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Relocating the Abbey Theatre

Posted by windsandbreezes on October 21st, 2009 under annoying me since 1874, living in Ireland, the stupid it hurts...  •  1 Comment

Every once in a while,  someone decides that something must be done about the Abbey Theatre. The Abbey is on Abbey street, a most unprepossessing building – you can’t call it ugly per se, but that’s because it’s too near Liberty Hall and other more iconic eyesores. It’s out of the way. The concept of [...]

How to win friends (internationally) and influence people.

Posted by windsandbreezes on October 1st, 2009 under the stupid it hurts...  •  No Comments

Germany has recently had an election. They have a new foreign Minster called, I believe, Guido Westerwelle.
This is a clip out of a recent press conference, in which a question was put to him by the BBC, for, I imagine, the BBC’s audience. If you don’t speak German, the key piece of information from the [...]