Jeans Genies: Native Denims
"We’ve gone back to the way that denim was meant to be made." Native Denims is Ireland’s sole denim studio, crafting jeans with a couturier’s eye.
Hemlines: Brooching the Subject – The Brooch Curator
Those in search of style cues, rather than secret messages, should peruse @thebroochcurator, whose quotidian posts will appease colour and texture magpies.
Roadmap: Sound It Out – BBC Sound Effects Library
Fancy knowing what a tropical forest at dawn in West Africa sounds like?
Artsdesk: Stone Cold Imitations – Jason Ellis
When asked why he enjoys the medium of stone, Ellis calls it “unforgiving.” It might seem strange for someone to love something because of its severe qualities, but that’s very…
Bitesize: Off the Page – Greenfeast
“For many, this is the end of their year. For me, this is when it starts, when warmth, and bonhomie come to the fore.” So writes chef Nigel Slater in…
Cinema Review: Doctor Sleep
"It is to director Mike Flanagan’s great credit that Doctor Sleep captures some of the directorial interpolations of the 1980 original while also generating a character study which would likely…
Cinema Review: Meeting Gorbachev
"A fascinating and humanising portrayal of a pivotal figure in world history."
Restaurant Review: Not In My Name – Mr. S
"There is a lot of potential here but the flavour profiles of too many of the dishes seem curiously polite, when I had been expecting full-throated profanity."
Hemlines: Meet Your Maker(s) at Om Diva
Om Diva open their Maker’s Market on Thursday 7th, fusing Atelier 27 fixtures with fresh additions from Jill & Gill, Jump the Hedges and 26 other talents.
Magnified: Kajet Journal
Kajet Journal emanated out of an urgent need to provide a platform for Eastern European narratives. We catch up with its creators, Petricā Mogos and Laura Naum.
Cinema Review: Down Claiborne
"Down Claiborne is a free-styling, arthouse, collage of a community still under the cosh of its troubled history – a place mis-shaped by joyous creation and chaos."
Bitesize: Zero Waste Cooking + More at Dublin Food Coop This November
It’s been a busy old year at Dublin Food Coop, where they’ve been settling into a new home while also developing an innovative community development programme with ICOS.
Roadmap: Beam Him Up – Scotty’s Big Night Out
Scott MacNaughton (28.07.75 - 16.09.19) was a much-loved music head who had been knit into the scene here from the mid-nineties when he started playing in The Kitchen.
Irish National Opera Present Rossini’s Opera Cinderella
Almost everyone is familiar with the Cinderella story, but Rossini’s famous opera is not quite the conventional fairy-tale.