Five days before Christmas, when I would normally be buying presents, munching mince pies and knocking back mulled wine, I took part in 24- Hour Plays at Hull Truck Theatre. Following in the footsteps of the Old Vic and Theatre Royal Bath, this was Truck’s first 24-hour event, festively entitled The Anti-Panto Plays. Taking on the [...]

Kevin O’Brien is a 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Co. Kerry, Ireland. Having fallen in love with music at a young age, he spent his teens writing songs, playing chords and giving his all to the  group gigs he played throughout Ireland. Now a presenter on UL FM radio, Kevin studies Music, Media and Performance Technology at [...]

“It is not enough merely to love literature, if one wishes to spend one’s life as a writer. It is a dangerous undertaking on the most primitive level. For, it seems to me, the act of writing with serious intent involves enormous personal risk. It entails the ongoing courage for self-discovery. It means one will [...]

Every writer has experienced days when their great intentions to produce a literary masterpiece have quickly succumbed to the multiple distractions of modern life. For me, the main contributor to my lack of motivation stems from the Internet – as soon as I turn on my laptop, I do a quick round up of various [...]