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Teenagers are an easily influenced group and they often carry their influences into adulthood with them. Just ask a weird sword dude in his 30s what his favourite movie is and he'll probably say The Lord of the Rings. The same goes for a…

We recently honored D-Day and it brought to mind the life of my father-in-law, who was on the run from the Nazis and eventually captured by them. His name was Thomas Alfred Boyd Parselle (known as Tabs), and he was a Royal Air Force…

When the Armistice was announced in November 1918, bringing an end to World War I, it raised hope for a lasting peace across Europe. It wasn't as simple as that, however once a United States Navy cargo vessel sailed into Dublin to collect…

Since first hitting the shelves in 1955, J.P Donleavy's cult classic The Ginger Man has sold more than 40 million copies. The hedonistic tale of American student Sebastian Dangerfield in Dublin city during the 1940's, it was described by…

Afghanistan set docudrama The Land of the Enlightened is more effective providing an eye-opening glimpse into a culture than a sustained narrative. Written and directed by Pieter-Jan De Pue, a Belgium photographer and filmmaker who was…