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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.

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The HeadStuff Launch – with Thanks

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The HeadStuff Launch was on Thursday 26th of February in the lovely Block T in Smithfield, Dublin. It was the culmination of some very busy weeks and a couple of stressful days for me. But it was great. As in, other people thought it was…
History

Bruce Lee

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I became obsessed with Bruce Lee when I was about thirteen. I was big into karate and martial arts. When I say "big into", I mean more the traditions and aesthetics of them than the actual fighting. I went to a few karate classes, and later…
Film Features

Richard Pryor

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A lot of the Legends of the Months so far have been people that I'd really like to be. At least for a little while. I'd like to be Leonardo Da Vinci, and just solve some shit, or be Muddy Waters and start something incredible. The Legends…
Humour Interviews

Santa Claus Interview

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Who else could be the Legend of the Month in HeadStuff's first December? Of course it's big ol' jolly Santa Claus, this guy basically is December. His jolly spirit and no nonsense attitude is what December is all about. He's also the first…