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BACKspin: The other side of the news
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. BACKspin: The other side of the news. October 10, 2014. Have you seen him? Yes, Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Darling Leader of North Korea, is still missing. He dropped off the radar a few weeks ago and speculation has been mounting that something might have happened to him, including that he pulled a tendon, proving that he may be human. One leader who hasn’t disappeared but who was away this week was Vladimir Putin. He went to Siberia to celebrate his birthday … as ...His bir...
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BACKspin: The other side of the news
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. BACKspin: The other side of the news. October 3, 2014. As you are no doubt aware, yesterday was National Potato Day, which meant that everyone had to eat at least nine spuds. This would have been an easy enough task for most Irish people, as we have been pretty much surviving on the humble spud since the recession hit in 2008. Speaking of awful messes, the McNulty affair rumbled on. And on. And on! This led to about four million people marching on the Seanad today with the ...
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Watch out: the future is coming!
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. Watch out: the future is coming! March 27, 2015. In order to give you a headstart on other consumers, the following are five technological advances which should be commercial realities in the next couple of months (or even the next few minutes):. So, if you want to order a pizza, your iGlasses will know this several hours in advance and will already have ordered the one you will want. If you suddenly think you want to watch a film, the iGlasses will start showing the fi...
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BACKspin: The Other Side of the News
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. BACKspin: The Other Side of the News. September 19, 2014. Not so Scot free. A tumultuous few weeks in Northern England sorry, it’s still technically ‘Scotland’ despite what Queen Elizabeth II may think ended yesterday when a majority of the people there voted to remain part of the Reunited Kingdom. She had obviously campaigned hard for a No vote and had made various promises to the Scots if they stayed in the union, including offering them Wales, Prince Philip and two of he...
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Home truth: avoiding work can be a tough job
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. Home truth: avoiding work can be a tough job. March 24, 2015. In this piece for The Sunday Times, Garvan Grant, author of Trueish History of Ireland, writes that he would happily give up his day job if he had one. Of course, if the child’s mother gets involved, it takes about four seconds. When that happens, I always feel the need to explain the rationale behind my parenting skills. I stop explaining when I realise they’ve both left the house already. Then I pick on the tee...
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A Question of Culture
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. A Question of Culture. April 13, 2015. Here’s the full version of the Q&A piece done for the Irish Independent on March 29th, 2015. O. Nline piece is here:. Http:/ www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/a-question-of-art-with-garvan-grant-author-31094255.html. Anyone who has ever written a properly researched, serious history book. They are my all-time heroes! Best advice on writing you’ve ever heard? By James Joyce. And I even plan to read it some day. Home I took t...
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Ten Ways To Beat The Water Charges
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. Ten Ways To Beat The Water Charges. September 30, 2014. From tomorrow, as you may possibly have heard, you will be charged for every drop of water you use. There are plenty of obvious ways to keep your costs down, such as not washing, not drinking water and living on a remote beach in north-west Donegal. Did you know that if you fold dirty clothes and put them back in your wardrobe, they automatically clean themselves within 24 hours? Even better, there are now special perf...
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2015 May
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. From the monthly archives:. Never try to change the past. May 20, 2015. First it was the slaves wanting their freedom. Then it was the women wanting their vote. Now it’s the gays wanting to get married. Where will the madness end? Will we eventually have to make everybody equal in the eyes of the law? Will we have to grant basic human rights to anyone claiming to […]. Read the full article. On The Sacred and the Profane. On The Sacred and the Profane. Download winrar for xp.
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Barack Obama
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. A few words for President Obama. November 10, 2012. Dear President Obama,* First of all, many congratulations on winning your second term as president of the US of A, which is still, as y’all know, the greatest goddamned country on the planet. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy — though this is particularly true when the only other guy it could possibly […]. Read the full article. The race that’s not about race. October 27, 2012. Read the full article. March 12, 2012.
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Laughing from the sidelines
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From the desk of Garvan Grant. Laughing from the sidelines. April 22, 2015. Satirists are often accused of carping from the margins and achieving nothing but Garvan Grant, author of a light-hearted new look at Irish history, tells Fiona Ness of The Sunday Business Post that they contribute to a healthier society. Irish people tend to go to a lot of funerals, says Grant. As a teenager I used to be shocked at funerals where I would have thought there should be grief and unhappiness, and instead there w...
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