Escape Claws: An interview with Cate Le Bon
“There is an expectation of audience at the very genesis of making something. For me, getting away from that was really important.” We catch up with Cate Le Bon who,…
Head of the Class – John Paul Dowling
John Paul Dowling is a designer and educator who has recently taken the post of Head of Department: Visual Communication at the National College of Art and Design on Thomas…
Soundbite: Erik Robson: ely
As winter approaches we talk seasonal bites, artisan suppliers and the secret to a mean cocktail with Erik Robson of ely.
Barfly: Thundercut Alley (ft. Gutterball)
I would have eaten a flatbread, had I not eaten a hoagie in Gutterball, through which you have to pass to enter Thundercut Alley.
Meath State of Mind – Oisín Fagan
“My concerns are not individual. I don’t believe in individuals at all, in the same way some people don’t believe in God.” Oisín Fagan talks to us about the importance…
October Bitesize: Full Circle Roasters, Irish Cocktail Fest & More
October's Bitesize: Northbound caffeine from Full Circle Roasters at Jacob's Inn, culinary fusion at Mosa Sushi Burritos, spirited concoctions via Irish Cocktail Fest, dusky georgian glamour at La Cucina and…
Cinema Review: War on Everyone
McDonagh, straying from his comfort zone, delivers a script riddled with clichés and flat jokes
Dublin Theatre Festival: Una McKevitt – Alien Documentary
Ahead of this year’s edition of the Dublin Theatre Festival, we talk to theatremaker Una McKevitt about exploring the normal in foreign settings.
The Cosmic Ballet Goes On: An interview with Stars of the Lid
Stars of the Lid bring their tired and refined ambient music to the Concert Hall for what promises to be a very special night.
What If Dublin… Resurrected its streams?
Why not progress the Poddle Pond as a unique tranquil space, a watery testimony to Dublin’s ancient industrial quarter and a green gift to Dublin 8?
Airfield House: Trash Bash Supper
As a way to get the public interested in the issues around food waste, a core group of the Airfield team came together to create the Trash Bash Supper as…
Nice Gaff: DIT Cathal Brugha Street
From the rubble of Marlborough Street, Cathal Brugha Street emerged when the St. George’s and St. Thomas’ Church was rebuilt in 1932. It was on this street that Robinson Keefe…
Cinema Review: The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven comes together in its final act. When the bullets start flying, the film begins to look artful and confident.
Barfly: The Lincoln’s Inn
Lincoln’s retains its lofty reputation not for whatever contemporary action it hosts but through it’s association with the romanticised Dublin of yore.
Cinema Review – Free State of Jones
Gary Ross provides competent direction and the cast is uniformly excellent, but this is ultimately a failure at script level.
Be Kreativ: Rising Tide – Rosie O’Reilly
“To have an industry here you need people to stay and produce here, use local materials, get to know the people in the industry, go visit the weavers.”