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Margaret Atwood – Imprint: Writer in Profile

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Canadian writer Margaret Atwood is perhaps best known for The Handmaid’s Tale, a novel that was recently adapted into a gripping TV series. This episode was filmed in 2001 and delves into, what Atwood describes as, her ‘precocious’ childhood, her early writer’s block and her desire to be a painter. She discusses how she wrote […]

Babyface Goes to Hollywood

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Forgotten Irish boxing legend Jimmy McLarnin, aka ‘The Babyfaced Assassin’, a journeyman brawler originally from County Down battled his way to fortune and glory in the 1940s via two welterweight world championship titles, and a whole heap of controversy to become one of the greats of Irish boxing history. Director Andrew Gallimore recounts McLarnin’s Greatest […]

John Huston Becomes An Irish Citizen / Saoránacht Éireannach Bronnta ar John Huston

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Amharc Éireann – Eagrán 240   The famous film director John Huston receives Irish citizenship at the Government Buildings on Merrion Street, Dublin. Fuair ​​an stiúrthóir cáiliúil scannán John Huston saoránacht Éireannach ag Foirgnimh an Rialtais ar Shráid Mhuirfean, Baile Átha Cliath.     Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s […]