“I don’t know if I will be able to make it,” says Mike Carney, looking out across a wild stretch of water to the place where he was born 92 years ago. “I would like to put my feet down there one more time, but I wonder, is it possible?” Frankly, it seems crazy to try.ContinueContinue reading “The Last Islandman”
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Flood Diary: Canoeing To Muchelney
The Somerset village became an island, with only one to get in or out. By boat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcaRaxLUyn8
Are You Having A Laugh? Christianity And Comedy
Cole Moreton on the BBC One documentary hosted by Ann Widdecombe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Bpq3qJq_g
The Last Islandman
A short film about Mike Carney’s daring return to the Great Blasket island at the age of 93. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7gw78SWlNw
Is This The End Of Childhood?
The death of 13-year-old Chevonea Kendall-Bryan has driven the debate on the sexualisation of the young to fever pitch, but what will we do about it? There is a storm coming. I can feel it as I stand on a street corner in south London, thinking about my daughters. Lily and Rose are both 11ContinueContinue reading “Is This The End Of Childhood?”
Cole Moreton 