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 ...

This thesis documents the results of a PhD research project which focuses on investigating the underlying psychological processes that can explain adults’ motivations for listening to self-identified sad music when feeling ...

There is very little critical analysis of the relatively new policy of Service User Involvement (SUI) in Irish mental-health services (MHS), in spite of lessons from decades of SUI practice internationally. SUI is endorsed ...

This booklet, version 1 (2016), was created to provide a rich source of information to support set dancing teachers who teach people with Parkinson’s disease. It was developed for use by set dancing teachers. It is ...

This article examines the connections between Thomas Pynchon's V. and the work of W. B. Yeats, arguing that it is not only Yeats as poet, but also Yeats as mage, who interests Pynchon. It shows what part is played in V. ...

This chapter explores how a pop song can become (and remain) a critical site for counter-hegemonic expression, through the creative manipulation of discursive, structural, sonic, and somatic elements. ‘The Slum Mums’, ...