Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
Adam de Ville, who who I have linked to before, has a fascinating post on Christopher Bollas, and how he (deVille) came to an appreciation of the enduring insights of…
I read quite a lot of Neil Postman about a decade ago. Always a readable and provocative voice, I must admit I take him rather less seriously since reading more…
One of the disheartening things (for me) about how the online world has developed is the primacy of television as a cultural reference point. In the early years of…
I suggested this piece to the SAU Blog editor at the time and he was quite keen on it – promised to “use it shortly” but it has never appeared.…
Four years on and I tweet sporadically . I despise the perpetual hype machine that is social media, the endless churning of self-righteousness and cheap enthusiasm. I also tend to get caught…
Séamus Sweeney 