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James Joyce, Music and Mike Roddy’s Sister – what’s the story?
Zoom – we will miss you when this Covid thingy is finally over and done with. You have become such an integral part of our lives. You have kept us connected with friends, family and business associates. You are so good that I have heard more than one senior mutter...
Cristina Abaca introduces us to Jorge Luis Borges
I recently had a quick look at Zoom’s corporate website where I found this statement: ‘Being separated from our teams, our family, and our friends is never easy. But even in the most trying of times, we’ve loved seeing you find new ways to come together on Zoom’. Zoom...
Robert Walsh asks, ‘What’s the point?’
Well, now that the 'powers that be' are relaxing (note: not removing) Covid imposed restrictions, one wonders how many more Zoom meetings the FJT Wednesday Group will hold before re-joining the real world and reconvening in Fitzies again. I, for one, hope that we...
‘Covid’ Bloomsday Celebrated by the Friends of Joyce Tower Society
Well, we said that it would be a very different Bloomsday this year - and so it was. Sadly, our iconic tower remains closed due to Covid-19 but we could not let that dampen our celebration of this, the most significant date, in the Joycean calendar. The day began...
Kieran McBride presents some Oliver St. John Gogarty Poems
Hmmm… while it seems so benign, there are clearly some worrying aspects to Zoom meetings. Some questions to be asked. Some things that need to be cleared up. For example: are these meetings secure? If reports are to be believed, there is a grave danger that our...
Three Joycean Films by Bruce Arnold – a Bloomsday Treat
The Friends of Joyce Tower Society (FJT), in collaboration with DLR Lexicon, is delighted to offer you a unique opportunity to see three rarely screened films on the life and work of James Joyce as part of its Virtual Bloomsday celebrations. The films are: 'The...
Heinz Lechleiter takes us on a Magical Mystery Tour
It must be noted that, as our prowess at this Zoom app thingy continues to reach ever higher standards, so too does the quality of our pre-session chitchat. With other members noticing the various alarming and deteriorating coiffure among fellow participants as they...
FJT Zoom Group – Patricia Cronin introduces JG Farrell
Well, it’s week whatever of lock-down (seems like years!) and we’re all in dire need of a haircut, we’re going stir crazy and we’re beginning to question the very origins of this pandemic that has changed our lives for the foreseeable future. Cue the conspiracy...
Joseph Campbell, Jean Erdman & James Joyce – Mary MacKenna
It occurs to me that the start of a Zoom meeting is a bit like the beginning of an orchestral performance. Firstly, there is the tuning of various instruments. This equates, in Zoom, to the various greetings and welcomes to the session and the small-talk of the...
