Home from Home: Danny on Mar Del Plata
Each month in Home from Home we ask someone to compare Dublin with another city in which they have lived. This month we spoke with English-teacher (and occasional Argentine football…
Nice Gaff: Ashgrove Housing
Architect Ronan McCann takes a look at Ashgrove off Meath Street, a rare examples of city centre social housing where the architecture actively helps foster community.
Nice Gaff: Postal Garage, Sandwith Street
Architect Cian Deegan discusses the over-looked gem that is the Postal Garage on Sandwith Street, sadly not included on Dublin City Councils list of Protected Structures.
Dublin Doc Fest – Interview with Tess Motherway
We spoke with the director of Dublin Doc Fest, Tess Motherway, to find out about what's in store for the third year of this growing festival.
“Rosebud!” – Interview with Ruth Kenny from Rosebud
Ruth Kenny, a former Tate curator, is the owner of new ‘alternative florist’ Rosebud which draws on her background in art history.
Interview with Sam Horler from Drawing Studio
We chat with Sam Horler, director of Drawing Studio and drawing.ie about his new location and new courses.
Barfly: The 108
The 108 is the latest of the Galway Bay Brewing’s menagerie of pint dispensaries, and one which represents craft beer fever extending its heavily-hopped, caramel-noted tendrils further into the leafy…
Don’t get Lippy: An Interview with Bush Moukarzel
Theatre auteur Bush Moukarzel speaks about the possibility of originality ahead of Lippy's return to the Irish stage at the Abbey Theatre.
Totally Dublin Weekender | Jan 29 – Feb 1
Weekender: |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do with your weekend.
Book Review: Dave Eggers – Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?
Dave Eggers has a tendency towards grandiose titles; his books labelling themselves ‘heartbreaking’ works that express our contemporary society’s ‘velocity’, circularity and hunger.
Book Review: Wu Ming-Yi – The Man With The Compound Eyes
The Man With the Compound Eyes belongs more to what has been termed ‘cli-fi’: it is, in essence, a cautionary tale about the effects of climate change.
Book Review: DBC Pierre – Breakfast with the Borgias
DBC Pierre's new novel 'Breakfast with the Borgias' mixes technological developments with old-fashioned hammy horror themes.
Win 2 pairs of tickets to OFFSET 2015!
We've got 2 pairs of tickets to OFFSET 2015, taking place in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on March 6th - 8th to give away.
Cinema Review: Whiplash
Whiplash brings the work of David Mamet to mind in its attention to detail and coarse dialogue.
Cinema Review: The Gambler
Rupert Wyatt’s The Gambler is as muddled as its past and totally out of touch with the original themes
Cinema Review: American Sniper
Clint Eastwood once again lets his politics get in the way of the truth.
Cinema Review: Foxcatcher
Steve Carell plays John du Pont, a multimillionaire intent on making his Pennsylvania estate, the titular Foxcatcher, the home of the US Olympic wrestling team.