The cast will probably be enough to ensure that while Australia is a commercial success it will be only fit for derision among the critical masses. The combination of a big time director - Baz Luhrman - two stars in the lead roles - Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman - plus the billion-pound spectacle that [...]

The latest version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah  has reached number one although this is a risible version sung by the winner of the X Factor - a television enterprise totally at odds with the artistry of Cohen and his classic song.
Some people decided to try and halt the new version by encouraging everybody to go [...]

You’ll see more theories on Roy Keane and his departure from Sunderland on this link although this theory is a little less than half baked.
The analogy seems to be stretched beyond belief. You are right in your observation about the euphemistic world of sports journalism although that applies to most of the tabloids, you seem [...]

WE ALL love a knock-out, except when it’s someone you know. The strange experience was one that I encountered on Friday night when I went to watch an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight night.
If you’ve seen UFC on the television you’ll either love it or hate it. Love it because it is a legitimised [...]

AT the entrance you’re greeted by two young, blonde girls wearing fake tan and seductive eyes. They sit drinking bottles of Miller while the noise grows inside. It could be a school disco where the adults have been allowed to drink and the djs been given licence to turn the volume up to the max. [...]

By now everyone has formed an opinion on Roy Keane. It could be argued that it already happened when he left the Ireland team at the 2002 World Cup or when he parted ways with Manchester United four years ago.
Now, there can be no housewife or grandmother left who hasn’t registered some feeling towards him. [...]

A crisis tends to change the way we speak, if only because previously unheard words and phrases such as sub-prime, recession and future yields become so widespread that it’s only financial and political junkies that use them. The taxi driver knows a boom from a bust as much as the local publican knows how the [...]

When Roy Keane walked out of the Irish squad at the 2002 World Cup, some applauded as loudly as others booed. He had either sacrificed himself for a bigger cause or he had been unable to hold his counsel for the good of the team. Where you stood on the issue depended on your proximity [...]

The comments of the various parties concerned make for interesting reading though in the rush to condemn Rody Molloy for his resignation people seem to forget that when you resign in a storm of controversy the attending media coverage forms part of the punishment. Molloy is the only so far to have lost his job [...]

Since we’re used to reccession - every generation previous to the current one didn’t even know there could be a lesser form of depression called recession - it’s always been easy for Irish people to find scapegoats. When you wallow in self pity for many lifetimes there are plenty of reasons and people to find [...]