{"id":290,"date":"2012-07-10T07:15:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T07:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=290"},"modified":"2012-07-10T07:15:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T07:15:48","slug":"irish-culture-and-the-way-it-might-not-look-at-you-banter-032-july-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/irish-culture-and-the-way-it-might-not-look-at-you-banter-032-july-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Culture and the Way It Might Not Look At You (032, July 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banter<\/a>‘s annual\u00a0odyssey to Donegal for the\u00a0Earagail Arts Festival<\/a>\u00a0lead us to the late, great painter Derek Hill’s kitchen (complete with a Picasso on the wall) at\u00a0the\u00a0Glebe House and Gallery<\/a>\u00a0in Churchill just outside Letterkenny for the\u00a0Glebe Cultural Summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our contribution to the Summit was Irish Culture and The Way It Might Not Look at You. <\/strong>This\u00a0saw film-maker\u00a0Lenny Abrahamson<\/a>, performer\u00a0Little John Nee<\/a>, Dublin Fringe director\u00a0R\u00f3ise Goan<\/a>\u00a0and writer and broadcaster Sinead Gleeson<\/a>\u00a0taking part in a lengthy, intriguing, entertaining and provocative look at how Irish culture, from books to films to theatre, has dealt with – or has not dealt with – the issues and stories of the Irish boom and bust. Thanks to Derek O’Connor, Paul Brown and all at the Earagail Arts Festival for their help with this one.<\/p>\n

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Derek Hill’s kitchen.\u00a0<\/em>Photo by Ianthe Ruthven\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Banter‘s annual\u00a0odyssey to Donegal for the\u00a0Earagail Arts Festival\u00a0lead us to the late, great painter Derek Hill’s kitchen (complete with a Picasso on the wall) at\u00a0the\u00a0Glebe House and Gallery\u00a0in Churchill just outside Letterkenny for the\u00a0Glebe Cultural Summit. Our contribution to the Summit was Irish Culture and The Way It Might Not Look at You. This\u00a0saw film-maker\u00a0Lenny … <\/p>\n