Monthly Archives: June 2009

Black, white – and green

Posted on June 29, 2009 by John Gibbons

Like most people whose musical influences were formed in the 1970s, I admired Michael Jackson as a musician, especially his 1979 solo album, Off the Wall. In the early to mid-1980s, he moved from pop star to icon, selling hundreds … Continue reading →

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A sunny day on Sandymount strand

Posted on June 13, 2009 by John Gibbons

I’ve always loved Sandymount strand. When I first arrived in Dublin donkeys years ago, the first place I stayed was a ‘digs’ on Claremont Road in Sandymount. It might as well have been Ballydehob, for all I knew of the … Continue reading →

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Breaking free of a vicious, narrow Theocracy

Posted on June 12, 2009 by John Gibbons

“Life for us children was to become one long hard struggle, trying to overcome the enormous disadvantage bestowed on us by being institutionalised. Our education was totally deficient – so much so thousands left the institutions illiterate. “We left the … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the New Emergency

Posted on June 4, 2009 by John Gibbons

They call it the ‘Greenhouse Gamble’. I’d call it the Wheel of Death. Either way, it’s a gizmo that looks like a cheesy prop from the National Lottery show, but in fact it has been developed by scientists from the … Continue reading →

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