Jenny Farrell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Jenny Farrell
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Culture
Brendan Behan on the centenary of his birth
February 7, 2023Brendan Behan was arguably one of the last writers to emerge from the Irish literary revival movement.
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Culture
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ review: An ahistorical film that rings hollow
January 18, 2023International film awards are by no means a good film guide. This applies to The Banshees of Inisherin as much as to the rest of them.
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Culture
George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’: A study in working-class literature
November 9, 2022Highlighted at the award ceremony was “his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty.”
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Culture
Herstory: Unmanageable revolutionaries, women and the Irish national struggle
August 29, 2022Margaret Ward has done much to retrieve Herstory from the claws of History, a truly important achievement.
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Culture
On the bicentennial of Shelley’s death: Evolution of a working-class poet
July 12, 2022Next to Burns, Shelley had the greatest influence on 19th-century working-class literature in England. His vision applies undiminished today.
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World
Marlene Dietrich, remembered for her outspoken stand against fascism
May 10, 2022She must be remembered not only for her importance as role model for emancipation, but also for her outspoken and active stand against the Nazi movement that had overtaken her homeland.
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Culture
Guernica
April 26, 2022There are a handful of pictures that may be said to be almost universally known. They include Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Picasso’s Guernica.
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News
Alexandra Kollontai at 150: International Communist leader and fighter for women’s liberation
March 31, 2022As People’s Commissar for Social Affairs in Soviet Russia, Kollantai was the first woman in history to serve in a government Cabinet.
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