The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone – Brian Merchant
A biography for the cyborg era, recording the life not of a person, but of a machine.
Cinema Review: God’s Own Country
Francis Lee’s debut is a minimal and downbeat study in love.
Audio Review: Sheer Mag – Need to Feel Your Love
12 taut paeans to the majesty of distilled rock n roll
Soundbite: Brid Carter Honest2Goodness
Brid Carter tells us more about the Glasnevin based food and wine business she founded with her brother Colm in 2009.
Audio Review: Waxahatchee – Out In The Storm
Katie Crutchfield’s Waxahatchee project continues to marvellously mine the deep well of ’90s alternative rock in all the right ways.
Wine Tasting Event at Dublin Bar Academy
Dublin Bar Academy host a Wine Tasting Event on Friday, September 1st.
Barfly: Ruin
Brainchild of the same stable that brought us Camden Exchange, Ruin draws both its inspiration and moniker from the “Ruin Bars” of Budapest.
Bitesize: Peploe’s Makeover
The recently re-opened Peploe’s on Stephen’s Green has been showing off its refreshing new look following a major summer refurb.
Book Review: What We Lose – Zinzi Clemmons
An interesting rumination on the experience of grief, and an impressive achievement from a young debut author.
Audio Review: Omer – Bye
Berlin imprint Love on the Rocks returns with an excellent three tracker from Cocktail d’Amore affiliate Omer.
Roadmap: BNQT
It might feel that the era of the ‘supergroup’ is somewhat of a fad of yesteryear... Not quite yet.
Book Review: Levitation – Sean O’Reilly
Erotically charged and uncompromising, both stories and novella lay bare the potential for transgression in all of us
Audio Review: The War On Drugs: A Deeper Understanding
A balm for the hurt senses of this fractured age
MAGNIFIED: Sofa So Good
Ricarda Messner likes “publishing dreams”. Her latest project, Sofa, launched in Berlin last summer.
Artsdesk: National Memory Making
Building a national art collection is an act of national memory making. IMMA have made their selection for 2017 with the support of Hennessy.
Roadmap: Not At Home
While we continue to await the referendum on abortion Not At Home is a waiting room and archive of the testimony of women who have made the journey.