Happy Birthday, Gabriel Byrne!

Gabriel: You have had another incredible year–on stage, in films and television, in print, and in your life! It is so much fun to watch you travel and create and share and be yourself in this world of ours. Have a fantastic birthday and know that Byrneholics Everywhere are wishing […]

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse Wins the Oscar!!

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse began life as a series of Instagram and Facebook postings by Charlie Mackesy, musing on the pandemic and sharing his drawings. Then it morphed into a beautiful illustrated book. I gave the book to my best friend soon after it was […]

BAFTA Winner: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse!

It began with Charlie’s book, a lovely story with imaginative drawings. It evokes appreciation and smiles, but also a yearning that might surprise you. What happens when that original project gets more complicated? What happens when the page becomes a screen? Magic, that’s what. The short animated film that Charlie […]

Charlie Mackesy and his Lovely Christmas Film

I cried. I know. Surprise, surprise. But I did. It’s a lovely story that will take you out of yourself and then bring you back, a little wiser, a little happier. It is brought to life in an enchanting use of artistic animation and music and, so importantly, absolutely perfect […]

The Byrne-ing News, Holiday Edition, Part 1

Welcome to the final Byrne-ing News for this year! And what a year it has been. As you can see from the Official Holiday Card below, Gabriel has been as busy as ever, on stage in the UK and on Broadway, in films and television series, doing interviews, telling jokes, […]