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There are few good reasons to fire up one’s oven during the summer months, but one of the surest, for me, is cake with fruit in it—not fruitcake (the brick-like, spiced, Christmas kind), but just plain cake studded with hunks…
This week, Ava DuVernay challenged the notion that worthwhile movies get “lost” on Netflix and the shibboleth that a traditional theatrical release offers superior access to worthwhile independent films. I agree with her wholeheartedly. Many of the best recent movies…
As rollouts go, the very short press blitz for the new season of “Arrested Development,” the first eight episodes of which are streaming on Netflix (with more to come at a later date), was downright Bluthian. First, on May 4th,…
Uruguay have snatched a win over Egypt in the day’s first game of the World Cup. Egypt, who looked to be heading for a draw in their Group A opening encounter, were left to rue some slack defending as Atletico…
The village of Rathmullan in County Donegal didn’t take long to get over the disappointment of Ireland failing to qualify for the World Cup. A chat outside mass one Sunday morning between parish priest Fr Martin Collum and Rathmullan Celtic…
Dozens of rallies took place across the country on Thursday to protest the Trump administration’s family separation policy for asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. Progressive groups organized “Families Belong Together” events — or, in Spanish, “Familias Unidas No Divididas“…
