Book Review: The Girls – Emma Cline
It’s this powerful rendering of female adolescence that makes The Girls – at times – heartbreaking.
Cinema Review: The BFG
Spielberg's fourth collaboration with Mark Rylance works superbly. His BFG is fearsome, vulnerable and ultimately lovable, as is this film that bears his initials.
Audio: Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
Coloring Book is a diary of an achiever, not an aspirer. It's sketched out between the poles that always stand strong in a sometimes troubled Chicago: Sundays at church.
Garb: Chupi
A volatile retail atmosphere hasn’t deterred Chupi in setting up shop. As her multi-award winning jewellery brand continues to grow, Chupi carved some time out of her busy day to…
Cinema Review: Finding Dory
It is incredibly difficult to watch this film without taking into account the fact that it was created for Pixar's specific brand-demographic of Adult Baby.
Sound: An interview with Hilary Woods
The sound of Hilary Woods is that of an artist liberated. We sat down with her for a cup of tea and a deep dive into what drives her multi-disciplinary…
Win A Delicious Italian Dinner for Two At Il Posto!
It's the penultimate week of our fabulous Summer competition with Il Posto. Win dinner for two with wine*! Entry details here!
Soundbite – Andy Noonan: The Big Grill
Ahead of the Big Grill Festival in Herbert Park this month Andy Noonan talks to us about going back to basics, hanging out with your mates and observing the age-old…
Final Chance To Win Dinner For Two at Il Posto!
Summer's coming to an end and so sadly is our fabulous competition with Il Posto. It's the final week of our summer competition with Il Posto to win dinner for…
Lucky for Some! Week 13 of Our Fab Il Posto Competition
We've teamed up with Il Posto over the summer for a fabulous competition to win dinner for two with wine*!
Out To Lunch Weekender
Simon Conway and Barry O'Donoghue's Out To Lunch promotion's August Weekender is their most ambitious gig to date, with four rooms and a billed crammed with the weird and the…
Audio: Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
Freetown Sound is an ever-mixing bricolage of different genres. Half protest album, half personal diary.
Book Review: Barkskins – Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx, at 80 years of age, can certainly not be faulted for effort. Her new novel, Barkskins, encompasses 300 years of colonial history and its effects over 700-odd pages.
Book Review – So Sad Today: Personal Essays Melissa Broder
So Sad Today has been saluted as realistic: despite not offering a golden bullet of recovery, a 344k-follower count remains a redemption of sorts.
BeKreativ: A Blast Of Colour With Fuchsia MacAree
Fuchsia MacAree is one of the country’s most bankable illustrators. Her bold and bright designs have adorned everything from billboards to books and it’s this recognisable style that has led…
Book Review: Zero K – Don DeLillo
The book is so over-the-top DeLillo that it finally winds up being one of his best.
Book Review: The Bones of Grace – Tahmima Anam
The Bones of Grace is an astonishing achievement: lyrical, linguistically gorgeous, upsetting, and wholly worth reading.
Barfly: O’Shea’s Clonskeagh House
It is rare for a pub’s greatest selling point to be its carpark but O’Shea’s Dodder-adjacent sun-trap seemed to be the establishment’s primary draw over the last few years.