Among the Flutterers

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http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n16/colm-toibin/among-the-flutterers

Tóibín, C., 2010. Among the Flutterers. Review of The Pope Is Not Gay by Quattrocchi, A., translated by Giuliani, R. C. London Review of Books [Online] vol. 32 no. 16 pp. 3-9. Available from http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n16/colm-toibin/among-the-flutterers [Accessed 30 August 2010].

In Lovely Blueness: Adventures in Troubled Light

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In 2004 Colm Toibin curated an exhibition at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin called 'Blue' which consisted of blue objects from the collection. This is his introduction to the catalogue.
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Chester Beatty Library Exhibition Notes

The world was a bowl of lovely soft blueness. It was early morning in Port Douglas in Queensland in Northern Australia. As the boat began to move out towards the Great Barrier Reef there was not a cloud in the sky nor a vessel in the sea. A haze of heat over the water made the sky above us seem the only solid thing on earth in its vast clarity, its implacable and untouchable beauty.

Famous Blue Raincoat

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Saturday June 25, 2005 The Guardian

Lisa noticed that one of the boxes of old records had been moved from the corner of the garage, leaving a square of light-coloured cement. She asked Ted if he had touched the records but he shrugged and said that he had forgotten the boxes were ever there.