by Orna Ross | Apr 26, 2017 | Fiction |
Below are three of my favorite readings of Yeats's poetry. The first is from Bob Geldof's flawed but fabulous program for RTE TV, Fanatic Heart. Liam Neeson Reads “Easter 1916” The second reading is from the film adaptation of every book lover's must-read...
by Orna Ross | Apr 4, 2016 | Fiction |
“It was all ‘father, oh father’,” Bob Geldof says, mimicking a pious female voice addressing a priest. Then in his own voice: “Fuck off, you’re not my father.” Geldof is railing against Irish groveling to the Roman Catholic church in Fanatic Heart, a documentary...