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Existentialism on Main Street: The Rock & Roll Philosophy of Albert Camus

Chris Price | Posted 04.03.2013 | Home
Chris Price

On 4 January 1960 Albert Camus, the writer, absurdist philosopher and beloved intellectual pin-up of post-war France, was returning to Paris from his home in Provence after the Christmas holiday. Just short of his destination, the Facel Vega in which he was a passenger skidded off the road and concertinaed into a tree, killing him instantly.

The David Bowie Legacy

Melissa Mostyn-Thomas | Posted 12.12.2012 | Home
Melissa Mostyn-Thomas

The latest event to commemorate rock's best-known chameleon is Strange Fascination?, a three-day symposium taking place at Limerick University in a fortnight's time, where his many stage personae will undoubtedly be dissected many times over.