Category: Arts & Culture
Vivian Maier’s Eye on the World
The extraordinary story of Vivian Maier, nanny and covert street photographer is almost too strange to be true. This uncanny photographic talent, with a brilliant…
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Sisu – Comic Strip Carnage
North Finland at the tail end of WW2. A lone, grizzled miner, his one-eyed dog and horse search for gold in an austerely beautiful landscape.…
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Little Reflections – An Image Gallery
A selection of images that I have taken over the years. Mainly landscape photography. All images by Julian Jackson
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The Beauty of Infra Red Photography
Here are some of my experiments with Infra Red photography (wavelengths below normal visual range). I find it fascinating and it has brought back the…
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Hot 8 Brass Band – In Memory of the Late Bennie Pete
Garth Cartwright, music author extraordinaire, writes, “When thinking of what I could contribute to The Siren, I realised that Beenie Pete, the tuba player and…
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Brutal Late Capitalism or Are We Living in a Squid Game?
For those of you who haven’t got a TV, or possibly are living off-grid in a cave somewhere, Squid Game is the latest global TV…
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Araya – A Forgotten Cinematic Masterpiece
Sands Films in Rotherhithe frequently puts on neglected films that are superb pieces of cinema. The 1950s Award Winner is no exception. A grim but…
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Duke Leto’s Choice
Scene: an audience chamber on Planet Caladan, home of House Atreides. There is a lineup of beautiful women in Austro-Hungarian out-of-seraglio slinky daywear. Duke Leto…
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39th Irish Biennial – A Proper Craic
The 2021 programme of the 39th Irish Biennial is now online, featuring renowned Irish and international artists and collaborating curators across venues in Limerick as…
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