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James Joyce’s Digbeth

By Tom Lennon ⋅ April 1, 2011 ⋅ One comment

The Digbeth area has long been known as the spiritual home to the city’s Irish community, but did you know that one of Ireland’s most famous literary sons – a certain James Augustine Aloysius Joyce – once resided there? James Joyce and his lover Nora Barnacle arrived in Birmingham in 1920. They were about to [...]

Ulysses on the Buses: Erdington

By Tom Lennon ⋅ December 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The following is a brief extract from the recently unearthed sequel to James Joyce’s Ulysses, entitled ‘Twolysses’. This rigidly structured chapter was to be written as a sequence of questions and answers, and an early version originally appeared in a 1921 edition of Aston Villa’s match day souvenir programme. WHAT DIVERGENT COURSES DID STEPHEN DEDALUS [...]

Twolysses

By Tom Lennon ⋅ November 9, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The high-brow world of literary scholarship was thrown into disarray earlier this week when lost manuscripts by the great Irish author James Joyce were discovered in one of Paris’ infamous northern suburbs by a team of French construction workers. These priceless documents – which include fragments of a previously unknown sequel to Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses [...]

Ulysses on the Buses: Stockland Green

By Tom Lennon ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

CONFESSIONS OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN (1974) Cert X, Dir. Alan Smithee Stockland Green Plaza from 16th June, 1974. Showtimes vary. Based on the acclaimed novel by cult science-fiction satirist Jimmy Joyce, this new British sex comedy stars the ever-popular Robin Askwith as Steve Dedalus, a chirpy young aspiring novelist who yearns to [...]

Ulysses on the Buses: Villa Park

By Tom Lennon ⋅ May 2, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Next week’s auction of rare manuscripts by the great Irish author James Joyce looks set to ignite a bitter dispute between private collectors, leading academics and fans of a West Midlands football team. The documents – made up of original, handwritten drafts of what many believe to be his earliest published work – consist of [...]

11-11-11: Ulysses on the Buses

By Tom Lennon ⋅ April 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Stateless, scrawny James Joyce and his mistressmusewife, Nora Barnacle, were waiting for a number eleven omnibus in the Perry Barr district of Birmingham. It was twenty-six days, five months and one hundred and four years after 16th June 1904, although they didn’t necessarily spend all that time waiting for a bus. At what precise location [...]

W For Watchmen

By Tom Lennon ⋅ July 29, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

During my absence a couple of rather yummy trailers have turned up on the Interwebs. First, there’s this: James Cromwell as Daddy Bush? Richard Dreyfus as Dick Cheney? Mr Fantastic as Tony Blair? Oliver Stone, I salute you! Then, there’s this: As a huge fan of the original ‘graphic novel’ (God, I hate that phrase), [...]

Brum Tig: I’m "It" Now

By Tom Lennon ⋅ January 20, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

I’ve been tagged by my new pal, the smart and feisty local Blogging journo Joanna Geary. I suppose I should explain what the Hell that means. Jon Bounds of the excellent Birmingham: It’s Not Shit website (they of the recent Spotted Dog Pub Landlord John Tighe-winning Brummie of the Year Awards) has come up with [...]