Gerry Hoban
@ramblinghobo.bsky.social
TV director/writer. Opinions: personal, random, sweary. Latest: The Last Irish Missionaries; Shakes Versus Shav - a short, mad, puppet film; Through a Glass Darkly - The Geneva Window.
This image of Rat Island in New York looks eerily familiar, sideways... (from a great Guardian Photo Essay) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This image of Rat Island in New York looks eerily familiar, sideways... (from a great Guardian Photo Essay) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I shall be using her pen to vote for someone else…
September 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I shall be using her pen to vote for someone else…
The Bye Run Lady (sorry, I’ll get my coat 😬)
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Bye Run Lady (sorry, I’ll get my coat 😬)
Over on Instagram, the famous purveyors of knickers Seán & Máire are sadly having a 'retirement sale' and are selling off underpants... FFS
September 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Over on Instagram, the famous purveyors of knickers Seán & Máire are sadly having a 'retirement sale' and are selling off underpants... FFS
Our lovely doc on Harry Clarke’s ill-fated & exquisite masterpiece, The Geneva Window, is repeated on RTÉ1 tonight at 11.45pm. A midnight feast!
September 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Our lovely doc on Harry Clarke’s ill-fated & exquisite masterpiece, The Geneva Window, is repeated on RTÉ1 tonight at 11.45pm. A midnight feast!
The Last Irish Missionaries: Ep 1 tonight 9.35pm RTÉ One (with Part 2 on the Player immediately after) Really worth watching, and great to be a part of. We met many brave, selfless & thoroughly decent people. With a superb team behind the camera. #LastMissionaries
July 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The Last Irish Missionaries: Ep 1 tonight 9.35pm RTÉ One (with Part 2 on the Player immediately after) Really worth watching, and great to be a part of. We met many brave, selfless & thoroughly decent people. With a superb team behind the camera. #LastMissionaries
80 today. #debbieharry #happybirthday
July 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
80 today. #debbieharry #happybirthday
Clem Burke was so brilliantly musical as a drummer. I can hear and predict each fill on the fade out of Heart of Glass as vividly as the lyrics. RIP #clemburke #blondie
April 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Clem Burke was so brilliantly musical as a drummer. I can hear and predict each fill on the fade out of Heart of Glass as vividly as the lyrics. RIP #clemburke #blondie
Happy Birthday, Harry Clarke... our documentary on his masterpiece, The Geneva Window, is linked here (along with more detailed clips exploring each panel). Thanks to @oireachtasnews.bsky.social & @Coimisiún na Meán Digital First initiative. www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
March 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy Birthday, Harry Clarke... our documentary on his masterpiece, The Geneva Window, is linked here (along with more detailed clips exploring each panel). Thanks to @oireachtasnews.bsky.social & @Coimisiún na Meán Digital First initiative. www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
The €6million Arts Council IT upgrade
February 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The €6million Arts Council IT upgrade
Rudy Giuliani at Trump’s inauguration… (From ‘España Oculta / Hidden Spain’: an amazing photo essay by Cristina García Rodero on religious festivals in 1970s/80s rural Spain)
January 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Rudy Giuliani at Trump’s inauguration… (From ‘España Oculta / Hidden Spain’: an amazing photo essay by Cristina García Rodero on religious festivals in 1970s/80s rural Spain)
Maud Gonne’s ‘Castle of Heroes’, Lough Key, 9am, Nollaig na mBan 2016 #nollaignamban #wbyeats #fanaticheart
January 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Maud Gonne’s ‘Castle of Heroes’, Lough Key, 9am, Nollaig na mBan 2016 #nollaignamban #wbyeats #fanaticheart
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
November 21, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
The first image I posted on Twitter, back in 2012. When we (via NAMA) accidentally owned Battersea Power Station, and Chelsea planned to build a new stadium there... It's still my favourite building in the world (but it has become a rather soulless wanker magnet) pbs.twimg.com/media/AldyEJ...
November 11, 2024 at 6:01 PM
The first image I posted on Twitter, back in 2012. When we (via NAMA) accidentally owned Battersea Power Station, and Chelsea planned to build a new stadium there... It's still my favourite building in the world (but it has become a rather soulless wanker magnet) pbs.twimg.com/media/AldyEJ...
Soul Mining: 40yrs old today ffs… discovered it via Infected, but this remains timeless. And Jools Holland is forgiven all his boogie-woogie crimes for this one piano solo. #soulmining
October 21, 2023 at 5:23 PM
Soul Mining: 40yrs old today ffs… discovered it via Infected, but this remains timeless. And Jools Holland is forgiven all his boogie-woogie crimes for this one piano solo. #soulmining