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THE IRISH TIMES
Saturday, September 2 , 2017
Opinion&Analysis
Breda
OBrien
Paddy Powers Virgin Mary
GAA stunt rings hollow
S
omething interesting happened
this week. The Daily Edge, the
entertainment-news arm of
thejournal.ie, posted an utterly
tasteless satire about Electric Picnic.
It parodied the Stations of the Cross,
the traditional depictions of the last hours
of Christ leading up to the Crucifixion. It
used stock religious imagery but crudely
altered them, so that instead of a cross
Christ was carrying huge quantities of
beer. Instead of wiping the face of the
suffering Christ, Veronica helps him to
put his tent up. Instead of falling three
times, three hangovers are referenced.
So far its just another demonstration of
the insensitive inability to respect other
peoples beliefs. But the interesting thing
is not that images were used but that these
doctored images were taken down and,
as far as I know, before there was an
outcry on social media or talk radio.
When someone alerted me to the
images they had about six online com-
ments, which could all be summed up by,
Ah, here, lads, thats really going too far.
That they were removed is somewhat
positive, because it indicates that someone, somewhere, realised that there is a
line beyond which humour becomes
gratuitously offensive.
It is significant that the Daily Edge
images emphasised, accidentally or
otherwise, how virtually every social event
revolves around drinking and often
around dangerous levels of drinking. How
about a society-wide discussion about how
challenging dangerous levels of drinking
among your peers is much less acceptable
than mocking Christian beliefs?
Brazendefence
While not condoning the crassness of
posting the doctored images in the first
place, taking them down contrasts with
the brazen way that Paddy Power, the
bookmaker, continued to defend its
projection of a huge image on to the
basilica in Knock. It was of the Virgin
Mary holding the Sam Maguire cup over
her head.
No permission was sought, because it
would have been rejected out of hand. It
was a calculated tactic designed to exploit
the publicity generated by controversy.
There seems to be a company policy of
It was a calculated tactic
designed to exploit the
publicity generated by
controversy
carefully calibrated offence. Although the
village of Knock at night is surely a bit of a
soft target.
Lourdes is also a Marian shrine, where
security has been stepped up enormously
since the latest spate of terrorist attacks in
Europe. Not much chance this bookmaker
would parody the religious beliefs of
militant Islamists, is there? Or risk
aggrieving French security forces?
Some people will say that using sacred
images to increase attention and profits is
just a bit of craic and that Christians
need to lighten up. Funny: they used to say
that to women for years, as well, about
unwanted advances.
Paddy Power Betfair had revenue of
1.5 billion last year by promoting gam-
bling as just a bit of craic. For many
people it is. But for a significant number of
people a gambling addiction leads them to
trample on everything that is sacred to
them, their family, their friends and their
view of themselves as people of integrity.
An odd coincidence that a company
that can benefit from the consequences of
an addiction also chose to trample on what
is sacred to people in terms of religious
imagery.
Crackcocaineofgambling
Naturally, the gambling industry wants to
appear to support people gambling
responsibly. But it is significant that
Stewart Kenny, the well-known former
chief executive of Paddy Power, warned
the Irish government in 2009 not to
legalise fixed-odds betting terminals,
describing them as the crack cocaine of
gambling.
But Paddy Power in the UK has more of
these machines in minority ethnic areas
than any other bookmaker has. So not
good enough for the Irish but fine for
some of the poorest communities in
Britain?
Young people are gambling more
because of free apps, but the younger you
start the more likely you are to develop a
problem. The betting industry wants to
portray the people who develop a problem
as oddities, all the time designing an
environment designed to encourage more
gambling.
Given that online gambling is accessible
via a mobile phone, and given the dopamine rush associated with irregular
rewards, the wonder is that so many
manage to avoid addiction, not that a
minority become addicted.
The statistics are frightening. We have
an estimated 28,000-40,000 problem
gamblers. A small study by the University
College Dublin academic Dr Crystal
Fulton involving qualitative research with
22 problem gamblers revealed a pattern of
debt, damaged or destroyed marriages,
friendship breakdown and chaotic,
compulsive behaviour.
Of course people have to take personal
responsibility. But when you see the
devastation caused by gambling, including the fact that one in five problem
gamblers dies by suicide, a figure far
higher than for other addictions, it stops
being just a bit of craic.
It is easy, and cheap, to mock religious
belief for the purposes of increasing
profits. It is difficult, and costly, to try to
build a culture where we are less tolerant
of behaviours that end up crucifying so
many families.
Diarmaid
Ferriter
Irelands top 20
mandatory but not
compulsory things
M
inister for Social
Protection Regina
Doherty caused
commotion during
the week with her contention
that the public services card is
mandatory but not compulsory. We should not be too
surprised; Dohertys paradox
reflects a deep-rooted Irish
tradition. Indeed, it is possible
to compile a short history of
modern Ireland in 20 things
that have been mandatory but
not compulsory.
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This Government cant fix congestion
but it can at least point a way forward
Cliff
Taylor
M
aybe the M50 will just stop
some day and stay stopped. As
an indicator of congestion in
our capital city, it is flashing
red. The busiest road in the country is
reaching its limit exceeding it already on
many days . As in housing , areas of public
transport, water and waste, our road
infrastructure is showing signs of the big
cutbacks in State investment during the
economic crisis.
As one observer put it this week,
congestion is going to be one of the
political themes of the political term to
come. And the difficulty for the Government is that there are no easy, or quick,
answers and big questions about paying
for it all.
The M50 is only one part of the congestion story, of course, but it is one that is
easy to measure. Look at the traffic
volumes between junctions 7 and 9 of the
M50 the exits for Galway and
Cork/Limerick and Waterford and you
see a relentless squeeze.
It is the busiest stretch of road in the
country. The total average daily volumes
in August this year of just over 148,000
may be just 2.7 per cent ahead of the same
month last year, but they are up 16 per
cent on 2014. One day in April traffic on
this stretch nearly reached 170,000. Total
traffic on all sections of the road now
exceeds 160,000 per day on average, in
turn leading to more accidents and
incidents.
For significant parts of the day, figures
from Transport Infrastructure Ireland
show that the M50 is seriously congested,
or completely blocked up by accidents.
Nor is this confined to Dublin, with the
Cork South Ring Road another increasingly congested traffic spot.
Ironically,the M50 was originally
intended to take traffic away from the
capital. The original Western Parkway,
which opened to traffic in 1990, gradually
expanded over the years first to the
north and later to the south. Since the turn
of the century it has been a case of development and redevelopment, of running to
try to keep up.
In 2007 the Port Tunnel took many of
the HGVs off the M50. In 2010 a major
redevelopment, involving rebuilding all
the major functions from stop/go arrangements into free-flow and a widening of
some sections, was finally completed.
After years of delays caused by the
roadworks, motorists rejoiced. The
infamous Mad Cow junction was no more.
And for a few years the sharp fall-off in
traffic caused by the recession made it all
manageable, most of the time anyway.
Economicgrowth
But since about 2014 economic growth
has been strong. Slowly, but surely, the
traffic jams came back, but this time there
is nowhere to go, or certainly nowhere in
terms of the M50 itself. A proposal to
complete the ring around the city by
joining up the Port Tunnel with an
underground section out to Blackrock and
then up to join the existing M50 at
Sandyford never get off the ground. It
would cost a packet and would be fiercely
opposed by the residents of affected areas.
A proposed new orbital road, farther out
from the M50, has also been mooted, but
would also be a mammoth and long-term
task.
With road building constrained in the
capital, the only short-term response is
improving public transport, particularly
buses, with plans by the National Trans-
A proposal to complete the
ring around the city by
joining up the Port Tunnel
with an underground
section out to Blackrock
and then up to join the
existing M50 at Sandyford
never get off the ground. It
would cost a packet and
would be fiercely opposed
port Authority to roll out much wider use
of segregated new bus lanes in the capital,
new payment technology and new
park-and-ride facilities. It estimates this
would cost 1 billion. Rail and road
investment takes time, but buses can
deliver more quickly and particularly if
infrastructure for cyclists and walkers is
developed alongside.
M50 traffic: the motorway around
Dublin includes the busiest stretch of
road in the country.
PHOTOGRAPH: ALAN BETSON
There are choices about where and
when to invest. And here we get to the nub
of it. The Government is working on a new
long-term capital investment plan and a
new national planning framework. Will
these be real documents or more of the
mix of wishful thinking and ad hoc-ery we
have seen in the past?
We have unique issues. As a recent Ibec
document pointed out, more than half of
economic activity takes place in the
greater Dublin region, but by European
standards we still have a lot of people
living outside major cities. The inevitable
conclusion is that Dublin will get more
congested, unless we both invest in the
capital and also in spreading economic
development around the country.
Crockedsecondaryroads
This will require decisions. Everyone
wants a new bit of motorway, but figures
show that seven out of every 10 miles of
what we have built are operating at or
below 80 per cent of their capacity. Maybe
we would be better off fixing our crocked
secondary roads?
Everyone or at least all the big lobbies
wants Metro North built. But should the
new bus network the one way to make a
quick difference not get priority? In
developing rural Ireland, is it better to pay
for broadband, roads, or keeping railway
lines that few people use open? Everywhere there are choices, not least in
tackling perhaps the biggest congestion
issue the housing shortage.
We dont have the money to pay for
everything, nor the capacity to deliver it
all at the same time. The risk is that the
new capital investment plan is captured by
local political interests and the usual big
lobbies, and delayed by the interminable
political inertia and planning processes
we go through in this country. If we try to
keep everyone happy, nothing will get
done. This Government wont be able to
fix congestion but it can at least start to
point a way forward.
Voting for Fianna Fáil.
This was applicable until
2011, on the grounds that it was
a national movement rather
than a political party. As
political scientist Peter Mair
wrote in 2004, Fianna Fáils
electoral record until then,
securing an average of 45 per
cent of the vote over 24
general elections was virtually without equal across the
western democratic universe.
Attending Mass. This, too,
applied until relatively
recently; one survey found the
weekly Mass attendance rate
among Irish Catholics at 85
per cent in 1990. That did not
necessarily connote deep faith;
novelist John McGahern wrote
of the reaction of a neighbour
to the assertion he did not go to
Mass because, as an unbeliever, he would feel a hypocrite:
But, sure, none of us believe ...
We go to see all the other
hypocrites.
Talking about the weather. This has always affected
both natives and visitors.
German writer and Nobel
laureate Heinrich Böll first
visited Ireland in 1954 and
what struck him most was the
weather: The rain here is
absolute, magnificent, and
frightening. To call this rain
bad weather is as inappropriate as to call scorching sunshine fine weather.
Disregarding punctuality. Michael Collins led the
way on this. On January 16th,
1922, on arriving at Dublin
Castle following the symbolic
handover of the seat of British
power in Ireland to the
provisional government,
Collins was reportedly told by
the British viceroy, Lord
Fitzalan, he was seven minutes
late, to which he is said to have
replied: Weve been waiting
over 700 years. You can have
the seven minutes.
Convening tribunals,
commissions of inquiry
and investigations, only to
ignore findings. In November
1947 Oliver J Flanagan
accused senior Fianna Fáil
members of proposing the sale
of Lockes distillery in Kilbeggan to foreigners, in alleged
contravention of the law.
These charges led to a tribunal
of inquiry, which, as well as
accusing him of lying, found
not a scintilla of evidence to
support his claims, which were
made with a degree of
recklessness amounting to
complete irresponsibility.
Nonetheless, he stood as an
Independent candidate in the
1948 general election and
secured the highest number of
first preferences in the country.
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Obsessing about property
and owning it. Home
ownership rates in Ireland
averaged 74.5 per cent from
2003 until 2015, reduced to 70
per cent in 2015, but well
ahead of Germany at 52 per
cent.
Filling out census returns
honestly. According to the
2016 census, the total number
of people who answered yes
as to being able to speak Irish
was 1,761,420.
Insisting defeat is not
really defeat. Apparently,
youll never beat the Irish. Just
ask Conor McGregor.
Sending children to
schools under the patronage of the Catholic Church.
Pluralism in Irish education is
a very abstract concept.
Getting burned when
the sun comes out.
Ireland has the 14th-highest
rate of skin cancer in the
world.
Giving Irish children
English names. James
was the most popular name for
newborn boys last year, with
Emily the most common for
new baby girls. Poor old Seán
languished in fifth place.
Selective temperance.
There was a time when
the pledge was all the rage, but
a particularly Irish form of it.
In the early 19th century,
nationalist icon Daniel OConnell lauded the heroics of Fr
Mathew, a temperance
crusader, but personally
imbibed, supposedly for
medicinal reasons.
The pub. As early as 1925
writer George Russell
insisted It is merely absurd
that a country struggling
desperately to find its feet
should attempt to maintain in
proportion to its population
twice as many licensed houses
as England and three times as
many as Scotland.
Comparing other
tragedies unfavourably
to our own. In Unhappy the
Land: The Most Oppressed
People Ever, the Irish historian
Liam Kennedy suggests this
syndrome is based on only
limited reference to evidence-based research.
Emigration. Historian
David Fitzpatrick
described Irish emigration in
the 19th century as a massive,
relentless, and efficiently
managed national enterprise.
Between 1801 and 1921, eight
million permanently left. In
the 1950s, another half a
million emigrated.
Speaking at great
speed. In 2008 researchers at UCC found Irish
speakers of English had the
fastest speech rate among the
dialects of English previously
researched.
The Late Late Show.
Last night saw the
beginning of its 56th season,
but who is counting?
Eating meat: Irish
consumption of beef last
year was 18.6kg per capita, way
ahead of the world average of
6.4kg per capita.
Decrying Brexit.
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Insisting things are
grand when they are
often clearly not.
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TV&RADIO FILMSOFTHEWEEK GoldenEye Sunday,RTÉ2,6.05pm Pierce Brosnan (above right) makes his debut as British secret agent James Bond in one of the long-running franchises best entries. The plot is very loosely based on Ian Flemings novel Moonraker, and sees 007 embark on yet another globe-trotting
RADIOCHOICE SATURDAY The Teatro Regio in Turin hosts a barnstorming production of Bizets Carmen, starring Anna Caterina Antonacci in the title role. Opera Night(RTÉ Lyric FM, 7pm). SUNDAY AedínGormleysSundayMatinee (RTÉ Lyric FM, 1pm) features a concert from the Victoria Hall in Geneva where the R
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2 MUSICALSHOWCASEElectricPicnic 2017RTÉ2,8pmEoghan McDermott and Blathnaid Treacy introduce highlights from the event, including gigs by those appearing on the main stage. Soraiya Ryan and some special guests are also on hand to report from the picnic area itself. RTÉ ONE RTÉ2
NEWSERIESTheXFactorTV3,8pm Dermot OLeary takes charge of another run of the popular talent show. Judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne also return, and get things under way by auditioning the first batch of hopefuls. BBC TWO 3e CHANNEL 4 6.45 The NFL Show R S 8
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3 NEWSERIESAnRílDealTG4,8.15pm Judges Breandán de Gallaí, Sibéal Davitt and Roy Galvin are back for a second run of the celebrity dance competition. Stay tuned for more musical shenanigans at 9.30pm when Daithí Ó Sé introduces coverage of Celtic Connections. RTÉ ONE RTÉ2 TV3 TG
LASTINSERIESStrikeTheCuckoos CallingBBCOne,9pmThe search for the truth about Lula Landrys sudden death takes an intriguing turn, putting Strike and Robins lives in danger in the process as they delve into the pasts of the models adoptive and biological families. BBC TWO 3e CHANNEL 4 6.00 The Ins
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4 NEWDOCUMENTARYIrelandsHealth DivideRTÉOne,9.35pmDr Eva Orsmond investigates the impact that your socioeconomic standing can have on the length of your life, revealing in the process that those struggling to make ends meet live on average six years less than the wealthy. RTÉ ONE
SHORTDRAMAShortscreenRTÉ2, 12.15amStephen Bradys compelling tale focuses on Richard, who is living a nightmarish existence in a rundown apartment complex in inner-city Dublin. His one ray of light is his girlfriend Karen, but is he right to rely on her devotion? BBC TWO 3e CHANNEL 4 6.00 Flog It
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5 NEWDOCUMENTARYTheFarthest RTÉOne,10.15pmA fascinating insight into the journey of Voyager, the tiny spaceship that is currently around 12 billion miles from Earth. Theres also a chance to hear from the remarkable scientists who designed and built the craft. RTÉ ONE RTÉ2 TV3
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7 NEWSERIESSúileLondainTG4,9.30pm Cameras follow the fortunes of six young Irish-speakers as they begin new lives in London. Their progress is charted during their first 12 months in the city, offering a unique insight into what it is to be an emigrant in the 21st century. RTÉ O
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 NEWSERIESGoggleboxChannel4,9pm The previous run only ended in June, but here we are again, preparing to watch people watching TV. Its a simple format, and one that has grown in popularity, making stars of its participants. Expect more hilarious opinions from this series. RTÉ ONE
SITCOMFUNComedyPlayhouse MrWinnerBBCOne,10.35pmSpencer Jones stars as hapless Leslie Winner, who always seems to be at the epicentre of impending disaster, so expect sparks to fly when he plans to propose to his girlfriend during an eventful trip to London. BBC TWO 3e CHANNEL 4 6.00 Flog It! Tra
RADIO NEWMUSICNovaSunday,RTÉLyricFM,8pm Composer Roger Doyle claims to have written Irelands first electronic opera, Heresy, which premiered at the Project Arts Centre in November 2016. Now theres a chance to hear it via this programme. SATURDAY RTÉRadio1FM:88.2-90.0;95.2MHz,LW: 252kHz.Newsontheho
CELEBRITYCHATTheJoeJackson TapesRevisitedMonday,RTÉRadio1,10pm Eartha Kitt was one of Jacksons first interviewees back in 1987, so he takes great delight in getting to listen to their extraordinarily candid chat all over again. TUESDAY Playlists.3.00Radio2Playlists:Great BritishSongbook.4.00Radio2P
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THE IRISH TIMES irishtimes.com Weekend Review Saturday,September2nd,2017 EditorConorGoodman Phone01-6758000 emailweekend@irishtimes.com Arts& Books Radioreview: MickHeaneyon a vintagePat Kenny performance. Page8 Eamon Dunphy ... ...talksfootball, politics,family andRoy Keanewith PatrickFreyne.Pa
2 NewsReview THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 DUBLINSSQUATTERS: EMPTYHOUSESAREAWASTE One groups solution to the housing crisis is to move into vacant properties and develop their skipping skills Fiachradh McDermott I ts free space under your feet. You feel like youre in your own liv
NewsReview 3 THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 IHAVEABUDDHIST VIEWOFTHINGS Eamon Dunphy football pundit, journalist and podcaster talks Roy Keane, family life, politics and official Ireland I stood at the dole queue with my father, and I remember how good people were humiliated by t
4 NewsReview THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Life Abroad Tokyo, Japan The threat keeps getting more serious Andrew McCarthy While North Koreas missile was 1,000km away from Tokyo, the threat is real, and few experts are willing to predict what will happen next I THERESTAURANTATTHE
NewsReview 5 THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Are Strategic Development Zones, the model for a planned new town in West Dublin, the answer to the capitals housing shortage Olivia Kelly DublinCorrespondent S hannon in Co Clare was for decades the States only modern planned town. Dev
6 Environment THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Another Life Michael Viney A glossy puddle of marmalade with a sting to close whole beaches P ulsing forward in glancing light beneath the waves, it holds a fiery glow at its heart as if out to give fair warning. Fiery, indeed, can be t
7 THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Arts &Books Ive been corrupted by pleasing people With his new series, Karl Ove Knausgaard, the accidentally bestselling Norwegian novelist, has discarded agony in favour of structure. He may be on to something Caroline ODonoghue I am sitting oppo
8 Arts&Books THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Culture Shock Gemma Tipton An English opinion about Ireland is as valid as an Irish one I n the United States, an artist paints a portrait of a dead black boy. At Imma, an art video looks at internment. Soon a mega-musical set in the Vie
Arts&Books 9 THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Like Brokeback Mountain, but with Yorkshire weather Francis Lees Gods Own Country feels like a career-launching film Donald Clarke L et us get the awkward question out of the way first. When Francis Lee conceived of Gods Own Country, a b
10 Arts&Books THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Bottle Man A young man has relationship problems. This is the eighth and final short story by writers from overseas living in Ireland, and by Irish writers who live or have lived abroad Nicole Flattery T he morning I moved into the bott
Arts&Books11 THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Striking across the sectarian divide An innocent abroad, with no irony filter NJ McGarrigle Beat: The True Story of a Suicide Bomb and a Heart Neil Hegarty By Rowan Somerville Struggle or Starve: Working-Class Unity in Belfasts 1932 Out
12 Arts&Books THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 An impressive Indian homage to King Lear Sarah Gilmartin NewFiction We That Are Young By Preti Taneja Galley Beggar Press, £9.99 N othing will come of nothing, King Lear warns his soon-to-be outcast youngestdaughter Cordelia after she r
Arts&Books 13 THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 Fragmented fairy tales and a death sentence Claire Hennessy YoungAdults I am a quick and boring little thing. Head down, hair neat, face low. Dont catch their eye. Thats sauce. And men will punish sauce. They call it love. Mixsharp femin
14 THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2, 2017 ENTERTAINMENTS TOMMY SWARBRIGG PRESENTS In Association with Ashford Castle Hotel A GALA TRIBUTE TO ONE OF IRELANDS GREATEST EVER SONGWRITERS! A NIGHT TO REMEMBER You Raise Me uP 100 MILLION RECORDS SOLD & GUESTS STARRING The Songs and Stories o
15 THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2, 2017 CONCERTS The Guardian Whats on Stage The Times The Telegraph The Stage Actors Touring Company and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh The Suppliant Women Sept 27Oct 1 Gaiety Theatre Tickets from €16 on sale now dublintheatrefestival.com +353 1 6
16 NewsReview THE IRISH TIMES Saturday, September 2 , 2017 The Week In case you missed it Donald Clarke In pictures Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas The great doner kebab rush of 1982 People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after flooding in Houston, Texas. PHOTO
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BEAUTY THE COLLECTION GIAMBATTISTA VALLI Some beauty collections feature star products; others are just desirable in their entirety. Welcome to Travel Diary, CHANELs AW17 make-up. We defy you to resist the Palette Essentielle (c60), with concealer, highlighter and cheek colour in one neat compact;
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INTERIORS LIFE Kenneth Jay Lane was known as the King of Faux and his jewellery and vintage pieces are now collectors items. Before his death, POLLY DEVLIN visited the designer in his maximalist Park Avenue residence in New York I THE SUMPTUOUS SALON Orientalist paintings glow against the chocola
of Marie-Blanche de Polignac, the daughter of couturier Jeanne Lanvin. The mahogany and faux ebony surround of the overmantel and fireplace is copied from the Empireinspired doors of her library, designed by architect Emilio Terry, and there are some wonderful paintings, including one of The Sleep o
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L S EXC USIVE GAME CHANGER LOS THE G Though the work of Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson may be an aquired taste, theres no denying his unique vision, technical brilliance and ground-breaking approach to fashion, says PENNY McCORMICK Jonathan Anderson loves Constance Spry. Im delighted
This Glossy Life influence on his aesthetic. In the past he has also admitted that humour is a part of his design arsenal (check the souwester hats in the AW17 collection or the show invite on Irish linen with the words You Cant Take It With You, for evidence) while his inspirations have run the gam
THIS GLOSSY LIFE Artist Kelly Beeman caught the attention of Jonathan Anderson on Instagram, and now her pictures have found their way onto his pieces. JW ANDERSON AW17 JW Andersons workshop; a collaborative retail space in London MY SCENT Loewe 001. JONATHAN ANDERSON MUSIC When I work, I list
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