Left From The West
Being the arguments and opinions of a left-libertarian raindog from Sligo
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Valis (1981)
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The third most frightening thing about Philip K Dick’s Valis is that it is largely autobiographical. I realised this halfway through reading...
Thursday, 8 September 2022
Days of Heaven (1978)
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Terrence Malick’s Day of Heaven is a painterly web of ironies. The title itself contrasts with the arduous and uncertain lives of the mig...
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
A Nietzsche Novice
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I stumbled across Friedrich Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals this summer, which I suppose is the bibliophilic equivalent of a boorish ...
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
The Boston Tapes Revisited: An Interview with Anthony McIntyre
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Following the acquittal of Ivor Bell, I conducted this extensive interview with Anthony McIntyre exploring the trial, the judgment and the...
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Sunday, 21 April 2019
Be Like Lyra: A Legacy
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I became friends with Lyra McKee through our mutual close friendships with Anthony McIntyre and Ruth Dudley Edwards. That alone will tell ...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
When the Biter is Bit: Further Reflections on the Downfall of Kevin Myers
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Kevin Myers speaking to Seán O'Rourke on RTE radio yesterday By many accounts from across the political spectrum — including that o...
Monday, 31 July 2017
Retracting MyArse: A Cynical, Censorious Cop-Out
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Yesterday's retractions of articles written by Kevin Myers for the Sunday Times and the Irish Independent (8 years after pub...
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