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There’s an essay by Zadie Smith called “Dead Men Talking,” in which she suggests that every writer has an ideal reader. Smith, to her embarrassment, identifies herself as the ideal reader of E. M. Forster. “I would much prefer to…
“A Dream Is What You Wake Up From,” a film by Larry Bullard and Carolyn Y. Johnson, from 1978, which screens tonight at BAM Cinématek, is a prime example of why repertory houses exist—to show extraordinary movies that are otherwise…
A great magazine writer is a writer who sells magazines. Tom Wolfe sold magazines. People bought magazines on the newsstand in order to read the pieces in them written by Tom Wolfe. Behind every great magazine writer is a great…
After the cruel manner in which they crashed out of the U-17 European Championships, Republic of Ireland manager Colin O’Brien had nothing but praise for what he described as an “extraordinary” group of players. In their quarter-final clash with the…
The father of the Republic of Ireland U17s goalkeeper sent off during last night’s penalty shoot-out has said he is “outraged” at the way the referee treated his son. 16-year-old Jimmy Corcoran was dismissed during the shoot-out against The Netherlands…
The exchange of missiles last week on the Syrian-Israeli border was anything but normal. This firefight established new rules of engagement in the Levant, and made the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights an “operational theater” in the Syrian conflict overnight. The mainstream…
