The Last “Things I’m Doing” Post This Year. I Think…

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This one gets us to the end of the year bar any last-minute stuff happening, although that has been known to happen and I think I may have one more for you 🙂 Thursday November 3rd – Fit Out Awards 2016: Hosting this – all the details are here: http://fitoutawards.ie/ Wednesday November 9th – Realex Payments eCommerce Awards 2016: The first time for this one, I’m hosting in the RDS Dublin, and nominations are closed… More HERE. Saturday November 12th – Dublin Book Festival: I’ll be moderating a reading and discussion with contributors (including Colin Barrett, Tara Flynn, Joseph O’Connor and Mary […]

Bad Ambassador Playlist – Friday October 21st

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The Ting Tings – Great DJ The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing The Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control Justice – D.A.N.C.E. Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Dance Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell ON You The Rapture – Get Myself Into It The Raconteurs – Steady As She Goes Eliza Rickman – Pretty Little Head A Tribe Called Quest – I Left My Wallet IN El Segundo Editors – Munich The White Stripes – The Denial Twist Wallis Bird – Control Zero 7 – Somersault Florence And The Machine – Girl With One […]

The Craft Beers Of Spain

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I’m only now just realising I completely forgot to do a thing on all of the Spanish craft beers I tried on holiday during the Summer and the top notch place I found them in… So, first things first – I was in the hills just above a little town called Frigiliana in Andalucia. A tiny beautiful town just north of a much bigger one on the coast called Nerja. To be honest I thought the chances of finding anything crafty were slim to none until I Googled the week before I left and found this… La Domadora Y El […]

Bad Ambassador Playlist – Friday October 14th

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Beastie Boys – Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Mix) Queens Of The Stone Age – No-One Knows Hozier – Arsonist’s Lullabye Eels – Novocaine For The Soul Kimya Dawson – Tire Swing Pearl Jam – Alive The Academic – Mixtape 2003 Bob Dylan – Shelter From The Storm Regina Spektor – Bleeding Heart The Cure – Close To Me Fruit Bats – Humbug Mountain Song All Tvvins – Thank You The Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad Of Chasey Lain Billy Bragg – No-One Knows Nothing Anymore Amanda Palmer – No Surprises Liv – Wings Of Love Elvis Costello – I Don’t […]

9 Things You Should Come To…

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The month rolls on, events get closer and there are a few new bits announced… Thursday October 13th – Walk In My Shoes Radio: For one night only, 5-7pm, I’m on their annual pop-up radio station dedicated to promoting positive mental health. Saturday October 15th – Irish Writers Centre (daytime):   As they say on the site, this is a full day event. “During this highly practical, one-day series of talks Lia Mills (author of Another Alice, Nothing Simple, Fallen), Bert Wright (curator of Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival), and Peter O’Connell (publicist at Peter O’Connell Media) will discuss their […]

6 Long Overdue Short Reviews!

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Yeah, recently when writing pieces about both for newspapers I realised I hadn’t actually written my reviews for two of the books below. I’m falling more than a little behind here… So: Anne Tyler – Vinegar Girl Sadly, this was the first of the Hogarth Shakespeare series I read and it did absolutely nothing for me. She has updated The Taming Of The Shrew to a modern day story of a Kate who tends house for her eccentric scientist father who hatches a plan to keep his research assistant in the country by marrying him off to his daughter. What […]