Tag Archives: Inspiration

Free on Friday - TED proves that talk isn’t cheap

  By lecraic | September 18, 2009 - 11:13 am | Featured Post, The Culch, The Internet
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TED Talks hardly need an introduction. On the offchance that you haven’t heard of them before TED is annual conference where some of the world’s brightest thinkers and doers are challenged to give the talk of the lives in about 18 minutes. The talks are all available on the TED website and there is also a handy Google spreadsheet for easy reference. Since ‘Free on Friday’ is all about free stuff, I can’t recommend these TED talks highly enough. In the best X Factor tradition, they are in no particular order. I’ve just included 5 of my own personal favourites here and suggestions from culch_ie followers on Twitter. Sir Ken Robinson - School kills creativity Hugely entertaining and thought provoking. Sir Ken Robinson believes that creativity is as important as literacy. He makes a compelling case for changing the way we educate. Our future may depend on it. About 15 minutes into the talk, … There’s more →

An apology to Mr Mike Scott

  By darraghdoyle | August 29, 2009 - 1:37 pm | Celebs, Music, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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I first met Mr Mike Scott (he of The Waterboys) at the Abbey Theatre, at the launch of their 2009/10 season. The striking poster above caught my eye immediately and I turned to David, the Abbey’s Press Officer to express my surprise and delight at the inclusion in the programme when he gestured towards the man himself, deep in conversation with someone. I was awestruck. I try to control my fanboy-ness, it being most unbecoming for a “professional”, don’t ya know. All around actors, playwrights and media people swanned, greeting each other as equals where-as I’m looking at Mike Scott - MIKE SCOTT!! - and thinking “Wow, it’s you, in the same room as me. WOW!” See, I’m a big fan of Mike Scott’s lyrical writing and of the Waterboys music. It’s one of the first “Celtic” groups I remember listening to and understanding as a teenager. A cousin had … There’s more →