{"product_id":"9781843517283","title":"Nothing is Written in Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003e     \u003cem\u003e         ‘After I retired from legal practice, Justin and I were able to spend         time in a family house in the Languedoc in France, and while we were         there he would devote time to writing in his notebook… Once he began to         write, the words seemed to flow for him. He left eight notebooks. The         earliest is dated July 2006, the final one October 2009.’     \u003c\/em\u003e     (Barbara Hussey) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     Justin Keating, son of the artist Sean Keating, attended UCD and TCD. He     was a Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry 1973-77), academic,     journalist, veterinary surgeon, television pioneer (as Head of Agricultural     Broadcasting at RTE) and award-winning documentary filmmaker. In later life     he served as Member of the European Parliament and became president of the     Humanist Association. President Michael D. Higgins called him ‘a man who     saw socialism as both essential and adaptable to change’. Keating     introduced the first substantial legislation for the development of     Ireland's oil and gas, set up the National Film Studios of Ireland at     Ardmore and gave impetus to Kilkenny Design. He wrote extensively – and     with opinions well ahead of his time – on the natural world, including     women’s health, animal welfare, sustainable energy and ecology.     \u003cem\u003e         ‘A well made, fit thoroughbred really striding out seems to me one of         the most beautiful things on earth, on a par with an orchid or         porpoise.’     \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     Edited posthumously by his wife, Barbara Hussey, Justin Keating’s notebooks     offer an in-depth, often-impassioned account of the interests, musings and     opinions of one of Ireland’s most wide-ranging intellectuals. His dealings     with J.D Bernal, No\u003cem\u003eë\u003c\/em\u003el Browne, Sean McBride, Charles Haughey, Gerry     Fitt and Conor Cruise-O’Brien, form part of this absorbing chronicle, aside from myriad friendships with writers and artists.    \u003cem\u003eNothing Is Written in Stone\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant self-portrait of this     multi-dimensional man, who did so much to shape twenty-first century     Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lilliput Press, Limited, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136006373616,"sku":"9781843517283","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781843517283_p0.jpg?v=1769893887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781843517283","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}