Close to the Edge – DJ Turned Jeweller Jenny Huston
“People recognise that it’s been successful elsewhere and are therefore a bit more open to it”. Former DJ Jenny Huston talks to us about her jewellery line Edge Only.
You’re the Worst! An interview with BadBadNotGood
BadBadNotGood are living the dream. Plucked from obscurity thanks to their own entrepreneurial spirit, the group formed in the wake of posting a video of their own instrumental arrangement of
Book Review: Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien
The gulf between past and present becomes paper-thin in Madeleine Thien’s Man Booker shortlisted novel
Book Review: Ninety-Nine Stories of God – Joy Williams
Williams’ off-beat pieces feature a God who appears in everyday settings, from demolition derbies to the pharmacy, to mingle with humans in a world of random chaos and coincidence.
Book Review: Here I Am – Jonathan Safran Foer
Readers anticipating more of the literary fireworks and postmodern magical realism that defined JSF’s first two books will be disappointed. Here I Am is a sharp departure in style.
Be Kreativ: This Greedy Pig
This Greedy Pig has grown into a multi-faceted entity comprised of a digital publication, print shop, record label and radio show. Their latest project, Fantasy 12, explores the intersection between…
Artsdesk: Industrial Revolution – Exploring the Ellis King Gallery
A new gallery space, Ellis King, opened in the unlikeliest of locations: an industrial estate off Donore Avenue in Dublin 8. Although the gallery’s location might be intensely local, its…
Barfly: Offie Tempo – Probus Wines
If you were expecting high-end sandwiches and the potential to have an afternoon tipple at the expense of the rest of your working day, I suspect that Probus Wines would…
Cinema Review: I, Daniel Blake
I, Daniel Blake is a simple film about kindness and solidarity, and the cruelty of a society in which they can nonetheless persist.
Cinema Review – Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Never Go Back is one for the noughties kids, even if its concerns incorrectly seem somewhat anachronistic.
Aquí es tu papa – The Day of the Dead in Mazateca, Oaxaca
The days turn to ghosts before Day of the Dead. Wet fog low over the city, seeping into the pores of the bones. So you wrap yourself in smoke: the…
Cinema Review: Further Beyond
Further Beyond is a testament to storytelling, and a vindication of its unorthodox form.
Nice Gaff: National Gallery of Ireland, Millennium Wing
With its façade built of Portland stone, an ode to the city’s grandest buildings, it is completely different from anything around - Orla O'Kane
Garb: The 74 Francis Street Collective
On the far end of Francis Street, past the bushels of antique stores and the croons of BIMM, is number 74. Playing host to vintage clothing, gypsy wraps and flat…
Restaurant Review: Fowl Play
If you thought barbecue in Dublin was a passing fad that had burnt out, eating Noonan's food and hearing him talk about smoking and wood-fired techniques is enough to reignite…
October Audio: Jenny Hval, El Perro del Mar, Norah Jones + More
We're listening to albums ranging from the avant-garde, to Nora Jones, to a beautiful, immersive bath of six-string explorations that never outstay their welcome.
October Games: Event[0] Fugitive, Resident Evil 4
AI creatures might be creepy, but the humans who casually toss banana skins in their paths are just evil.