It’s that time of year again! The calendar has crawled past the 31st of December and we all wake up full of resolution to face bravely into a new year. So let’s raise a glass, or even a sword, to all that 2012 has to offer. And don’t worry about the end of the...
It’s always surprising to find out who is a fencer in their spare time. The latest celebrity to be un-masked (so to speak) is Neil Diamond who, according to this article in the Irish Times, was quite a handy fencer in his youth. He even got to attend New York University on the back...
I took a family dance workshop the other day with the wife and child as part of the Dublin Dance Festival. I used to do a lot of dancing, from traditional to classical, but, like a lot of things, I let it slide in recent years. It was nice to get out for what...
Fortunately, nobody did but it did put a stop to their play. A production of Hamlet by Second Age in Cork’s Everyman Theatre was halted when Conor Madden, playing the eponymous Dane, was wounded in the final duel. The last act of Hamlet culminates in a duel between Hamlet and Laertes, the latter using...
I got very excited on Saturday to see the above sub-heading in Irish Times here . Unfortunately, it turned out to be a fashion shoot loosely hung on a forthcoming play Between Foxrock and a Hard Place based on the popular Ross O’Carroll Kelly character and to have very little to do with fencing...