Ebola has been a talking point in Italy as far back as April of this year, in particular for the various political parties that are campaigning for tougher immigration laws. “We shouldn’t give time to these idiots that think Ebola will arrive in Italy by small boats loaded with desperate immigrants looking to cross the […]
Iggy Pop’s John Peel Lecture, entitled ‘Free Music in a Capitalist Society’ grapples with notions of art, exploitation, file-sharing and – as has been widely publicised – U2’s free Apple-sponsored download. Using his lifetime’s experience in the music ‘industry’, Pop (a.k.a James Newell Osterberg, Jr.) talks about artistic ambitions, binary-code, and the relationship between money […]
From Toni Morrison through to Roddy Doyle, we’ve collected quotes from 50 top writers reflecting on James Joyce and his influence on literature.
John le Carre explains the relationship between mysticism and espionage literature, and why he dislikes James Bond.
While doing some research for an upcoming James Joyce article, I stumbled across this great piece by Geoffrey Eugenides (The Marriage Plot, Middlesex, and The Virgin Suicides). In interview, back in 2012, with the New York Times he responded to that classic question “You’re organizing a dinner party of writers and can invite three authors, […]
The Lion-Tamer Someone said he met his death Like a lion-tamer Who decided to tease his animals Until he could tempt them no longer. He misconstrued their appetite And left the circus divided. Someone called him a ‘Hero’, Someone else preferred, ‘The Fool’, A third party argued life was a show And commended the part […]
To Scotland on the Occasion of the Vote for Independence on September 18, 2014 If I were in Ireland three hundred years ago I would be hedge schooled in militant I would speak emigrant I would despise the English empire with the passion of a poet whose hands have been cut off in an […]
One of a series of poems by Kevin Casey, published as part of TMO’s original poetry collection.
Science, Spirituality and the Corporation come together in a short story by D.M Lynch
