origin, originality and potential of towns and town plans in Ireland, from earliest times to the Famine, so they can be understood as a part of European and world culture. When people are genuinely looking for more sustainable ways to live lightly on the earth, this book opens the possibility of sustainable re-use of these brilliant places, bringing life back to what is actually an instant environment, based on an understanding of their significance. The book's intention is to highlight the originality and excitement of these places, not just as old things re-made, but as potentially a whole new way of looking at living. “This book is partly a lockdown project and partly the completion of something which has been with me for over 20 years. Since my work on the book started, Ireland has also changed. During lockdown, lots of people have moved out of cities to new lives in the countryside - particularly in small Irish towns. This is a natural process, but it brings huge opportunities to those towns at a key moment. This book is timely in showing how an understanding of their architecture and urban design serves to support ways in which Irish towns might be carefully conserved, and sustainably developed, to provide homes for thousands of additional people. This is one of the key questions for Ireland now. If it is answered originally, it will be Ireland's significant contribution to world culture for the next number of years.” – Valerie Mulvin Valerie Mulvin is an architect and co-founder of McCullough Mulvin Architects in Dublin, and a member of Aosdána. She works in Ireland and internationally to make innovative contemporary architecture which is sensitive to place and context, using radical conservation to stitch old and new fabric together to sustain towns and cities for a new generation. Valerie has travelled extensively studying urban history, space and design, re-connecting Irish experience to its European origins. Her research on Irish towns began with a M.Litt in Trinity College Dublin in the early 1990's. Previous books include "A Lost Tradition - The Nature of Architecture in Ireland". "Approximate Formality" is extensively illustrated with new plans, maps and images, many of which are being published in Ireland for the first time. It is designed by Unthink and published by The Anne Street Press. It will be available in hardback for €35 from all good book shops.

This week Joanne chats to Little John Nee, a new friend and Associate Artist with Siamsa Tíre. Little John is a writer and performer based in Co. Galway and his style of storytelling theatre with music has won him international recognition. He was elected to Aosdána in recognition of his contribution to Irish culture in 2016 and his most recent collaboration with Laura Sheeran, a film/stage hybrid called 'Drone Bone Jetty,' premiered at Galway Theatre Festival 2021. We hope you enjoy the chat!

Julie O'Callaghan reads her poem Dictation. Born in Chicago in 1954, Julie has lived in Ireland since 1974. She has an extensive collection of published works and has received the Michael Hartnett Award for poetry. She is a member of the Irish academy of arts, Aosdána.

On this month's episode of The Stinging Fly Podcast, Ian Maleney is joined by Adrian Duncan, to read a piece from the Summer 2008 issue of the Stinging Fly, an essay from the 'First Passions' series written by the Longford poet Vona Groarke. Adrian is the Berlin-based author of two novels, Love Notes from A German Building Site, which won the John McGahern Book Prize in 2019, and A Sabbatical in Leipzig. His first collection of short stories, Midfield Dynamo, was published earlier this year by Lilliput Press. Aside from writing, Adrian has also worked as a structural engineer, visual artist, and film-maker. He is the co-editor of Paper Visual Arts, a contemporary art publication based between Berlin and Dublin. Vona Groarke has published six collections of poetry with the Gallery Press, as well as the book-length essay, Four Sides Full. A former editor of the Poetry Ireland Review, Vona's writing has won the Michael Hartnett Award, and been shortlisted for the Forward Prize. She currently teaches at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, and is a member of Aosdána. The Stinging Fly Podcast invites Irish writers to choose a story from the Stinging Fly archive to read and discuss. Previous episodes of the podcast can be found here. The podcast's theme music is ‘Sale of Lakes', by Divan. All of the Stinging Fly archive is available for everyone to read during the coronavirus crisis.

Host: Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD, MPH Guest: Petros Efthimiou, MD, FACR Guest: Olga Petryna, MD, FACR Is it time to connect the dots between systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) and adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD)? There is a growing recognition that SJIA and AOSD represent the same disease continuum with different ages of onset.1 Both conditions are rare autoinflammatory disorders of unknown etiology.1 In addition to Still’s disease rarity, patients present with varying symptoms and are diagnosed by exclusion of other diseases, which may result in a long time to proper care.2,3 A delay in diagnosis and failure to control disease activity can lead to severe and life-threatening complications.4 A multidisciplinary team effort and greater disease awareness are necessary to help expedite the therapeutic journey of patients with Still’s disease.5 Listen in to a discussion panel moderated by Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD with Petros Efthimiou, MD and Olga Petryna, MD as they have a conversation on the concept of the continuum of Still’s disease, its burden, and the patient journey. This presentation is sponsored by Novartis Medical Affairs and all speakers have been compensated for their time. References Vastert SJ, Jamilloux Y, Quartier P, et al. Anakinra in children and adults with Still’s disease. Rheumatology. 2019;58(suppl 6):vi9-vi22. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kez350 Efthimiou P. Diagnosis and management of adult onset ...

Conor Tallon talks with curator Michael Waldron about East Coast Light 1 (1973) by Sean Scully.It is an example of hard-edge painting, which is characterised by sharp transitions between colours achieved using tape and spray paint. Consisting of a grid of layered bands, this work blends aspects of the artist's background in graphic design and construction with the influence of Moroccan textiles and the impact of a fellowship to Harvard University in 1972.First exhibited at the Dixième Biennale Internationale d'Art, Menton (1974), this abstract painting may be seen to anticipate Scully's subsequent use of a characteristic stripe motif. For the artist, the stripe “is always concerned with thinking, and it is concerned with acting free of context … it is always reaching outwards,” as he observed to Allie Biswas in 2016. “The stripe can do anything in any direction, and since it is so common, it corresponds to everything around us.”In 1980, this work was featured in Rosc Chorcaí '80: Irish Art 1943–1973. Its curator, Cyril Barrett, wrote that the “exhibition covers a period which some people might describe as the great awakening of modern Irish Art and others as the great betrayal.” Presented at Crawford Art Gallery, the exhibition later travelled to the Ulster Museum, Belfast.Born in Dublin in 1945, Sean Scully is a contemporary artist with a major international reputation. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Aosdána, and visitors may remember the major retrospective exhibition here, Sean Scully: Figure / Abstract (2015). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to What the Hell/Heaven Are We Doing?, the series where the Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, asks big questions of fellow writers about the nature of their shared craft. What is the purpose of writing? Find out what author Tom Kilroy thinks in this episode. Thomas Kilroy was born in Callan, Co Kilkenny in 1934. He served as play editor at the Abbey in 1977 and was appointed Director of Field Day Theatre Company in 1988. Kilroy was Professor of English at UCG and has published a number of academic essays and studies. In 1989, he resigned his professorship, to concentrate fully on writing. His many awards include the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Heinemann Award for Literature, the AIB Literary Prize and an Irish PEN Award. Thomas Kilroy is a member of the Royal Society of Literature, the Irish Academy of Letters and Aosdána. He was honoured with a special Lifetime Achievement Award at the ESB/Irish Times Theatre Awards in 2004. He lives in County Mayo. The Laureate for Irish Fiction is an initiative of the Arts Council in partnership with University College Dublin and New York University.

The Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, hosts a series of brief conversations with fellow writers asking big questions about the nature of writing itself. What is its purpose? What should we make of its mystery beyond the pragmatic notions of academia and journalism? This series will form part of a visual archive highlighting the golden age of writing in Ireland. Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. He is one of Ireland's most acclaimed and prolific writers. He has worked as a journalist, critic, essayist, academic and novelist. He established his journalism credentials in the 1980s as editor of the groundbreaking Magill magazine. He is the author of eight novels, several essay and short story collections, poetry, multiple non-fiction works, and plays. Tóibín published his first novel, The South, in 1990, before following it up with The Heather Blazing (1992), The Story of the Night (1996), and The Blackwater Lightship (1999). His fifth novel, The Master (2004), a fictional account of elements of Henry James, was nominated for a Man Booker Prize and won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He won the Costa Award in 2009 for his novel Brooklyn, which was later adapted into a successful film. His book, The Testament of Mary (2012) was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His most recent novel, House of Names (2017) retells the Greek tragedy of the house of Atreus. Tóibín has been visiting professor at Stanford Unversity, the University of Texas, and Princeton University. He is a member of Aosdána. The Laureate for Irish Fiction is an initiative of the Arts Council in partnership with University College Dublin and New York University.

Martin Lynch is a playwright from Belfast, Northern Ireland who started out in Community Theatre at Turf Lodge before being appointed Resident Playwright at the Lyric.     A 35-year career has seen Martin's work produced in many parts of the world including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Brighton Festival, the USA, Romania, Russia, Canada and Australia.     He's also written many plays for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and co-wrote the screenplay for the Sam Goldwyn film, A Prayer For The Dying starring Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins and Liam Neeson.     Martin was recently elected to the Irish association of artists Aosdána whose previous members include Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel.     In today's episode we talk about: Growing up in a one-up-one-down house of 12 Martin's first jobs (cloth-cutter and dock worker) Articulating the working-class voice And pet lions.   This episode was recorded live over Zoom as part of the Cathedral Quarter Out To Lunch Festival. Big thanks to them for giving us the opportunity and making today's show possible.     Check it out.   //   Webpage for episode: https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/martin-lynch-playwright     Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 180+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.     To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/     Cheers!     — Matt

Optimising Treatment Outcomes in SJIA and AOSD

Optimising Treatment Outcomes in SJIA and AOSD

Optimising Treatment Outcomes in SJIA and AOSD

Optimising Treatment Outcomes in SJIA and AOSD

In this episode host Emmett Scanlon talks to Sheila O Donnell, one of Ireland's most celebrated architects. With John Tuomey, Sheila has been running their practice O Donnell+Tuomey in Dublin for over 30 years. The practice have designed and built theatres, cinemans, primary schools, university buildings, libraries, student centres, bridges, art galleries - It is impossible to summarise there their achievement and influence on architecture culture and discourse in Ireland and around the world, and in 2015 the pair were awarded the Royal Gold Medal in London one of architecture's highest awards. The conversation with Sheila though was triggered by the death earlier this year of writer, cartographer and publishers Tim Robinson and Mairead Robinson who were based in Roundstone in Galway. Sheila and John were good friends of Mairead and Time and Sheila is now involved in the campaign to hold this house and its place for future use. During the conversation Sheila talks about the house as she had experienced it, what it was like, and from there the conversation moves to thinking about houses as dynamic, unfixed things, to Tim's own writing on the house, to working with old buildings, to theatre design, to how designing housing would be a pinnacle in Sheila's career and more. Sheila was intrigued though by the question of what it is that buildings do al day, and it is right there, that the conversation began. ___ O'Donnell + Tuomey is a studio-based practice, with offices in Dublin, Cork and London. Committed to the craft and culture of architecture, they have been involved with urban design, cultural, social and educational projects at home and abroad. The practice has an international reputation for its engagement with complex urban situations and sensitive landscapes. They have completed schools and university buildings, theatres and cinemas, community centres and social housing, art galleries and libraries in Ireland, the UK and on the European mainland. Winners of more than 120 awards, recent buildings include the Glucksman Gallery Cork, Timberyard Housing Dublin, Irish Language Centre Derry, Sean O'Casey Community Centre Dublin, Lyric Theatre Belfast, Photographers' Gallery London, LSE Student Centre and the Central European University Budapest. They have exhibited six times at the Venice Architecture Biennale, with installations which advance their research into the useful beauty and poetic purpose of architecture, exploring areas of overlap with other art forms. Sheila O'Donnell graduated from University College Dublin in 1976, when she moved to London. In 1980 she was awarded an MA in Environmental Design from the Royal College of Art London. She worked for Spence and Webster, Colquhoun and Miller and James Stirling before returning to Dublin to teach at UCD and set up her practice. She co-founded O'Donnell + Tuomey in 1988. She is a Practice Professor in Architecture at University College Dublin. She has taught and lectured at schools of Architecture in Europe, Japan and the USA, including the AA, Cambridge, Princeton and Harvard GSD. Her watercolours have been exhibited in the Royal Academy and the Royal Irish Academy. In 2009 she was elected a member of Aosdána, the affiliation of Irish artists. In 2015 she was joint recipient with John Tuomey of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Brunner Prize, both awarded in recognition of a lifetime's work. Sheila was named Architect of the Year at the 2019 Women in Architecture (WIA) Awards for her work on the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. ___ Music is by Sinead Finegan, played by the Delmaine String Quartet (Philip Dodd, leader). The podcast was recorded on Zoom.

Special Series: American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Scientific Meeting 2020, "Go with Us!" to Conferences program This week join your patient co-hosts Tiffany Westrich-Robertson, Deb Constien, and Patrice Johnson as they take us backstage at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Conference. Tiffany and Deb attended two sessions at the conference on Stills Disease, and they brief Patrice and the rest of us on what they learned.  Regardless which "auto" disease you have, this conversation is important, as it provides an insider view of what is being taught to doctors to help them expedite diagnosis. One of the most important take-away messages from the ACR sessions is that doctors need to hear patient stories (or Case Studies) to improve their understanding of our diseases - especially when they are rare, like Still's, or in cases where presentation mimics other conditions.  Join us as we continue attending conferences, like the ACR, in our AiArthritis Voices online community - "Go with Us!" to Conferences program. It's your turn to pull up a seat! Join Tiffany and all the other Voices 360 co-hosts to continue this conversation inside our new, coordinating AiArthritis Voices ONLINE COMMUNITY - where patients unite with others around the world to talk, learn, and connect.  JOIN TODAY! Living with Still's disease? If you are a patient living with Stills or the parent of a juvenile living with Stills, AiArthritis wants to hear from you! Visit our Stills Disease Awareness project at aiarthritis.org/mystills where you can submit your Stills Disease story.  There you will also find patient-reported Still's brochures and educational materials for download. AiArthritis Voices 360 is produced by the International Foundation for Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis. Visit us on the web at www.aiarthritis.org/podcast. Find us on twitter, instagram, or Facebook (@ifAiArthritis) or email us (podcast@aiarthritis.org) to have your seat at the table.    Show Notes: Episode 49  00:53 - Tiffany welcomes listeners01:42 - Tiffany is joined today by Deb and Patrice03:02 - AiArthritis Voices Online Community members can “go with us” to conferences, including the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)04:17 - If you are a person living with an AiArthritis disease, register at aiarthritisvoices.org to join the co-hosts behind the scenes at the ACR06:36 - The Learn and Connect Section on aiarthritisvoices.org will give you access to a variety of topics covered at ACR 07:11 - Today’s episode will cover a topic from 2 sessions at ACR on Stills Disease09:03 - Patients diagnosed after age 16 are said to have Adult Onset Stills Disease (AOSD), while patients diagnosed before age 16 receive a diagnosis of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis09:45 - Stills Disease is the new umbrella term that encompasses AOSD and SJIA12:39 - Stills Disease is rare and has historically been a difficult condition to diagnose13:24 - Patients may be diagnosed with AOSD but recall having symptoms as a child, which complicated the diagnosis before the medical community adopted the umbrella terms of Stills Disease14:20 - The pathology of the way the disease presents is largely the same regardless of the age of the patient17:58 - Stills Disease is an autoinflammatory disease, which means there is no known trigger to the onset of the disease and results in more systemic symptoms20:30 - Many Stills patients do not like being associated with the term “arthritis” because as many as 25% of them do not present with any arthritic activity23:58 - For more information about Stills Disease, you can visit aiarthritis.org/mystills 25:02 - The ACR presenter recommended that patients and parents of juvenile patients keep a journal of symptoms to help doctors diagnose a problem effectively29:13 - Most juvenile Stills Disease patients have onset before age 529:33 - Children that young do not have the communication skills to convey their symptoms, making journaling by the parents so critical due diagnosis31:03 - Shared decision-making between doctors and patients is critical to satisfactory care33:25 - Research has shown that active and uncontrolled autoinflammatory disease can act as a trigger for the adapted side of the immune system35:00 - Stills Disease is a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning it can only be applied to a patient if autoimmune diseases have been eliminated as possibilities38:26 - If you are a person living with Stills Disease or the parent of a juvenile Stills patient, we want you to share your story at aiarthritis.org/mystills43:34 - If you are a patient or the parent of a juvenile living with an AiArthritis disease, please join us at aiarthritisvoices.org to attend more conferences like this with us44:31 - Tiffany thanks listeners and invites them to get involved in any of our projects by visiting us on the web at aiarthritis.org/talkshow or all social media platforms @IFAiArthritis45:03 - Please consider supporting the show by donating at aiarthritis.org/talkshow

Kate Molleson looks at how music venues and institutions across the world are responding creatively to the programming and performance challenges of COVID-19. Kate talks to Deborah Borda, Chief Executive of the New York Philharmonic. The orchestra has cancelled all scheduled concerts until June 2021 but its musicians have been reaching every corner of the city by performing music on the back of a truck as part of their new live concert format, NY Phil Bandwagon. Composer and vocalist Jennifer Walshe has recently been elected into Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the arts. Jennifer talks to Kate about her recent project involving artificial intelligence and how she is gathering source material during these uncertain times. The prize winning novelist and music journalist, Sean Michaels shares his thoughts on how Montreal’s vibrant venues and music makers have become silent again. We hear from Chief Executive of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marcelo Lopes and composer, João Ripper about how they have been welcoming back live audiences and continuing to premiere new works. Finally in Kenya, Elizabeth Njoroge, Founder and Director of the Art of Music Foundation, she talks about her music education and social project, Ghetto Classics.

In celebration of the life, work and legacy of William Trevor, one of the giants of modern Irish fiction, authors Salley Vickers, Kevin Barry, Hermione Lee and BBC Radio 4 Books Editor Di Speirs read from and talked about their favourites of his novels and short fiction, to mark the publication of Last Stories (Viking). Trevor, who died in 2016, won the Whitbread prize three times, was five times shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and in 2014 was made Saoi by Aosdána, Ireland’s most prestigious artistic award. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the fascinating continuing series, Conor Tallon explores the latest Work of the Week at the Crawford Gallery in Cork. Art lovers can view the pieces online, or of course visit the gallery in person. This week's work is an abstract, which gets to the heart - or indeed the nucleus -of the matter........a painting on two canvases!The startling Diptych by Patrick Scott likely dates to the mid-1960s, only a few years after the Kilbrittain-born artist had dedicated himself to being a full-time artist.Arresting the eye with its dazzling composition, Diptych not only reveals Scott's instinct for colour but can also be read as an expression of outrage. The bleached colouration, dripping solar halo, and unprimed canvas register the artist's protest to the testing of hydrogen bombs and other nuclear devices. In this context, the painting can be viewed in an eery and unsettling new Cold War light.Best known for his later ‘gold paintings', Patrick Scott (1921-2014) is noted for his dedication to pure abstraction. Having initially trained as an architect, the artist exhibited with the White Stag Group in 1944. He would go on to represent Ireland at the 30th Venice Biennale (1960) and was elected a member of Aosdána in 1981. Scott was conferred with the title of Saoi (‘wise one'), the highest honour for a living Irish artist, in 2007 by then President Mary McAleeseDiptych by Patrick Scott is featured in lucid abnormalities (until March 2021) in our Gibson Galleries (Floor 1). Free entry and open daily. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of The Dublin Review Podcast, Aingeala Flannery talks to Doireann Ní Ghríofa about an essay she wrote called The Dissection Room, which first appeared in NUMBER 73, the WINTER 2018 issue of The Dublin Review. Doireann writes in English and Irish, she has published six collections of poetry. In 2016, she was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. She is a member of Aosdána. In August 2020, Tramp Press published her debut collection of prose called A Ghost in the Throat.

Conor Tallon spoke to Assistant Curator Michael Waldron of the Crawford Art Gallery about The River Boundary (Lough Hyne) by William Crozier.This week's work of the Week offers an escape into the natural world. The title provides a clue to the location – Lough Hyne, near Skibbereen, which has for centuries been acknowledged as a special place. Connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow channel – The Rapids – it is Ireland and Europe's first Marine Nature Reserve.The painting itself seems to inhabit a boundary between water and dry land, with tree forms mimicking kelp and the horizon line occupying a spot high on the picture plane. It all seems to glow like the Lough's bioluminescent waters. Dating to 1988, it is an expression of the artist's search for a new language in figurative painting, his sumptuous use of colour and form drawing in and enveloping the viewer. We have entered the landscape.Irish-Scots artist William Crozier (1930-2011) was educated at the Glasgow School of Art and would himself later teach at Bath, London, New York, and Winchester. A member of Aosdána, he divided his time between Hampshire and his beloved West Cork. In 1991, and in collaboration with the Royal Hibernian Academy, we mounted a retrospective exhibition of his work. More recently, the Irish Museum of Modern Art presented William Crozier: The Edge of the Landscape (2017-18) in association with West Cork Arts Centre.The River Boundary (Lough Hyne) by William Crozier features in lucid abnormalities (until April 2021) in our Gibson Galleries on Floor 1. Open daily and free entry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here are the links for everything discussed in Episode 37, I'm also including times here so feel free to skip ahead to the topics that interest you. (1:07) Approval of Uplizna for NMOSD (4:57) Zepzelca approval for mSCLC (7:18) New age indication for Tivicay (11:23) Ilaris approved for Still's Disease CDC updates on COVID-19 & influenza reporting Connect with The Rx Daily Dose:Twitter      Instagram      YouTube      Linkedin       WebsiteEmail: therxdailydose@gmail.comConnect with Ian Parnigoni PharmD. on social media:Twitter       Instagram       Linkedin  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ahead of the World Premiere of Aifreann in St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, we meet the composer of this new Mass in Irish, we also meet one of the seven commissioners and the Director of the choirs performing it. Our guests are Composer and Aosdána member Kevin O’Connell, Choral Director Blánaid Murphy and one of the commissioners Linda O’Shea Farren.

Speech at the Presentation of Aosdána’s Golden Torc to George Morrison Arts Council, Merrion Square, Dublin, 9 March 2017

A discussion on Henry James as critic by Man Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst in conversation with Carlo Gébler. About the speakers Alan Hollinghurst Alan Hollinghurst was born in 1954 and was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. Hollinghurst was on the staff of the Times Literary Supplement from 1982 to 1995. He has published five novels including The Swimming-Pool Library (1988) and The Stranger's Child (2011). His acclaimed novel The Folding Star (1994) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction). His novel, The Line of Beauty (2004), traces a decade of change and tragedy and won the 2004 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. His new novel, The Sparsholt Affair, will be published in 2017. He lives in London. Carlo Gébler Carlo Gébler was born Dublin in 1954, the eldest son of writer parents, Ernest Gébler and Edna O'Brien. He has a PhD from Queen's University, Belfast. Gébler has made a number of documentary films and is also the author of several novels, children's novels, plays for both radio and the stage, and librettos. He has also worked as a teacher and academic. In the early nineties he was the creative writing tutor at the Maze prison and since 1997 he has been the writer-in-residence in HMP Maghaberry. In addition he has taught creative writing at Trinity College, Dublin, where he has been a visiting fellow four times, and at Queen's University, Belfast. Carlo Gebler was elected a member of the Aosdána in 1990.

Author Carlo Gébler reads from his novel ‘The Dead Eight’, and takes questions from the audience. With an introduction by Sinéad Mac Aodha. Recorded in the Central Library on 13 May 2011 as part of its 'Dublin Revealed' series. Born in Dublin in 1954, Carlo Gébler was brought up in London and studied at the University of York and the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield. His novels include The Eleventh Summer (1985), Work & Play (1987), Malachy and his Family (1990), Life of a Drum (1991), The Cure (1994), How to Murder a Man (1998) and A Good Day for a Dog (2008). He collaborated with Patrick Maguire to write the 2008 memoir, My Father's Watch: The Story of a Child Prisoner in 70s Britain, imbuing it with a "quiet emotionalism" (The Guardian). His books for children are well-known: Caught on a Train (2001) was short-listed for a Bisto prize. In addition, he has written articles and short stories for many national publications and a libretto for opera. He is a film-maker, producer and director of television documentaries. Carlo’s work has been supported by ILE in Italian and Hebrew. Carlo Gébler is a member of Aosdána and lives in Enniskillen.

Author Hugo Hamilton talks about his "strange life in translation" and reads from his novels ‘The Speckled People’, ‘The Sailor in the Wardrobe’ and 'Hand in the Fire', before answering questions from the audience. Recorded at the Central Library on 17 November 2010, as part of the series 'In Other Words . . .Irish Literature in Translation in Your Library'. Hugo Hamilton is a writer of German-Irish descent and a member of Aosdána. He is the winner of the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Hamilton’s memoirs, The Speckled People (2003) and The Sailor in the Wardrobe (2006), have become bestsellers and have fascinated readers all over the world. The Speckled People won the prestigious Prix Femina Étranger in France, as well as the Berto prize in Italy and has been translated into 15 languages to date. His latest novel, Hand in the Fire, was published this year by Fourth Estate. Hugo’s works have been translated into Dutch, French, Italian, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Serbian, Norwegian and Danish.

In February, the IFI hosted a comprehensive retrospective of the work of Cathal Black. Sunniva O'Flynn Head of Irish Film Programming at the IFI writes "Part of Ireland’s ‘First Wave’ of independent filmmakers in the 1970s and ‘80s, Black began to explore the contradictions, problems and preoccupations within Irish society in a way which hadn’t before been attempted in film. He wanted to “make Irish films for Irish audiences, pictures that are recognisably Irish but stand up to European notions of style . . . to be truthful to our own visual interpretation of this country and reach Irish audiences our way.” Black’s narratives of distinctly drawn and wholly sympathetic individuals are often bleak but leavened by dark humour, or historical and enlivened by ingrained and powerful passions. He burrows into the national psyche to find unsettling tales of unease – of alienation, homosexuality, prostitution, emigration, poverty and despair. His characters fight to escape the shibboleths of Ireland’s heroic past and the injustices of its present. His early films are wrought in a stark, social-realist tone. His later, more generously budgeted 35mm features employ more traditional narrative modes to tell powerful, character-driven period tales. His feature documentaries explore the lives of determinedly off-beat individuals in features that are handsome and revealing. His latest film, Butterfly (in its theatrical premiere), returns to fictional form in a finely acted psychological drama about a young woman avoiding demons from her past. Cathal Black, activist, Aosdána member and filmmaker, has sustained a visionary cinematic practise for almost 40 years – long may he continue to unsettle and engage." Grace Corry talked to Cathal for Film Ireland.

L' incontro fa parte del ciclo MI/ARCH | 8 Lezioni Pubbliche di Architettura Urbana. Yvonne Farrell e Shelley McNamara sono entrambe laureate in architettura all'University College di Dublino, hanno dato vita fin dal 1978 allo studio Grafton Architects a Dublino. Entrambe sono membri del RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland), del RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architecs) e sono state elette nella Aosdána, la prestigiosa Irish Art Organization. Dal 1976 al 2002 hanno insegnato alla School of Architecture dell'University College di Dublino sono state visiting porfessors all'Accademia d'Archittettura di Mendrisio e all'EPFL di Losanna. Hanno tenuto la cattedra di Kenzo Tange alla GSD di Harvard e di Louis Kahn a Yale. Nel 2002 hanno rappresentato l'Irlanda alla Biennale di Venezia e nel 2012 hanno vinto il Leone d'argento. Tra i numerosi premi internazionali c'è anche il World Building of the Year Award nel 2008 per l'ampliamento dell'Università Luigi Bocconi di Milano, che è ormai riconosciuta a livello internazionale come un modello. Oggi lavorano al progetto della nuova Facoltà di Economia dell'Université Toulouse 1 Capitole e al nuovo campus universitario dell'UTEC di Lima. Nel 2009, con l'edificio per il Dipartimento delle finanze a Dublino, si sono aggiudicate il Civic trust Award e l'Architectural Association of Ireland Special Award. A Milano hanno realizzato l'ampliamento dell'Università Bocconi: diversi corpi di fabbrica che ospitano aule per la didattica, uffici, una biblioteca e la grande aula magna, racchiusi da una cortina di pietra che all'interno si collegano creando dei pozzi di luce che raggiungono anche livelli posti a nove metri sotto il suolo.

This episode features Irish actor/performer/novelist Gerald Mannix Flynn (Born in Dublin 1957). He has performed in film for over 25 years. In 1983 he published the novel Nothing To Say. His plays: The Liberty Suite (1977);  He who laughs wins (1981); Inside for RTÉ (1986); Hunger and Thirst (1989); Talking to the Wall performed by Flynn @ Edinburgh Festival (1997); Screenplays Twist of Fate (Trisquare Films 1998) & Alma Mater (2001); James X (2003), performed in Dublin, Berkeley, Cincinnati, the Venice Biennale, London, & New York. Irish Times reviewer Fintan O'Toole on James X:  "It is about us collectively, the things done in our name by the bodies that are supposed to represent us. It is our secret history offered to us to pour over and consume, to acknowledge and own." His documentary 'Way Out' deals w/multi-generational issues surrounding institutional control over families, performance of inclusion, & owning ones own history and destiny. He serves as Councillor to Dublin City Council for the SE Inner City Area.  He is a member of Aosdána & on the board of the Toscaireacht. This summer he ran the Marathon Irish festival to coincide with London 2012 Olympics at Dialogue Space. He will perform James X in Krakow, part of the Conrad Festival; both James X & Nothing to Say have been published in Polish (10/24/12).  He will be in Waterford, Ireland (Imagine Festival); Magdalene Laundry exhibition (London 11/01/12), Dialogue Space (2013) bringing groups & speakers to address Slave labour, trafficked children, the rights of the mothers and children, and how the State and Church controls large swathes of society.  His current project "Trafficked: Bought & Sold/The Gathering Ireland: Bringing home the Irish citizens that were sold abroad," seeks justice for Irish children who were sold/transported abroad by the Irish State and the Catholic Church.