Ani Parisi – ALMA Dublin
“Our family lives for this business, and thanks to the support of everyone we were able to survive this pandemic." The Parisi family opened their eatery on Dublin’s South Circular…
Audio Review: James Vincent McMorrow – Grapefruit Season
"Once you get used to hearing McMorrow’s falsetto in more dynamic soundscapes, the stripped-back stuff feels like a step backwards into comfortable territory." - Joe Joyce
Amplifications: Gxrl Code at Dublin Fringe Festival
Gxrl Code is not just a collective but a community and springboard for their members to go out there armed with their A-game. Ahead of their involvement with the Fringe…
Jacket and Spine: Graham Thew
“A lot of good design comes from equal parts panic and inertia.” Graham Thew
Cinema Review: Herself
"In Herself darkness is just as powerful as the light." - Rory Kiberd
Jacket and Spine: Sarahmay Wilkinson
“Things we are thinking a lot about is representation of diverse illustrators and authors and trying to spread the work around.” - Sarahmay Wilkinson, New York
Romancing Again
Avoiding the first wave of reopens, it’s heartening to see firm favourites of ours such as The Big Romance and Anseo cautiously opening their doors again.
Jacket and Spine: Fiachra McCarthy
"I think all those years of magazine design were like layout bootcamp for me. You have to work so quickly and to such tight deadlines that it really hones your…
Easy Confidence – Canteen at The Marlin Hotel
"This is a serious restaurant with a talented brigade, it deserves to develop its own clientele and not merely cater to the dirty weekenders and mini-breakers. Canteen is very much…
Jacket and Spine – Anna Morrisson
“I love trying to interpret imagery in abstract way, having a cover that lures a reader to pick it up and make it stand out in a bookshop.” – Anna…
The Little Cactus
We like the look of The Little Cactus which recently opened its doors on Stoneybatter’s Prussia Street.
Jacket And Spine: Jack Smyth
What does it take to design a book cover? We talk to five of our favourite Irish book designers based in Ireland, the UK and US to find out why…
Bitesize: House Garden
As temperatures dip, vaccination rates rise and outdoor diners transition back inside, a number of the city’s dining establishments have been inspired to bring the garden indoors too.
Roadmap: Holy Show
Holy Show returns with a veritable smorgasbord of stories focusing on the theme of public space.
€130 million up for grabs in upcoming EuroMllions Superdraw
The EuroMillions Superdraw is a record-shattering lottery event that takes place once in a blue moon, usually to mark a special occasion, in which the prize fund is as big…
CANAL BANK S.W.A.L.K. – Nessa Winder and the Royal Canal clean-up group
Ahead of the next meeting of the Royal Canal clean-up group on Saturday September 11 (new members welcome), we meet up with Nessa Winder, who takes to the water in…
Threading A Fine Line: Threadstories – Meet The Banksy of Masks
As a new exhibition of work opens in the Molesworth Gallery on Friday, we revisit our 2019 interview with threadstories.