Books & Boots

‘The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial’ is a massive exhibition, overwhelming in its size and scope and the sheer variety of artworks included, over 200 works from 150 artists! Not just fine art, it also includes archaeological artefacts, opera costumes, astrological equipment, models, immersive installations, ambient music, numerous small videos, several alcove...

I was sure I had fallen among strange people.
(The narrator tries to glamorise this boring narrative)

I decided without any hesitation that it was a waste of time trying to understand the half of what he said. I persevered with my inquiry.
(My attitude towards this wretched book)

My literary or spare-time compositions, written not infrequently with animation and enjoyment, I always found tedious of subsequent perusal. This sense of tedium is so deeply seated in the texture of my mind that I can rarely suffer myself to endure the pain of it.
(Pretty much my response to this book)

I like t...

FLUTHER: ‘There’s no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.’

‘The Plough and the Stars’ is a play in four acts which follows Nora Clitheroe, her husband Jack (a Commandant in the Irish Citizen Army), and their neighbours in a Dubl...

MRS TANCRED: Sacred Heart of the Crucified Jesus, take away our hearts o’ stone an’ give us hearts o’ flesh… Take away this murdherin’ hate and give us Thine own eternal love.
(Mother of a young man killed in the civil war, seeming to express O’Casey’s own pacifist principles)

‘Juno and the Paycock’ was the second of O’Casey’s plays to be...