Barfly: Fidelity
The Dice Bar reopens this week thanks to a collaboration between the boys behind the Big Romance and Whiplash Beer.
Sound: Prolific – Laurie Shaw
Releasing his seventh album this year is just par for the bountiful course Laurie Shaw finds himself on.
Book Review: Getting Lost
Getting Lost is essentially the diary Ernaux kept while engaged in a protracted and intense love affair with a Soviet diplomat.
It’s A Grand Life – A Seasonal Short Story By Séamas O’Reilly
"When I talk about how I spent that Christmas twelve years ago, people usually ask what I learned from opening every letter in Ireland that was addressed to Santa." -…
Merry And Bright: 10 of the Best Dublin Pubs For A Winter Warmer
In our experience, the worst of the bleak midwinter is best ameliorated by marching into town at least once during the Season for a restorative bevvie with old pals in…
Brand New Retro: When Wigs Were In
For a time in the 1960s and early 1970s, it was acceptable and fashionable for young Irish women to wear wigs.
Roadmap: The Busk
The Christmas busk is a time honoured tradition in which some of the ‘names’ in our music industry get to the streets for a good cause.
Roadmap: Carvings – Luke Fallon
"Individually, these small echoes of the past may not be terribly important; together, they’re a portrait of a city’s soul through the decades.” - S.P.F. Mulligan
Save a Sod This Christmas!
Gift a 'Sod' in someone's name to protect and care for a piece of Irish land and the species that live on it.
Roadmap: Slow Perfection
Laoise Carey got in touch to show us some images from her A/W ’22 Lookbook and their patchwork vibrancy caught our immediate attention
Album Review: Gareth Quinn Redmond and Conor Campbell – Umcheol (Cú Chulainn agus Ferdiad)
"Umcheol (Cú Chulainn agus Ferdiad) feels almost miraculous in the singularity of what is achieved, never before has the ancient sang so harmoniously with the cool futurism of synthetic sound."…
Digested Digest: Scaíltín
"Every Christmas my other half makes eggnog for my family. It’s called Scaíltín (pronounced scawl-teen) and is a luxurious, creamy beverage served warm and finished with crushed caraway or nutmeg.…
All We Want for Christmas… Irish Gift Guide 2022
Looking for some great gifts this Christmas? We’ve got some cool creative ideas from Irish based retailers, producers and networks to add some sparkle to your shopping right here…
Competition: Win a bottle of Blood Monkey Irish Gin
Blood Monkey Irish Craft Gin brings a new taste profile to gin lovers, and you can win a bottle in our fab new competition!
Cinema Review: Nocebo
"Like a coda to Covid, it utilises the subject of chronic illness as a jumping off point for a fresh and feverish exploration of the banality of evil." - Michael…
Roadmap: Them And Us
Born in 2014 in Japan, Them is a fashion magazine whose mission is to “inspire people with genuine style and philosophy through our individual editorial policy.”
Roadmap: Abandoned
Where once they teemed with life, we all know of an abandoned house or two which carries mere echoes of its past midst its current decay.