November Garbs
Dime Bar… Recently arrived into BT2’s Grafton Street flagship all the way from L.A is cult streetwear label Dimepiece. Centered around shouty slogans and branding as well as eye-popping surrealist
Pour Om: An Interview with Ruth Ní Loinsigh of Om Diva
Drury Street's very own Isabella Blow, kind of.
7 Inches: Vision Collector
Vision Collector is a Dublin house and techno record label and party promotion collaboration by Darren Harrison and Alex Falconer established in 2013.
Home From Home: Moscow
Kate is a Dubliner and part-time Muscovite who has lived and studied in both Ireland and Russia.
Nice Gaff: No. 31 Leeson Close
"Yeah, there’s a conversation pit. Because there’s not a 42” flatscreen and an overstuffed couch, it’s stuck in the ‘70s? What’s wrong with talking to people?" We look at the…
All That (Free) Jazz: #12 Rutland Place
#12 Rutland Place is a new venture gaining ground on Dublin’s north side, providing an open rehearsal and performance space for an eclectic mix of musicians.
Entry Level: How To Get Published
The good people at the Irish Writers’ Centre came up with a cunning plan to ensure that the current best voices in storytelling are heard - the Novel Fair.
What Dublin’s Directly-Elected Mayor’s to-do list should look like
As cities increasingly become embroiled in competitive marketing and brand-building exercises, it makes sense that Dublin's fears of falling behind its sharp-suited, image-conscious European cousins are to be combatted with…
Meet Your Maker: The O’Briens Winemaker Experience 2013
We took a trip to the O'Briens Winemaker Experience - here's the bits we remember.
New Puritans: Interview with Disclosure
It's been the year of Disclosure. Battles over authenticity to a war on drugs, though, can't disguise an act that has captured the zeitgeist.
A South Korea Reader
Despite the considerable international success of its musicians, filmmakers and contemporary artists, South Korea has never really figured on the global literary landscape. It’s difficult to know why exactly, especially…
Just tryin’ to tell a vision: Interview with Tom Verlaine
These days, Verlaine is still as elusive as the wild magic that his guitar creates with Television.
Get Your Head In The Game
The nights are longer and it’s that much harder to get out of the bed in the morning. However, this month does have one thing going for it: It’s game…
Cinema Review: The Selfish Giant
A very loose, social realist adaptation of the Oscar Wilde short story of the same name, Clio Barnard's tale of two boys ― Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas, as Arbor…
Cinema Review: Muscle Shoals
Given the recent welter of music-related documentaries (Very Extremely Dangerous, Beware of Mr Baker, Sound City), the arrival of Muscle Shoals is not the most exciting prospect...
Cinema Review: Ender’s Game
Based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of a gifted child, Ender (Asa Butterfield), conscripted into a global military in…
Cinema Review: Philomena
If you weren’t from Ireland, the true-life story recounted in Philomena might resonate more strongly as a tale of the abuses perpetrated by religious orders in this country and the…