Christy Brown's coal lorry, Arbour Hill

Dublin writer and artist Christy Brown was born on this day in 1932. My Left Foot, Jim Sheridan's award-winning film from 1989, tells the semi-fictional story of Christy (brilliantly played by Daniel Day-Lewis), and this is a famous scene shot in Stoneybatter, around Arbour Hill.

Benburb Street, North King Street in 1916

A postscript to the "Complexions" art project on the hoardings along Benburb Street in Stoneybatter...

Around last February the brightly coloured photographic installation that decorated the hoardings of a site on Benburb Street was taken down. I thought that was the end of it, but last month it was replaced by a second and even better exhibition by the Complex arts organisation.