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Una Mullally

Society, life and culture on the edge

Daily Digest

Daily Digest: Monday

Trailer for a new Irish film about boy racers, ‘Black Ice’ Country star Mindy McCreedy found dead. Eight lessons from Beyonce’s HBO documentary ‘Life Is But A Dream’. Great article by Malachy Clerkin in the weekend’s paper about the Irish …

Daily Digest: Friday

The web series Video Game High School is rocking Kickstarter. Great Johnny Marr interview by Lauren Murphy in today’s Ticket. Crazy, crazy meteor. This is the panel I’m most looking forward to at SXSW next month. The Anatomy of Amanda …

Daily Digest: Tuesday

Fascinating article in Esquire about the guy who shot Osama bin Laden. A university in Canada has set up a Puppy Room to destress students during exams. Iggy Pop’s 2012 rider. Debt deal is normalising the Irish freak show, by …

Daily Digest: Friday

Good interview with Mano Le Tough in Totally Dublin this month. TimeSpace is an initiative from the New York Times that invites start-ups work from their office. The photoshopped memes of a bygone era: tall tale postcards. Miriam Lord on Enda …

Daily Digest: Friday

The Meteor Choice Music Prize Song Of The Year nominees are out. Great to see Le Galaxie feat. Elaine Mai’s ‘Love System’ in there. What a tune! A pen that vibrates when you make a mistake. Everything comes first circle …

Daily Digest: Tuesday

The making of ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ For all the doubters who don’t believe in shiny things at the end of the rainbow. Ker-ching. Really bad reasons a guy called Jerry Boykin has given for banning women from combat missions …

Daily Digest: Monday

The SAG Awards list of winners. Great column from Shane Hegarty on Irish stereotypes. Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Grizzly Bear curating ATP event in London. How the personal finance industry patronises women. The gendering of personal finances by talking heads …

Monday Morning Digest

A lot has been written about the death of Aaron Swartz. I interviewed him last year for an article about the then mooted Facebook IPO. Peter Crawley reviews The Theatre Machine Turns You On Vol.3. The new Nialler9 podcast is …