If I ever unearth anything of any interest you won't be the first to know - that unlikely honour will be bestowed on my dissertation supervisor. It certainly won't be faintly as fascinating as the revelation about the fish 'n' chips man and the battleship Potemkin which I read about last week. Caught up in that mutiny of June 1905 - a pivotal one in the tumult that would turn imperial Russia and the entire world order on its head - was young sailor Ivan Beshoff. By chance rather than design, Raimond Weissbach played more than a walk-on part in Irish history, which perhaps explains his subsequent long fascination with the country. Generation Superior hates to be called out on how it casually exploits the planet while showboating its concern at the same time.

Source: Irish Independent July 02, 2019 01:30 UTC