Ink on Walls: Pigment Project Interview
Pigment is a collaborative project between some of Ireland's top photographers, international tattoo artists and the clients who wear their bespoke works.
Entry Level: Weather Hacking
History is checkered with stories of human weather hacking for purposes both good and ill.
Totally Dublin Weekender | August 14 – 17
Weekender |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do with your weekend.
Westward, Ho! – A Trip to Dillisk
This month we venture out to Connemara's restorative food haven Dillisk, where local ingredients are treated delicately and respectfully.
Near Wild Heaven: Deafheaven Interview
Deafheaven's full colour metal is bringing screaming, visceral mayhem to a wider audience.
The Centre for Dying On Stage
Over 100 onstage deaths are chronicled on The Centre For Dying On Stage website where a black sphere hovers over the webpage like some unrelenting “damn spot”.
Barfly: Blackbird
Every carefully worn table and mismatched chair has an occupant and there’s a healthy queue at the bar. This maybe wouldn’t be so noteworthy if it weren’t for the fact…
Restaurant Review: The Woollen Mills
The Woollen Mills instantly feels like a part of Dublin and has a purpose: to be an authentic, quintessentially Irish, a house of food ("Eating House").
Restaurant Review: Salt Lick
Our most recent visit to Salt Lick was a delight to the tastebuds – crispy tempura, silky tofu, comforting ramen and beautifully chilled rice pudding.
Barfly: Mary’s Bar and Hardware Shop
“I like that there’s no music playing in here,” says Anton, soaking up the ambient noise of chatter. I nod in agreement. “Plus,” he continues, “can you imagine the absolute…
Block T Exhibition Space
The latest string to Block T’s already impressive bow – given the recent additions of the café, common area and Good Fridays BYO concerts each week – is the exhibition…
Album of the Month #1: The #1s – The #1s
Review of new The #1s album. With 10 tracks delivered in less than 20 minutes, it’s not big, it’s not clever but it’s fecking brilliant.
Book Review: Emma Donoghue – Frog Music
Emma Donoghue’s Frog Music is a bilingual, historical whodunnit that is impressively researched and convincingly written.
Book Review: Alain Robbe-Grillet – A Sentimental Novel
You may be tempted to throw A Sentimental Novel away in outrage, but there's no denying it's a singular swan-song.
Book Review: Rebecca Solnit – The Faraway Nearby
In The Faraway Nearby, Rebecca Solnit intersperses autobiographical snapshots with musings on everything from Che Guevara to arctic exploration.
Book Review: Timur Vermes – Look Who’s Back
Satirical jibes at Adolf Hitler are nothing new but much of the reaction drawn by Timur Vermes’ Look Who’s Back is down to its author’s nationality.