Recipe for Sweet Rice Fritters – from 'La cucina integrale', by Lietta and Paolo, with the kind permission of Panozzo Editore, Rimini tried, tested, and translated by Franita in the kitchen, for ThreeMonkeysOnline. What you need:a cup of brown rice2 tablespoons of sieved brown flour2 tablespoons of honey2 eggs½ litre of milk ( or bancha […]
Recipe for chicken satay (Satè Ayam) – from 'La cucina delle spezie' by David Sheen, with the kind permission of Panozzo Editore, Rimini tried and tested, and translated by Franita in the kitchen, for ThreeMonkeysOnline. This dish is fairly popular all over the Far East, but its real home is Singapore, capital city of 'nonya' […]
As a young boy I remember late nights spent reading The Lord of the Rings (LOTR), mesmerised by this gripping tale of good against evil. It was only years later, and especially seeing Peter Jackson's film trilogy, that I realised it was foundational in planting a lot of Christian spirituality within me. Many may be […]
The reason why 2001: A Space Odyssey still fascinates audience cannot be ascribed wholly to the film's outstanding special effects, which continue to convince over thirty years after its release – a major achievement for a science-fiction movie made before the first Moon landing. The less obvious draw, which compels the picture's devotees to return […]
The following story is an extract from the diary of a trip, rigorously and absolutely independent, that brought us from the Yucatan peninsula to Mexico City, passing through Guatemala, Chiapas, Oaxaca and the mining cities of the Altoplano de la Sierra Madre.We are awaiting breakfast in a small café with three tables, of which two […]
Dublin Band The Frames – fronted by Glen Hansard, in interview Over a number of years, and with a number of Albums to their credit, The Frames have developed into one of Ireland’s best loved rock bands. Formed around the nucleus of singer/songwriter Glen Hansard (who, though he may wish to forget it, played the […]
Well I hope we're not too messianicOr a trifle too satanic…- Monkey Man (Jagger/Richards) People who have seen me under the influence of Let It Bleed – listening to it on my headphones as I walk to work – have said that I look like a man possessed, remote from reality and the presence of […]
Dressed in a suit, with sneakers, and a distracted but amiable air, Josh Ritter is delighted to be in Italy. In fact Ritter seems delighted full stop. And so he should be, with critical acclaim being heaped upon his second release proper Hello Starling, and a series of European shows playing support to Joan Baez, […]
Students of Anglo-Irish literature and Irish history may be interested to learn that their studies could be markedly different were it not for the phenomenon of Asperger’s syndrome, a type of high-functioning autism. Professor Michael Fitzgerald from the department of child and adolescent psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin has uncovered a link between levels of […]