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The Dissident

March 15, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

The Dissident is a movie that you should see. We watched it in the Virgin Media DIFF (Dublin International Film Festival) which was streamed to our living room. You may be able to catch it online from Prime from April 1st.

I spotted an interesting skyscape this evening.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: bryan fogel, dublin international film festival, irish PEN, jamal khashoggi, movies, photos, saudi arabia, turkey, vmdiff

Collective Responsibility

January 21, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

A fire killed 27 in a nightclub, injuring many more. Yet the death toll was 64. Then a sports newspaper investigated the circumstances of the fire and found government corruption on a mind-numbing scale. How come it was a sports newspaper? How did they have the resources to do it? How did their management approve it?

Two years ago today: Baptistery Window with 195 lights of stained glass designed by John Piper
Coventry Cathedral © Simon Robinson 2019
Fuji X-T3 | Fuji XF18-55 F2.8-4 R LM OIS | 42 mm | 1/6s | f/5.6 | ISO 160 | handheld1
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: corruption perception index, irish PEN, john piper, journalism, movies, travel

Imprisoned Writers

November 15, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

Today is a day for us to recall that there are myriad writers incarcerated in many intolerant countries. Perhaps more significantly, The Day of The Imprisoned Writer is also a commemoration of the writers killed since the previous year’s Day of The Imprisoned Writer.

Fallen words raised by braille © Simon Robinson 2016.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: ahmet altan, amnesty international, chimengül awut, day of the imprisoned writer, irish PEN, kakwenza rukirabashaija, lyra mckee, michael d higgins, osman kavala, paola ugaz, PEN international, sedigeh vasmaghi, writers in prison commitee

Other People’s Words

September 2, 2020 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

Other people’s thoughts often provide the focus for my own musings. And I’ll admit that there are many days when I think that other people’s words convey my thoughts better than I can express them for myself. Today has been one of those days.

This seal isn’t alone surfacing for oxygen today.
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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir Tagged With: belarus, birds, irish independent, irish PEN, lia mills, photos, thejournal.ie, tim harford

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