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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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Straight Outta Kanye – (THP) InHouse #1

Alan Bennett Sep 7, 2015 0

'Straight Outta Kanye', the first 'InHouse' HeadStuff Podcast has Alan talking to Dave Hanratty, music editor for HeadStuff.org and Colm O'Regan journalist with Hotpress about Kanye West and the world of hip hop. The conversation is centred…

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Episode 11 – Stuart Clark, Hotpress

Alan Bennett Aug 25, 2015 0

Hey look it’s episode #11 of the glorious HeadStuff Podcast. This time out, we’re joined by Hot Press deputy editor, living breathing music encyclopedia and all-round charming fellow Stuart Clark who gives us a potted history on his early…

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Episode 10 – Paul Murray

Alan Bennett Aug 13, 2015 0

This week we were thrilled to invite Paul Murray, author of 'Skippy Dies', 'The Mark and the Void', and 'An Evening of Long Goodbyes', onto the HeadStuff Podcast. Noel O'Regan, writer and literature editor for HeadStuff.org joins Alan on…

Humour Features

Semi Final Time! Lacomic Cup + News from Round 3

Alan Bennett Aug 6, 2015 0

Oh it's heated, it's near the end, but not quite the end. It's like one hour into Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King when you think it's over but actually there's like 6 hours of movie left. We have entered the Semi Final of the…

Topical Features

They’ll Send T-shirts to Your Front Door!

Alan Bennett Aug 3, 2015 0

Advertorial. 24 Tees sent me a lovely black box. The kind of lovely black box that if it arrived in the post and you didn't know what it was, you would do all your chores before opening it incase it was going to reshape the rest of your…

Humour Reviews

The Best of a Good Bunch – Vodafone Comedy Festival

Alan Bennett Aug 1, 2015 4

I meant to write this earlier but then stuff got in the way. Here's a breakdown of my week since the Vodafone Comedy Festival ended. Monday - I pretended it wasn't over. Tuesday - I was sad. Wednesday - I watched videos of all the…

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What’s Going on in The Lacomic Cup – Round 2 info & Round 3 Underway

Alan Bennett Jul 30, 2015 0

Shit's getting' real now. We have entered Round 3 of the Lacomic Cup. The 8 stories are here for you to enjoy and vote on. In this round, the writers who won their matches in Round 2 (winning €200 each in the process), had to write a new…

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Rabbit Hole – Into Dublin’s Creative Guerrilla Movement

Alan Bennett Jul 30, 2015 0

Advertorial I made contact with Rabbit Hole because I liked what they were doing and I wanted HeadStuff to be a part of it. I suggested that we'd scratch their back if they'd scratch ours. Yes, was the answer, "we like to barter with…

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Episode 9 – Karl Spain

Alan Bennett Jul 28, 2015 0

Karl Spain is our guest on this episode of The HeadStuff Podcast. I'm joined by my long-time friend Mikey Fleming as co-host. We both met Karl Spain for the first time in about 2004, or 2005, when he was the M.C. of a regular comedy club…

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Lacomic Cup – Round 1 info & Round 2 Underway

Alan Bennett Jul 25, 2015 0

We have entered Round 2 of the Lacomic Cup. The 16 stories are here for you to enjoy and vote on. In this round, the writers who won their matches in Round 1, had to write a new story between 250 and 300 words, this time about the internet,…

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