Pierrot the clown is a recurring figure in David Bowie’s oeuvre. In this article we examine Bowie’s use of Pierrot in his self-directed homemade video for the single release of ‘Love is Lost’ (2013). The article demonstrates ...

Irish society continues to reel in the aftershock of the 2008 global financial crisis, particularly since the government socialised the massive liabilities of private banks. Sensitized to antagonistic social relations ...

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Thoughts on where Scottish Traditional dancing is at in 2006. Traditions are forever changing and evolving but I see the pace of this change accelerating. The processes of change of yesteryear were slower but many aspects ...

The Arctic to date has been a relatively peaceful and stable region in global politics, having successfully undergone a major transformation from being a strategic military theatre during the Cold War to a circumpolar ...

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The author was employed to evaluate the potential for music therapy in an elderly rehabilitation and continuing care service. She was required to review current service provision, provide recommendations for a future ...

Strategic planning has become a cornerstone in the management of Irish universities, responding initially to the 1997 Universities Act and more recently to a national and international policy environment. Irish universities ...

Third-level institutions in western society are educating an increasingly feminised student body, with female students now outnumbering males. Professor Pat O’Connor’s research has highlighted the gap between the ...

Thematising Irish in the media reflects the complex and contradictory sociolinguistic and language-ideological situation in Ireland. This article explores some of that complexity by investigating a thread on an online ...