Sound: Roe
Roe talks about her influences, the importance of arts funding and working on her highly anticipated debut album.
Artsdesk: Tactile Subversion – Hannah Levy
There is a deliberately misleading directive, a paradox, hardwired into Hannah Levy’s sculptures that defies, or perhaps, irreverently thumbs its nose at expectations.
Roadmap: Strike a Pose
Posturing brings 21 contemporary fashion photographers together to celebrate aesthetic oddness, and in the process questions the essential function and meaning of a fashion image.
Brand New Retro: Twilfit House
The building is a wonderful example of indigenous industrial architecture, but with plans approved to demolish it for a new 8-storey hotel, one fears 2018 may be the twilight year…
Audio Review: Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
Provocative and genuinely subversive in both its content and presentation – Wide Awake! is just as fun as it is vital.
Book Review: Stinging Fly Stories – Eds. Sarah Gilmartin & Declan Meade
Having catalyzed many a career, it’s easy to see why publication in The Stinging Fly has become, for fledgling Irish writers, a climacteric of sorts.
Pride Surprise 2018
Dublin’s Pride Parade is one of Europe’s biggest LGBT+ Parades and this year there is an opportunity to make the celebration extra special for a chosen few.
Something About Mary
“Got my days wrong and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.” We are honoured to be the…
Soundbite: Peter McCloskey – Collar of Gold
Entrepreneur Peter McCloskey talks to us about Collar of Gold, an innovative Irish oil finding favour in the kitchens of some of Dublin’s best-known restaurants.
A Brief History of Bitcoin in Dublin
Long before the world went bitcoin barmy, a small group of tech enthusiasts were downloading online wallets, scanning QR codes and withdrawing money from their crypto accounts in the city…
Roadmap: Our Type – Irish Shopfronts
Irish Shopfronts is an exhibition which was selected for this year's Venice Biennale. The shopfronts range in style from 19th-century, through to Art Deco gems and 1970s renovations.
Bitesize: Taste of Dublin 2018
The focus is on all things playful as Taste of Dublin sets about transforming the Iveagh Gardens into a food lover’s playground.
Roadmap: DRB 100th
This special 100th issue features eight selected essays from the drb archives in addition to 15 new contributions
Book Review: The Water Cure – Sophie Mackintosh
Mackintosh’s debut displays the accumulative force of collective fury.
CHARGRILL AND THRILL – THE RETURN OF MEATOPIA
This July, GUINNESS x MEATOPIA returns for its second outing. There’ll be more unique dishes grilled or smoked over sustainable wood and charcoal, all to be washed down with recommended…