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Interview: Richard Hawley

November 28, 2015 by Tony Clayton-Lea

  “Age is a terrible price to pay for wisdom,” says Richard Hawley as he picks up a biscuit to dunk into his steaming hot cup of tea. He’s repeating an epigram his father had said to him on his deathbed, and in that stoic English working class way, Hawley stops, draws breath, dunks his … Read more Interview: Richard Hawley

Categories Features, Music Tags Dingle, Jarvis Cocker, Other Voices, Pulp, Richard Hawley

Interview: Aiden Gillen

December 14, 2012November 26, 2012 by Tony Clayton-Lea

Let’s hear it for theatre companies, however small; if it were not for these often under-funded bodies, how else would the many actors we have come to know (yet not always love) come up through the ranks? In the case of Irish actor, Aidan Gillen, it is debatable what direction his life might have taken … Read more Interview: Aiden Gillen

Categories Actors, Film Tags Aiden Gillen, Dark Knight Rises, Other Voices

48 Hours In: Dingle

December 13, 2012October 23, 2012 by Tony Clayton-Lea

There is such a surfeit of culture in the Dingle region that if someone could process it, and distil its essence into some kind of chemical compound, it could service the yoghurt industry forever. If that seems like some fanciful notion from a recently bewitched visitor, then so be it.   Frankly, Dingle is a … Read more 48 Hours In: Dingle

Categories Europe, Travel Tags Dingle, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Other Voices

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I am an Irish-based freelance journalist/writer/editor who writes mostly on music, pop culture, film and travel for a variety of print and online outlets.

Email: tclaytonlea@gmail.com

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