Soundbite: Who makes all the pies? Ken Flood Love Supreme
Following a long stint in Australia, Dublin man Ken Flood returned to these shores to set up home and build a new business centred around specialty coffee and flavoursome, homemade…
Restaurant Review: Union 8
It’s striking how much Union 8 has transformed the feel of this Kilmainham junction. It's bright and buzzing, its energy shining out onto the street like a beacon, drawing customers…
March Bitesize: Wed Night Dinners, Gardening + Festivals
March Bitesize features Wednesday dinners at The Fumbally, Dublin Bay Prawn festival, Airfield courses, the Irish Beer and Whiskey Festival and Sanuki Wagyu at Amuse
March Audio Roundup: Nap Eyes, King, Matmos + More
Our March Audio roundup features new releases from Nap Eyes, Solar Bears, Eleanor Friedberger, Charles Lloyd & the Marvells, Hazing, Matmos, King and the late, great Elliott Smith.
March Games Roundup: The Witness – Firewatch – The Cookie
March Games Roundup: 'The game is challenging, difficult, and at times frustrating, but its consistent allure is something I can barely describe'.
Album Review: DIIV – Is The Is Are
Listening to Is The Is Are brings with it a certain incredulity… Take the hype with a chipper-grade portion of salt, the emperor has no clothes.
Design for Impact: Ali Grehan
“What you do has to have an impact. And that has to be considered from lots of different angles.” For Ali Grehan, using design to create lasting impact remains her…
What if Dublin… Brightened Up?
Some of our city’s most beautiful locations are so dimly lit at night that only the very brave will risk entering these zones. What if Dublin brightened up?
Totally Dublin Weekender | March 3 – 6
Weekender: |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do in Dublin this weekend.
Book Review: The High Mountains of Portugal – Yann Martel
Yann Martel's The High Mountains of Portugal offers a triptych of stories on themes familiar to the Canadian novelist – loss, spirituality and the search for belonging.
Book Review: Under the Udala Trees – Chinelo Okparanta
While Under the Udala Trees’s closing words are full of hope, the author’s note at the end of the book reminds readers of the current state of affairs in Nigeria,…
Book Review: On Love – Charles Bukowski
This posthumous collection of love poems showcases Charles Bukowski’s prolificacy. Unfortunately his editors appear keen for him to remain as prolific in death as he was in life.
Minetta: a slice of NYC in Dublin 13
We meet sisters Deboragh and Nicola Hughes who run Sutton's Minetta Deli – and discuss plans for Minetta 2.
Birds of a Feather: Bleeding Heart Pigeons
“Until 2012 we were just playing in my shed at home”. Then for Bleeding Heart Pigeons something almost entirely unheard of occurred: their sweeping brand of art-rock made it’s way…