Bloomsday
# bloomsday - Saturday 16 June, 2012
The Daily Fix: Saturday
All the day’s main news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed.
In pictures: a rainy Bloomsday across Ireland
A number of politicians – including the President of Ireland – have got into the spirit of things today.
Happy Bloomsday: 7 facts about James Joyce and Ulysses
(Includes one obligatory fact about the eighties cartoon Ulysses 31)
Poll: Have you read Ulysses?
Today Ireland is celebrating James Joyce’s doorstop novel. But have you actually read it?
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things to know this morning…
What the Blooming hell is going on today?
It’s Bloomsday today, celebrating the work of James Joyce. What’s going on around the country?
# bloomsday - Thursday 14 June, 2012
James Joyce in Paris: 4 things you may not have known
Ahead of Bloomsday, travel writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan went to Paris on the trail of author James Joyce – and was surprised by the things he learned about his time there…
# bloomsday - Saturday 31 December, 2011
Joyce copyright lifted from tomorrow
The copyright on the works of James Joyce expires on 1 January 2012 – meaning that for the first time, his published and unpublished writings will be in the public domain.
# bloomsday - Thursday 16 June, 2011
The Daily Fix: Thursday
All the news of the day, plus some bits and pieces you may have missed.
Software developer cracks Ulysses puzzle “to cross Dublin without passing a pub”
Rory McCann uses a mapping algorithm to solve an 111-year-old puzzle first posed by Leopold Bloom in ‘Ulysses’.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things to know this morning, including: the ECB mulls over Ireland’s plan to burn Anglo bondholders, the government’s 100th day in power, and a longstanding Bloomsday riddle is finally solved…
# bloomsday - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
Ulysses to be celebrated with a flash mob in Dublin
The copyright restriction on Ulysses will be lifted next year, meaning an expansion of Bloomsday celebrations. If you can’t wait for the flash mob, this year’s Bloomsday will see a “tweading” of the book on Twitter.
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