SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
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The citizen army that broke the mould of history
Daithi Mac an Mhaistir’s book on the ICA is essential reading for anyone interested in Ireland’s freedom struggle, says MICK CARTY
MARJORIE MAYO recommends an accessible and unsettling novel that uses a true incident of death in the Channel to raise questions of wider moral responsibility
MIK SABIERS wallows in a night of political punk and funk that fires both barrels at Trump
Reasonable radicalism, death in Abu Dhabi, locked-room romance, and sleuthing in the Blitz
SIMON DUFF recommends a new album from renowned composer and oud player Anour Brahem.
JAMES WALSH has a great night in the company of basketball players, quantum physicists and the exquisite timing of Rosie Jones
A New Awakening: Adventures In British Jazz 1966 - 1971, G3, and Buck Owens
The Irish Citizen Army: The World’s First Working-Class Army by Daithi Mac an Mhaistir (Connolly Books, €8)
APPEARING a year after the 1916 Easter Rising centenary celebrations, one would have been forgiven for thinking that this book had been delayed or that it had arrived late.
But, a couple of pages in, the importance and timeliness of the publication becomes evident. Short-term benefits have been sacrificed to do justice both to historiography and the working-class movement.
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