https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Durcan “Bring me back to the dark school – to the dark school of childhood: To where tiny is tiny, and massive is massive.” https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/647306-radio-documentary-podcast-paul-durcans-mayo https://www.newisland.ie/shop/p/paul-durcans-diary Paul Durcan, Pól Mac Duarcáin, born in Dublin in 1944, was one of Ireland’s most distinctive and celebrated contemporary poets. His unique voice, combining surrealism, social critique, and deeply… Continue reading Remembering Paul Durcan: A Poet shaped by Childhood and Adolescence
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Teddy Boys and Girls
By Danielle Ford The above photograph was taken from Ken Russell’s series ‘The Last of the Teddy Girls’, which historians can take as a chronicle of youth subcultures and an insight into the extent to which they were determined by gender. Russell’s collection is one of the first detailed studies of female subcultures in the… Continue reading Teddy Boys and Girls