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Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Personal, Random Wonderfulness, Society, Technology, Web Stuff on Apr 4th, 2011
To celebrate our 500th post, we Anti-Roomers share how the internet has changed our lives for the better – and the worse. We’d love to hear your early internet stories, life-changing online experiences and whether you love or loathe the interweb… Anna Carey The first time I went online was in 1994. I had read [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Blast From the Past, Family, Ireland on Mar 17th, 2011
We girls loved St Patrick’s day when we were little. We always went to the parade, green rosettes pinned to our best coats, our hair tied with green ribbons. The parade was fairly harmless in those days, mostly consisting of bands, majorettes and people waving unenthusiastically from the backs of flatbed trucks. But we never [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Books on Mar 5th, 2011
To celebrate World Book Night (when over a million books are being given away), we asked some AntiRoomers what book their favourite book to give someone else is…What would you give away? Jude Leavy: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham There are a host of reasons for buying this book for anyone. Its charms [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Blast From the Past, Humour, Men, Personal, Relationships on Feb 14th, 2011
Lisa McInerney: I remember well the February 14th I realised Valentine’s Day was not for me. I was eighteen, lurching through drizzle to get to a lecture, when a friend stopped me and asked excitedly what I had gotten for my boyfriend. “Nothing,” I said. “Am I supposed to?” For I had thought Valentine’s Day [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Film on Jan 21st, 2011
Darren Aronovsky’s Black Swan is probably the most hyped film of the year. Natalie Portman is tipped for an Oscar, having won the Golden Globe for best actress. This is a gothic fairy tale based on the ballet Swan Lake, telling the story of Nina, who gets her dream role as the swan queen. Her white [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post on Dec 31st, 2010
Some of our Anti Room writers share their New Year’s resolutions – what are yours, if any? Nuala Ní Chonchúir I am a firm believer in New Year’s resolutions. I know January is not the jolliest month for many but I like it because it’s my birth month. I also love the freshness of the [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Family, Personal, Random Wonderfulness, Relationships on Dec 23rd, 2010
We won’t be posting much over Christmas, so while we’re off eating our own weight in Cadbury’s Roses, watching Doctor Who and Upstairs Downstairs, and trying to stop children and pets climbing the Christmas tree, we’ll leave you with these memories of Christmas past from several of the Anti-Roomers… SINEAD GLEESON There is no other [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Books on Dec 13th, 2010
FICTION Damon Galgut – In a Strange Room (Bloomsbury) Originally published as three short pieces in The Paris Review, this exceptional work blurs the line between fiction and memoir, novel and short story. It follows its protagonist through three different stories, which are titled as roles that Damon sees himself in – The Follower, The Lover [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Family, Personal, Television on Nov 26th, 2010
Every year on a Friday, some weeks before Christmas, RTE’s Late Late Show hosts The Toy Show. Running for over 35 years ago, it’s a rite-of-passage for Irish children growing up. Some Anti Room contributor’s share their memories… As a child I, along with my many, many sisters and lone brother, was always allowed to [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Ireland, Women on Aug 24th, 2010
Yes, it’s that time of year again. The time when lovely girls from all over the world head to Tralee to sing songs, do a dance, tell stories and exchange awkward small talk with a lovely boy in a tuxedo. Four Anti-Room writers give their thoughts on the Rose of Tralee. ELEANOR FITZSIMONS Tonight the [...]
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