Duty Bound – Ought Interview
For Ought, the antidote to modern malaise lays collective reflection on the often terrifying universals that unite us all; struggle, death, the stark reality of individual insignificance.
Behind the Gate: Jasmine Winterer at Open Gate Brewery
For the first in a series of a profiles of the brewing team at Guinness' experimental Open Gate Brewery, we talk to Jasmine Winterer.
Garb: Aoife Dunne
Totally Dublin catches up with fresh talent Aoife Dunne, who is known for mixing multimedia with zany visuals in her fashion work. The Dublin-based creative has earned herself the title…
Audio Review: Nicholas Krgovich – The Hills
You can easily imagine the film reel cutting from the moon-bathed Hollywood Hills to some down-at-heel dive bar on the Sunset Strip to follow another of Krgovich’s cast members on…
Barfly – JT Pim’s
Stepping out into a still cold but thankfully not aromatic March night, I reflect that Anton’s respect might be all that JT Pim’s is getting, on this occasion.
Garb – We Are Islanders
We Are Islanders’ poetic vision permeates their collections of artisanally produced yet boldly modern clothing. True to their pioneering spirit, a focus on eco-sustainability, heritage, and hand craft is at…
Restaurant Review: Pigeon House Clontarf
"The meal was a crescendo in enjoyment, starting off well and finishing on a triumphantly high note. Which is, of course, the direction you want a meal to go in".…
Phonica: Speak, See, Remember – Christodoulos Makris
Christodoulos Makris’ most recent book The Architecture of Chance (Wurm Press, 2015) was chosen as a poetry book of the year by RTÉ’s Arena and 3:AM Magazine. He has curated
Cinema Review: Midnight Special
Jeff Nichols takes a turn for the supernatural in Midnight Special, a sci-fi drama about a young boy, whose eyes and ears seem to be hypersensitive receivers for radio and…
Audio Review: Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing
Frankie Cosmos’ music is never going to be described as ‘brawny’ but Next Thing is her fullest sounding yet.
Book Review: Beckett’s Friendship – André Bernold
Reading Beckett’s Friendship by André Bernold is a lot like listening to a rambling college lecture by an old-school scholar: generally enjoyable with moments of impressive insight, but largely baffling…
What If Dublin… Was Playful?
A lot could be said here about the difficulties in navigating prams past crowds on narrow footpaths or countless driveway kerns. What if Dublin was playful?
Book Review: The Kindness of Enemies – Leila Aboulela
The Kindness of Enemies features several exotic backdrops, including Dagestan, St. Petersburg, Khartoum, and… Aberdeen. Aboulela depicts two storylines, told with considerable literary style.
Book Review – Pretentiousness: Why It Matters – Dan Fox
Fox’s most astute observations have to do with class policing. He insists that charges of pretentiousness only serve to maintain the status quo, especially in his native UK, where class…
Totally Dublin and Dublin Yelp Present: Live Well Dublin 2016
Totally Dublin is delighted to announce that we’ve teamed up with our pals at Yelp Dublin to host Live Well Dublin 2016, a great event focused on all things healthy.
Book Review: Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine Diane Williams
The reader of Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine has much in common with this bystander. We intrude on Williams’ characters in media res, catching them off guard. They are busy,…
Analogue Revolution: Ideopreneurial Entrephonics
Do things happen as a continuous flow, or as a series of discrete events? Retro technology is celebrated this month at Ideopreneuiral Entrephonics II, a festival of synthesized sound.
Protect Me, I am the Donnybrook Laundry
Deep in the heartland of Donnybrook, hidden in a crescent, surrounded by apartments, houses and leafy trees there sits, intact, a building which embodied part of our cruel social history.