It seems that the Daddy of Twitter, Stephen Fry has decided to quit the Tweeting citing “too much aggression and unkindness” as the cause for his departure. Fry has caused a kerfuffle on the micro-blogging site leading to finger pointing and cries for the famous presenter, writer, pod-caster, actor, academic not to abandon his followers which number close to 1 million. It has yet to be seen if Fry will stand his ground on the decision.
The 54th Corona Cork Film Festival is kicking off today 1 November in Cork for 7 days, ending next Sunday 8 November. In venues such as the Cork Opera House, Gate Cinema and Kino Cinema, this festival looks like it will have something for everyone with a huge variety of galas, features, shorts and documentaries to be enjoyed. There are a huge number of elements to this festival, here’s a quick look at them: Documentaries: in all, 33 documentaries will be shown over the week on subjects as diverse as Eddie Macken, the horse rider (Eddie Macken: True Legend) and ‘a searing indictment of the Coca Cola empire in ‘The Coca Cola Case’. Made In Cork Short Films: a series of sixteen short films made in Cork, shown over two nights Monday 2 November and Tuesday 3 November in the Kino Cinema. Irish Shorts: a collection of 32 Irish made … There’s more
