Frankie Rose

I’ll try to keep my homily brief. But be warned — I’m Irish. (Bono)

HAPPY ST PADDY'S DAY! I was thinking to myself, sitting here in my green shirt, what a fun, happy celebration this is for the Irish everywhere. As a child growing up in troubled Belfast, you had to get your Green Jumper on. On 17 March, don’t dare leave the house without the Green Jumper on. Nothing much related to celebrating a bearded man and his snakes, but more to show […]

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Mum 101 – Frankie Rose on SLE

Mum 101 Where words leave off, music begins…. One day I was necking Kings Acre Cider at uni, bouncing around to the Stone Roses. Early hours of the morning I passed out in the arms of some grungy media studies student, belly full of cider, heart full of soul. When I woke up, I was 49, heading towards the big 50, slightly panicked, still feeling like I was making my […]

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