MCD has a lot to answer for. The company’s incompetent organization of the Barbra Streisand geezer gig caused the national airwaves and press to be inundated with plaints from the well-heeled and tin-eared. During a pretty slow news week (just the usual mayhem in Iraq and the risible efforts to turn the Rachel O’Reilly murder […]
Look who drives a “huge, jet black Toyota SUV.” No doubt it will soon put on the block to help pay all those legal costs.
I very much like the look of this, but I have to agree with some of the quibblers: where would you rest your arms?Perhaps, like most people’s bookshelves, it’s there to be admired than actually, y’know, used.
On the heels of TD Beverly Flynn reminding the nation of what a “class act” she really is, yesterday’s shenanigans during the first day of resumed Dail sittings provided yet more evidence of the calibre of Ireland’s political class.Newly elected Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue cuts a fine figure for a man in his late sixties. […]
Monocle magazine, the latest publication from beyond-parody Tyler Brûlé*, has compiled its list of the world’s “10 most liveable cities.” For those who couldn’t be bother shelling out £75 for a year’s subscription (10 issues), the International Herald Tribune has usefully provided a run-down of the anointed cities. Coming in at the top spot is […]
The Irish Film Censor’s Office has gone beyond its traditional remit (placing largely ignored classification labels on movies) by “banning” the video game, Manhunt 2, released by Rockstar Games. I’ve used inverted commas around the censor’s move because, if you’re so inclined, you can buy the offending game off the web in about 15 seconds. […]
In yet another attempt to harness widespread dissatisfaction with Prodi’s government, Umberto Bossi – leader of the Lega Nord party, has made calls for a fiscal strike, or to put it another way, tax evasion. The calls for a fiscal strike were augmented by last year’s budget which raised taxes in several areas under the […]
And so, one of the greatest Italian mysteries of the 21st Century is brought to an end. Amateur humorist and sometime Inter defender Marco Materazzi has revealed what he said to Zidane during last year’s world cup final. Apparently Zidane, frustrated at Materazzi’s constant shirt pulling had said sarcastically to the Italian player “If you […]
For the past week I’ve been meaning to flag a provocative article discussing theories forwarded by Gregory Clark’s new economic history, A Farewell to Alms. In the spirit of Monty Python’s All-England Summarize Proust Competition, I’d say the core of Clark’s thesis is that the prime mover of the Industrial Revolution was the upper ranks […]