Brave New World, the new cinema of the 2010s [Part II]: big movies, small stories.
The second installment of my analysis of "Brave New World" of 2010s cinema involves examples spanning the globe from the U.S., England, Ireland and Russia.
Ireland’s Alcatraz: Spike Island was once “Hell on Earth.”
The History With a Twist blog takes us to one of the darkest holes in all of Europe during its heyday, and now one of Ireland's most popular attractions.
David Lawlor’s The Best Streets in the World.
History blogger David Lawlor gives his answer to Robert Horvat's question about which five streets in the world he finds the most interesting.
Historic Photo: Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland, about 1900.
Modernity is slowly replacing the old ways in this view of turn-of-the-century Ireland.
Announcing “Second Decade” history podcast, Episode 3: The Last Frost Fair.
Episode 3 of the history podcast takes us to the frozen streets of London in the winter of 1813-14, where something happened that will never happen again.
Metal for Friday: Riot “Liberty” [audio].
A power metal anthem celebrating freedom is entirely appropriate today.
Interiors: Sean’s Bar, Athlone, Ireland, the oldest pub in Europe.
People have been getting plowed at this Irish pub every weekend for the last 1100 years.
Earth: Wreck of the MV Plassey, Inisheer Island, Ireland.
This ship wrecked here in a storm in 1960, and it's been here ever since.
Earth Tour: Three medieval battle sites in (less than) two minutes. [video]
See what three famous medieval battle sites look like today on Google Earth.
The long reach of war: the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
Ninety-nine years ago today, on May 7, 1915, a passenger ship called the Lusitania sank off the coast of Ireland. Most people have heard of this [...]