The Joy of Joyce: Dubliners 100 Preview
In Dubliners 100, established and new voices gleefully riff on Joyce’s originals, reworking his language and settings against a contemporary backdrop.
Literary Review: Flight by Oona Frawley
It has been said that the experience of exile cannot truly be expressed, as the condition of exile necessarily eliminates any possibility of an audience. If so, Oona Frawley has…
Literary Review: Can’t and Won’t by Lydia Davis
With her fussy literary miniatures, Lydia Davis shares unexpected parallels with that loveable egghead, Frasier Crane.
Literary Review: Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart
Little Failure is Gary Shteyngart’s sometimes moving, but generally frustrating
Home from Home: Adam on Valencia
Spain's third city gets its name from the Latin for “strength”, so it makes sense that we've exported one of our most vigorous young lads, Adam Keogh, to teach them…
Totally Dublin’s Pick of LGBT Pride 2014
Striding proudly into its 31st year, Dublin LGBT Pride has grown from a one-day parade into a musical, theatrical, colourful extravaganza celebrating the culture and achievements of the LGBT community…
Entry Level: Vic and Bob
A primer on those mainstream dadaists who are just waiting for their rehabilitation, Vic and Bob.
Album Of The Month: Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animals
If you thought the truly remarkable rock band was a thing of the past, you haven't met Parquet Courts.
June Audio Review | Michael Jackson | Sharon Van Etten | Fucked Up
A round up of June's other albums of note, including Michael Jackson's 2nd posthumous album, Sharon Van Etten and Fucked Up.
Nice Gaff: Timberyard Housing
Architect Nathalie Weadick celebrates one of Dublin's building treats, the Timberyard Housing, home to 47 occupants, built on Cork Street as late as 2009
BeLonG To: Exhibition
BeLonG To is the Irish national organisation for LGBT people aged 14-23, founded in 2003. In conjunction with this year’s LGTB Pride and the National Library, the organisation are curating…
Barfly: Sam’s Bar
“Dawson Street?” Anton protests. “Why are you always bringing us to these posh kips?” as we enter Sam's Bar
Entry Level: Synthesisers
“I wanted to have a sound of the future and I said, ‘Wait I second, I know the synthesiser, which is the sound of the future.” These are the words
Let’s Beer It For The Girls | Dublin Ladies Craft Beer Society
The Dublin Ladies Craft Beer Society was founded late last year, and their mission is simple: to get more women excited about beer — craft beer, specifically.
NCAD Fashion Design Class of 2014 Exhibition
We take a look some of our favourites ahead of their exhibition show on Friday May 23rd.
Sadistic Romantic: John Cooper Clarke Interview
“If I’m talking to someone and go, ‘D’you know John Cooper Clarke?’ and they say, ‘Oh yeah, he’s a genius’, I’m then like, ‘Good, you’ve saved me a lot of
It Happened To Me | The Price Of Confessions
Totally Dublin speaks with author and blogger Emily Gould and investigates the culture behind the internet’s confession box: the blog.