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Una Mullally

Society, life and culture on the edge

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Screen shot 2013-07-30 at 13.30.32 Shut Up!

Quitting chatter and going offline are having a moment.

Screen shot 2013-07-23 at 11.15.03 Julie Feeney: “I like the proximity of extremities of emotion on stage.”

Feeney is in full flight with her new operatic project, Bird. (Photo by Brenda Fitzsimmons)

Screen shot 2013-07-15 at 12.51.23 Panti Unstitched

She can hold an audience in the palm of her hand, or round up a crowd with a click of her well-manicured fingers – so how did Rory O’Neill go from being a small-town boy in Co Mayo to becoming Panti, the grande dame of Dublin’s gay scene?

Screen shot 2013-07-11 at 17.50.26 Felix Dennis: “It’s really about sensing trends and having the arrogance to think, ‘I know I’m right.’ ”

Here’s an interview I did with Felix Dennis recently that appears in today’s paper. He was an absolute treat, and utterly polite. Anyone who is heading to the Button Factory for his reading this evening or his one in Cork is in for a good buzz.

Picture 4 Kanye West is better than you: the Yeezus review

I listened to the album a bajillion times (approx) and this is what I think.

Picture 27 Forbidden Fruit video report

Watch The Ticket’s video from Forbidden Fruit.

Screen Shot 2013-05-14 at 10.20.43 Angelina Jolie writes about her dramatic medical decision.

The actor has undergone a preventative double mastectomy.

Picture 11 Attention interns past and present: we’re looking for your stories.

(Cartoon via the New Yorker)