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Chuck Berry, Dead at 90

March 20, 2017 No Comments

The father of Rock’n’Roll is no more. Chuck Berry passed away peacefully at his home yesterday. Charles Edward Anderson Berry, better known as Chuck Berry, was born into a middle-class African-American family in St Louis, Missouri. He first rose to fame in the 1950s with songs such as “Maybellene” and “Rock and Roll Music”. In […]

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Life

What If?

January 30, 2017 No Comments

Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…” You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done. — David Slack (@slack2thefuture) January 28, 2017 There’s a lot of truth in that.

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Life Society

Don’t ignore it

January 29, 2017 No Comments

“I don’t understand people who believe that if you ignore something, it’ll go away. That’s completely wrong — if it’s ignored it gathers strength. Europe ignored Hitler for 20 years. As a result he slaughtered a quarter of the world!” Lemmy Kilmister

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Big Business Health Life

Stress is not the default or How to Succeed in Business and then Die Anyway

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 No Comments

Jennifer O’Connell says it well in the IT (“Jennifer O’Connell: Being an adult does not mean being stressed and anxious all the time”)when she denounces the high-stress, always-on, anxiety culture which is accepted as the ‘norm’ and even lauded as a goal by some. Stress is a short term thing, it’s not meant to be […]

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Life Parenting & Children

Making space – tips on de-cluttering from Marie Kondo

January 23, 2017 No Comments

I find it far, far easier to accumulate than de-clutter. This sounds like it might be an actually useful tip though, especially for clearing out older, mildly sentimental things: Ask yourself of each object: does it spark joy in my heart? This is the central message of Kondo’s creed: the litmus test to whether to […]

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Life People Sounds

Rick Parfitt, Dead at 68

December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 No Comments

Rick Parfitt, the archytypal rocker and Status Quo guitarist, died on the 27th from a sudden infection. IN A WORLD FULL of affectation, Rick Parfitt was a musician who enjoyed his status as a rock star, wearing it with good grace and a broad grin. The partnership he formed with fellow Telecaster-wielding guitarist and frontman […]

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Life People

Carrie Fisher, Dead at 60

December 28, 2016 No Comments

Gone far too soon, it’s part of your childhood lost. Wonderfully outspoken about mental health, feminism and that outfit, she’ll be missed. Carrie Fisher, 21st October 1956 – 27th December 2016, drowned in moonlight, strangled by her own bra.

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Bits & Bobs Life Nature & Gardens

Solstice

December 22, 2016 No Comments

Winter Solstice in Dublin. The turning of the year, now for the midwinter celebrations and the hope of the new year ahead. Probably my favourite time of year in some ways.

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Life People

Fidel Castro, dead at 90

November 27, 2016December 23, 2016 No Comments

One of the world’s most famous revolutionaries, Fidel Castrohas died, aged 90. Castro’s younger brother, Raúl, who assumed the presidency of Cuba in 2006 after Fidel suffered a near-fatal intestinal ailment, announced the revolutionary leader’s death on television on Friday night. “With profound sadness I am appearing to inform our people and our friends across […]

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Life People Sounds

Leonard Cohen, Dead at 82

November 14, 2016 No Comments

My mam is a lifelong Cohen fan, and bought this album in Stillorgan back in 1967. Leonard Cohen, Sept. 21st 1934 – Nov. 7th 2016

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Who?

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Chuck Berry, Dead at 90

What If?

Don’t ignore it

Stress is not the default or How to Succeed in Business and then Die Anyway

Making space – tips on de-cluttering from Marie Kondo

Rick Parfitt, Dead at 68

Carrie Fisher, Dead at 60

Solstice

Fidel Castro, dead at 90

Leonard Cohen, Dead at 82

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