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Continue reading →: John Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman
Eoin Purcell Image owned by dvdbramhall, cc Battles & Such Some years ago I read a fascinating biography of John Hawkwood an English condottiero (mercenary) in 14th century Italy. His story was a fascinating one. It was called John Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman and it was written by Frances Stonor Saunders.…
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Continue reading →: Guardian innovates
Eoin Purcell Open Platform In what seems like a smart play to me the Guardian has created an API and a data tool. The API puts articles and news features (and crucuially advertising from The Guardian) onto partner websites and the data tools allows access to a number of curated…
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Continue reading →: Arthur Griffith: The Free State's Lost Leader
Eoin Purcell ** Ourselves Alone Whereas my last post on Irish history discussed the 90th Anniversary of the first Dáil, and the post previous to that talked about WT Cosgrave, this post deals with a man whose life and views impacted both the career of Cosgrave and the very formation…
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Continue reading →: Who didn’t enjoy World Book Day?
Eoin Purcell I did enjoy World Book Day! Mainly because I attended two great readings by upcoming Mercier authors, Susan Connolly, whose Damsel will be released this month and Kieran Mark Crowley whose Colm & The Lazarus Key is out on June 24. See them in action below. They were…
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Continue reading →: Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 05/03/2009
You have to wonder what goes on in the heads of publishing firms sometimes. A week after closing teh Collins division in the US, HarperCollins announces a new one (It Books) focused: on pop culture, sports, style and content derived from the Internet, like a planned collection of Twitter posts…
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