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Lord Snowdon

Posted on Jan 13, 2017 in latest | no responses

Farewell to Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and son of Anne Messel (later Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse) of Birr Castle, Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland who with John Betjeman was a founder of the Victorian Society. A Polio victim in his youth, among his many other accomplishments he was a fearless campaigner for the […]

Farewell Peter Sarstedt

Posted on Jan 8, 2017 in latest | no responses

Singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt, best known for the song Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) which reflected the jaded zeitgeist at the end of the sixties, has died at the age of 75. The song topped the UK singles charts in February 1969 and remained number one for four weeks. It was also number one […]

George Michael

Posted on Dec 26, 2016 in latest | no responses

“For illustrious men have the whole earth for their tomb.” Pericles’ RIP Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou Like a warrior that fights And wins the battle I know the taste of victory Though I went through some nights Consumed by shadows I was crippled emotionally Remembering #GeorgeMichael in milestones https://t.co/0vAj8BvKQ7 pic.twitter.com/4SlYwi044O — USA TODAY Multimedia (@usatodayvideo) December […]

Freddie Mercury – 25 Years

Posted on Nov 24, 2016 in latest | no responses

It seems not long ago but it was in fact 25 years ago on this day that the world lost a great musician, performer and cultural icon, Freddie Mercury lead singer of Queen, British rock legend Freddie Mercury, the Queen frontman, died on November 24, 1991 from bronchopneumonia that resulted from a years-long battle with […]

So Long Leonard Cohen

Posted on Nov 11, 2016 in latest | no responses

So long Leonard Cohen – Poet, Balladeer, part of our lives and a great and honest witness to the human condition. Who knows, if he had played the harmonica more he might have received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Baruch dayan emet. The Canadian singer, songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen has died aged 82. The […]

Steve Biko

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 in latest | no responses

Steve Biko died at the age of 31 while in police custody at the Walmer Police Station, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape on 12th September 1977 – he was murdered 39 years ago by a white racist regime which was then supported by all the “Freedom Loving Democracies.” The power of his life still resonates. […]

Tom Kettle Centenary

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 in Ireland | no responses

The 100th Anniversary of the death of the Poet, Politician and Barrister, Tom Kettle was remembered last Friday in a moving ceremony at his memorial in Stephen’s Green, Dublin. Thomas Michael Kettle was born in 1880 in County Dublin. At University College Dublin (UCD) in 1897, he was a politically active student with aspirations for […]

Duke of Westminster dies

Posted on Aug 10, 2016 in latest | no responses

It may surprise you that the Skibbereen Eagle laments the death at the relatively early age of 64 of Gerald Grosvenor, the 6th Duke of Westminster. The Duke was a complex and interesting man, Irish by birth and upbringing and he was passionate about helping those less fortunate than him, working for many years with […]

Ode for William the Worm

Posted on Aug 9, 2016 in Food | no responses

When Wes Metcalfe bought a cucumber from a Tesco shop in Dinnington, Sheffield, he did not expect it to come with a dead worm. So put off was he by the creature wedged inside the packaging, that he turned to Facebook to let Tesco know why it would be a while before he tucked into […]

So long, Marianne

Posted on Aug 7, 2016 in latest | no responses

Leonard Cohen penned a poignant final letter to his dying muse Marianne Ihlen, a longtime friend of hers revealed on Canadian radio. Ihlen, whom Cohen wrote about in So Long, Marianne and Bird on a Wire, died in Norway on 28 July, aged 81. Cohen met her as a 23 year old on the Greek […]