Win tickets to Silent Cinema with music from Unshaped Form
Win tickets to see film shorts from the silent era accompanied by live music from Unshaped Form at Bello Bar Dublin.
Totally Dublin Weekender | July 9 – 12
Weekender: |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do in Dublin this weekend.
Barfly: Johnny Rush’s
Far be it for me to suggest that a pub in Dublin embodies such a transcendent, absolute concept of pain, but if I had to approximate a correspondent bar in…
Book Review: Eggshells – Caitriona Lally
Eggshells expresses a Joycean sense of the ordinary as extraordinary. A memorable debut, this novel is not about knowing, but about never assuming to know.
Book Review: Etta & Otto & Russell & James – Emma Hooper
Emma Hooper’s debut novel opens with a letter from wife to husband: ‘Otto,’ writes Etta, ‘I’ve gone. I’ve never seen the water, so I’ve gone there.’
Istanbul Election Diary
'From the beginning of May, the streets gain an extra layer of noise: political party vans play catchy jingles through muddy speakers, every neighbourhood street sags with political bunting and…
Morganna Murphy Interview
Designer and maker Morganna Murphy hoards, gathers and curates memories and materials to create effervescent collections of everything from wearable comforting creatures to truly desirable clothing. Only recently graduated from…
Restaurant Review: Sova Food: Vegan Butcher
My vegan and vegetarian pals are always having to justify their food choices. ‘Why don’t you eat meat/cheese? Will you not have some chicken?’ It must be really tiresome. They…
July Bitesize: Food Trails, Pop-Ups & Competitions
July's Bitesize features Fab Food Trails, Eat Street At Laya City Spectacular, Dublin Pop-Up at the Fumball Stables, IFWG inaugural Social Responsibility Award & a competition for Bloggers from Cono…
Book Review: The Happiness Industry – William Davies
In accessible, anecdotal style, Davies sketches a comprehensive history of happiness promotion.
Electronic Sheep Interview
Brenda Aherne and Helen Delany are the innovative duo behind punchy knitwear label Electronic Sheep. Growing up next to one other in Dublin and cutting their teeth together at NCAD,…
Notes from the Margins: Emma Maguire Interview
Notes from the Margins is a group show currently exhibiting at Gallery of Photography Ireland as part of PhotoIreland Festival 2015. It brings together the work of five Irish artists…
PhotoIreland 2015: Selection of Exhibitions
A selection of must-see exhibitions at this year’s PhotoIreland, which runs from 1st to 31st July in Gallery of Photography Ireland, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar.
Book Review: In the All-Night Café – Stuart David
Fans will be glad that David was the one who put pen to paper, in a memoir as witty and unassuming as the best of Belle and Sebastian’s music.
Games Digest: The Witcher 3, Sunset & DJ Octavio
Games Digest: Open-world dark fantasy, first person games & anthropomorphic, J-pop-loving squid mercenaries. The Witcher 3, Sunset & DJ Octavio reviewed.
Book Review: Preparation for the Next Life – Atticus Lish
Instead of preaching about the problems faced by the inhabitants of this marginalised world, Lish simply absorbs us in it. A sprawling, epic read.
Arts Desk: Foaming at the Mouth Interview
Foregoing the wholesome institutional embrace of the gallery, Foaming at the Mouth is a ‘visual art spoken word’ event which takes the best Irish artists, writers, and performers out of…
Totally Dublin Weekender | July 2 – 5
Weekender: |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do in Dublin this weekend.