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Poem | The Druid

Peter Doolan/January 6, 2019January 6, 2019

A druid in the wilderness he did proclaim Himself the very keeper of the dawn And be they high in…

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Story | Incognito

Conor Purcell/December 9, 2018December 12, 2018
I thought of being propelled towards a new existence, somewhere, a fresh state rather than a new place. For an eternity of time I believed that things should last forever, and when they did not I would look for something alternative, something like a religion....
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Orbits View | Tech’s Act of Contrition

Wide Orbits/November 8, 2018November 13, 2018
At Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, making amends is front and centre on the agenda The last few years have seen a shift in public opinion towards Big Tech. From the Cambridge Analytica debacle to a myriad of data breaches, the introduction of the General...
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Music | Loney Dear At The Workman’s Club

Gerard Lynch/July 3, 2018July 3, 2018
In the almost 10 years since this reviewer last encountered Emil Svanängen, the Jönköping-born talent behind the Loney Dear moniker, in an intimate Sugar Club performance, he’s gone and changed his style. For reasons potentially related to the parlous state of the gig economy, or...
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