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This blog contains articles on culture as well as a database of Realist and Social Realist art from around the world by Irish artist Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin. These paintings can be viewed country by country by clicking on the list of countries and themes down the right-hand side of the blog. The artwork of Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, consisting of cityscapes of Dublin, images based on Irish history and other work with social/political themes, can be seen at www.gaelart.net.

Sunday, April 23, 2023

The Art of Deception: Learning to Speak One-Percent

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Title screen for the HBO series , Succession. Review of Succession (contains spoilers) by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin      "In ancient Ro...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

Changing Society: Nature, Life, and Resistance in Culture Today

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Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) and White Tiger (2021)   (Spoiler alert) Book cover of The White Tiger (2008) “None are more hopelessl...
Monday, March 20, 2023

Every St Patrick's Day, Everywhere, All at Once: A Disaster for Ireland

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  March 17 is traditionally St Patrick's Day, a day when 'Irishness' is celebrated all over the world. This date is traditional...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Dubai Superlatives: The Power of Excessive Wealt

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Questions From a Worker Who Reads (Bertolt Brecht 1935) Who built Thebes of the 7 gates ? In the books you will read the names of kings. Did...
Saturday, February 25, 2023

Samira’s Dream (Ndoto Ya Samira) (2022): Living and Learning Against the Odds

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A Documentary Film Review   By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin Samira is a young Zanzibari woman who had a big dream. To leave home, have a family...
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