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Bruce Fummey, Caxton Street Brewing Co and the Accidental Pleasures of a Brisbane Evening
What began as a routine move between three familiar Brisbane venues became an unexpected evening of Scottish history, humour and reflection. In a brewery built on…
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The Boy from Southport Who Went to War Remembering Tim Hetherington
By Tim FlynnYears after leaving Afghanistan and settling in Alice Springs, Tim Flynn rented a copy of the acclaimed documentary Restrepo. Only as the credits rolled did he…
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The Ghost Line of Milton: The Forgotten Cemetery Beneath Suncorp Stadium
Today, more than 4,400 people remain buried beneath Suncorp Stadium. Among them are founders, sheriffs, surveyors, diplomats, merchants, migrants, children, and some of the…
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Citizens' Assemblies: Why Australia and America Should Let Ordinary Citizens Help Solve Extraordinary Problems
Ireland, Canada, and the Netherlands have demonstrated that randomly selected citizens can tackle some of society's most divisive policy questions with surprising success.…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 8 - November 14
DOMHNAIGH -- On November 8, 1987, in one of the most widely…
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From the Steel City to Broadway: Peter A. Higgins: “America’s Foremost Irish Tenor”
In an era when live performance ruled and radio was just beginning to shape a nation, Peter A. Higgins rose from Pittsburgh's Steel City to the bright lights of Broadway— becoming one of America's foremost Irish tenors.An early star of radio on pioneering stations like KDKA, he went on to perform…
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THE WAR IN THE WEST: HOW THE CROWN TARGETED LOCAL LEADERS DURING THE LAND WAR
When Michael Flynn went to the gallows, the Crown portrayed him as a dangerous Land League leader. More than a century later, questions remain about the extraordinary legal…
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The War I Inherited: A Three-Dollar Coffee on Roma Street
What begins as a search for cigarettes and a three-dollar coffee becomes an unexpected journey into Brisbane's hidden history, Irish Queensland and the inheritance of old…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 1 - November 7
SATHAIRN-- On the morning of Nov. 1, 1920, two masses were celebrated at an altar that 18-year-old IRA member Kevin Barry had constructed in his jail cell in Mountjoy Jail in…
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The Architecture of Sanity: Why War Demands Authors
From the Somme to Kabul, writing has served not merely as a record of conflict, but as a refuge from it.By Tim FlynnWe often look back at the catastrophic landscape of the…
