The Pedagogy of Protest: The Educational Thought and Work of Patrick H. Pearse
Hamster's Wheel (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
LGBT people born today: 1879 – Patrick Pearse – Irish Poet / Author / Activist – Died 3 rd April 1916 1903 – Josephine Hutchinson – US Actress – Died 4 th June 1998 1911 – Harry Andrews – UK Actor / Singer – Died 6 th March 1989 1913 – James Broughton – US Poet / Director – Died 17 th May 1999 1924 – Phyllis...
Crime Always Pays (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Not too long to go now to the centenary of the Easter Rising of 1916, in which a tiny army of Irish rebels led by Padraig Pearse and James Connolly rose up against the might of the British Empire in a bid to slough off the shackles of oppression that had lasted 800 years. It helped, of course, that the mighty British Empire was otherwise engaged at the time, and looking the other way, bogged...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Gary Oldman will play James Connolly in an upcoming film about the 1916 rebellion. Jason Barry, the cheeky Irish bloke from , is set to direct the star-laden , which begins shooting next April. It will also feature Ian Hart as Thomas Clarke and Guy Pearce as (you’re way ahead of us) Patrick Pearse.
