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Una Mullally

Society, life and culture on the edge

Daily Digest

Daily Digest: Tuesday

Channel 5 announce Ben Frow as their new director of programming. Interesting perspective, and a growing one, on the role of gay marriage in the institution of marriage itself. Closer to home, Gilmore wants a referendum on same-sex marriage. The …

Daily Digest: Monday

Voice of Elmo, Kevin Clash, takes a break from Sesame Street following underage sex allegations. ‘Catfish’ is now a programme on MTV. Kool Thing remix Telepathe’s ‘Destroyer’. Photos from a cannabis farm. What Irish architecture could learn from zine culture. …

Daily Digest: Friday

Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in prison. Bahahahahaha. Little girl tells Kate Middleton she “hates princesses”. Totes awks bbz. Cloud Atlas (the movie) is galumphing and heavy-handed according to Slate. Galumphing? In other Cloud Atlas news, Lana …

Daily Digest: Wednesday

Love these Vans. Google Street View goes into the wild. Dita Von Teese interview in which she talks about nipple hair. A blimp carrying a Mitt Romney presidential campaign slogan that read ‘America Needs Romney’ crashed in Florida earlier this …

Daily Digest: Tuesday

Patrick Freyne interviews the awesome Joe Sacco in today’s newspaper. Eddie Hobbs’ Wall Street Journal rant where he accuses Enda Kenny of leading “a Vichy government.” Bobby Womack wants to record an album with Lana Del Rey. Castletown Town Council …

Monday Morning Digest

Paul Kimmage on Lance Armstrong. James Blunt quits the music industry. He sold 11 million albums and is now chilling in Ibiza. Not bad going really. Eamon Gilmore says there is no timetable for legislation on gender recognition. Madonna’s ‘Erotica’ …

Daily Digest: Wednesday

Interesting piece by Jim Carroll on What Richard Did, following up from Shane Hegarty’s column on the film. Developing apps before their teens. Beyonce is doing next year’s Superbowl halftime show. A guide to celebrity Halloween parties. Dublin’s lesser spotted …

Daily Digest: Tuesday

How videogames are changing Disney. TV3′s Director of Programming, Ben Frow, is leaving. Just how many Facebook friends do you actually need? That Girls Aloud tune in full. The debate deal Romney and Obama agreed on. People keep nicking paintings. …