Making A Scene: Molly O’Cathain
With stage doors currently closed, we revisit our interview with Molly O'Cathain, who has been lighting up Instagram with faithful recreations of classic couples in art and photography featuring her…
Dublin Dance Festival goes digital for 10 days of movement
While we wait until the moment when we can enjoy live performance again, you’re invited to join Dublin Dance Festival for ‘10 days of movement’ with the DDF Digital Capsule.
In The Frame: Amplexus – This must be underwater love by Cormac McMullan
The shot was taken up on Montpellier Hill, the hill that has the Hellfire Club on top of it.
Audio Review: King Krule – Man Alive!
An album that is subtle in its dynamism; creating an unexpected lushness in the calmer moments.
Book Review: Notes from an Apocalypse… – Mark O’Connell
As O’Connell puts it, ‘the apocalypse is trending.’... As we face yet more ‘lines of rising terror’, Notes from an Apocalypse is sure to resonate.
How to learn stained glass? – Alison Byrne, WildBird Studio
"Although Ireland’s stained glass community is very small, America has a huge community of hobbyists and professionals alike who have uploaded hundreds of tutorial videos online." - Alison Byrne
Best 3 useful reverse image search tools online for tourists
Studying a location is not as helpful as viewing it. Here's where reverse image search technology comes in.
Photo Book: Holy Pictures
Holy Pictures is Tony Murray’s vivid collection of images of popular devotion in the 1970s and early 1980s, which compellingly captures an aspect of Ireland that has largely disappeared.
The Mysterious World of Bitcoin
So what exactly is Bitcoin? Is it safe and can you easily benefit from this innovative, futuristic, cryptocurrency?
Book Review: A Girl’s Story – Annie Ernaux
In A Girl’s Story, Annie Ernaux goes back to 1958 and her first sexual experience ... What comes of looking back is an essay-memoir that brims with meaning.
How To Learn Irish? – Úna-Minh Kavanagh
"You learn from mistakes and the average Joe really doesn’t care if you can’t form the Modh Coinníollach on the spot. Once you get over that fear, you’re flying." -…
How to write a short story? Danielle McLaughlin
"I think it was Kevin Barry who said, “It’s always shit, until it isn’t.” I wrote those words on a sheet of paper and stuck them above my desk!" -…
Book Review: Oona – Alice Lyons
Lyons’ world-orphaned, confessional voice and self-fascination clearly mines a seam of the great American tradition epitomised by Walt Whitman’s proto-slacker epic, Song of Myself.
Just Eat: Paul McCullagh, Marketing Manager, Boojum
Marketing Manager, Paul McCullagh, talks to us about authentic Mexican food at Boojum, and the steps being taken to protect staff and customers in the midst of the current Coronavirus…
Book Review: The Mirror and the Light – Hilary Mantel
We know, more or less, what’s going to happen. What matters is how. Hilary Mantel’s choice to write in the present tense brings Tudor London shockingly close, in all its…
Lovebuddy: sex toys for everyone
Sex toys are something that we all might think of as a bit forbidden. When Sex and The City broke through, however, sex toys became a little more okay, something…
Book Review: Threshold – Rob Doyle
The protagonist-narrator of Rob Doyle’s Threshold is an altogether recognisable recusant – at least to anybody who has spent time in Trinity College Dublin’s Arts block.