
Liam Ireland
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The Producer
As some of my regular readers, followers, and subscribers may know, one of my abiding lifelong passions is music. It all began in 1964 when, as a ten-year-old child, I heard my very first pop record. It was 'She Loves You,' by the legendary Beatles from my home city, Liverpool.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Chapters
How The Media Runs The World
Many years ago, long before the age of computers and the internet, we lived in a world of what is called Print Media. PM means newspapers and magazines, of one sort or another. And what sustained those print publications financially was advertising revenue, rather than the sale price of the newspaper or magazine.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in FYI
Play Anything You Like
As a British ex-pat of some thirty years living and working in Spain and Japan, one of the most common questions I get asked by strangers or new friends is "Where are you from?" If I answer England, that lines them up for what comes next. Sometimes I answer their question with "Why?" I know, you shouldn't answer a question with one of your own, but I have my reasons. Not all such inquiries about where I am from are conversational ice-breakers from friendly natives.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Chapters
Living A Life Abroad
As a British-born and bred ex-pat, of Irish descent, living and working in the South of Spain for the best part of twenty-five years, there were three types of social events I tried my best to avoid like the plague. It's not that I am in any way anti-social, far from it, I can be quite the social butterfly when I want to be. However, I learned the hard way to be very selective about who I mixed with socially.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Chapters