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Alan Bennett was a stand-up comedian for a while and during that time he toured with David O'Doherty and Maeve Higgins and did well in some competitions and co-ran Schnitzel Comedy Club. Then he started writing fiction and it has been published in several literary magazines and anthologies including 30 Under 30 which Joseph O'Connor chose as one of his books of the year for The Irish Times. He received a Masters with first class honours in creative writing from UCD and a BA in fine art painting from LSAD. Now he's working on getting his novel on, and being in charge of HeadStuff.org.

Brain/Body

Marie Curie

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"I have been frequently questioned, especially by women, how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy." – Marie Curie. When I first decided that Marie Curie would be the next Legend of the Month…
Film Review

Pompeii – review

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The Paul Anderson movie output has been among the most inconsistent of all movie outputs. But I've figured out a code that I'm generously going to let you in on. The middle initial is a lot more important than you may think. When it's 'T'…
Film Review

Run & Jump

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I don't know if I was expecting this film to be bad. Maybe I was completely neutral about it. But it's not bad. It's actually quite good. Maybe I was worried that there was an SNL player in an Irish movie. Or maybe I thought there'd be too…
Humour Features

Andy Kaufman

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On April Fool's Day, I couldn't think of a better Legend of the Month than Andy Kaufman. I had written a joke Legend - it was going to be an April Fool's prank - Fred Phelps, the horrible man who founded the Westboro Baptist Church. In the…
Film Review

The Raid 2: Berandal

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The Raid 2 doesn't hold back. The film begins with an open grave, which sets a theme good and early. Then there's a close-up shotgun firing into a human head and with the bang THE RAID 2 is plastered across the screen in huge blood-red…
Film

Submissions open for Fingal Film Festival

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Filmmakers! Festivals are fun and wining stuff is awesome and failing is okay but not trying is lame. So, here's your chance to have fun and maybe be awesome and ultimately not be lame. YOU should submit something to Fingal Film Festival.…
Literature

Paddy’s Day, Dublin.

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I push through the mobbed street, walking on green flyers and ignoring fake ginger beards. I have the spawn of a headache already. The crowd watches the worst brass band of all time make its way down the middle of the road showcasing their…