Yellow Roman Candles has moved to www.yellowromancandles.ie. See you there.
Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
The large white horse in the room
In Art, Environment, Urban environment on February 10, 2009 at 6:50 pm
In another week where Brian Dobson has nothing but bad news to report on Six One there is something happening across the water to smile about.
Turner Prize winning artist Mark Wallinger has won the £2 million commission to build the so-called ‘Angel of the South’ in North Kent.
Wallinger’s creation, a large white horse that will stand at 50m tall, will be pretty amazing to look at. It may not be the most orthodox of public art installations but how ridiculously fabulous will it be for people who live in the surrounding areas to wake up every morning and see a huge white horse dominating the landscape?
Residents are planning on protesting. I really hope they fail.
When Dobson finally asks the last person off the island to turn the light off I’m moving to Kent.
Ten things to love about Temple Bar
In Culture, Dublin, Music, Urban environment on November 28, 2008 at 11:22 am
Temple Bar gets a hard time – from Lonely Planet, from Frank McDonald, probably from a lot of people living in Dublin. But for all its obvious problems, which I won’t bother with here, it’s got a lot going for it too. So here’s the obligatory top ten list – I have no idea if I can fill it.
