Daragh Carville on Girl from the North Country Old Vic, August 2, 2017 On the night of August 2, it was impossible to watch Girl from the North Country, Conor McPherson’s new play incorporating the songs of Bob Dylan, without thinking of Sam Shepard, whose
Daragh Carville in conversation with Ian Martin The Storey Institute, Lancaster July 7, 2017 Warning: may contain swearing Comedy writer Ian Martin first came to public attention as the ‘swearing consultant’ for Armando Iannucci’s political satire The Thick of It (2005 – 2012). There’s a
Daragh Carville on Paul Muldoon and PJ Harvey, Lancaster Words Festival, July 7, 2017 2013 saw the publication of The Word on the Street, the first collection of song lyrics by the poet Paul Muldoon. Then in 2015 came The Hollow of the Hand, the first
Rewatching The Godfather On Saturday March 11 I went to see The Godfather at the London Palladium – with a live orchestra accompaniment – in the company of my son. It’s a film I’ve seen many times, a film I use as a touchstone in