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Archive for February, 2007

Early in January, when promo clips for the Irish TV show Dan & Becs (RTÉ) began to find their way onto the net, initial reponses ran the gamut from confusion to revulsion. “Please, please, please tell me this is a piss-take,” went one online comment. “This is serious?” asked someone else. “Is this show reality [...]

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First Published: The Irish Times, February 3, 2007
WAITING FOR Bill Nighy in a cafe on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, I find myself sinking into a state of deep dread. There’s no easy way to put it – this cafe is a dive. In fact, I realise, this cafe is a pub. A dark, subterranean, regulars-only [...]

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