neil-jordan

‘I go to my local cinema … normally sitting in a totally empty hall’ – The Irish Times

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Neil Jordan looks well. He leans in to catch the odd missed word, but, , now 76, he is still light on his feet and thoughtful in his conversation. Nobody talks quite like him. Apparently random ideas still pop out of nowhere. Questions are answered by sometimes puzzling counter-questions. Digressions progress to the bottom of … Read more

All of Ireland’s Academy Award wins, including two doubles and a triple – The Irish Times

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George Bernard Shaw Adapted screenplay, 1939 George Bernard Shaw on a visit in Los Angeles answering questions from the American journalists around him. Photograph: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images Yes, yes, George Bernard Shaw and Bob Dylan are the only people to have won both an Oscar and Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw, also the first … Read more