Brand New Retro: Vintage Christmas Adverts
And now time for a word from our sponsors... Brian McMahon presents a selection of vintage Christmas adverts promoting long-standing Irish food and drink brands.
Happy Print Day – Whiskey Rebrands
"Despite backlash from core whiskey nerds, these rebrands have worked at gaining attention from newer whiskey-drinking cohorts." - Shamim de Brún
Cinema Review: Priscilla
"A visually striking cinema experience which leaves a lasting impression." - Zara Hedderman
Roadmap: SALT
SALT is the name of the new culinary and art project being undertaken by Rudi-Lee McCarthy.
Cinema Review: Next Goal Wins
"True-to-life sports dramedy Next Goal Wins is Waititi’s first real response to those who have boarded the backlash bandwagon and he’s not swaying the unconverted any time soon." - Mark…
Two Gorgeous Recipes from Kwanghi Chan to get you through the days between Christmas and The New Year
With the last of the festive goodies beginning to dwindle, we've got two great recipes from Chef Kwanghi Chan to take you safely through the weird temporal phase of these…
Braywatch – Echo Bar
We may not be Totally Wicklow but if we were we’d probably be holding the front page for the arrival of Echo Bar in Bray.
Santa – Christmas 1912
A young girl dressed up as Father Christmas with outfit, mask, sack and staff.
Brand New Retro: The Spirit of Christmas Presents Past
Brian McMahon of Brand New Retro takes a quick look at vintage adverts for Christmas gifts produced by leading Irish manufacturers.
From The Archives: The Ex-Pats Guide to Christmas
"You wish it was like a TV commercial where you're drumming your fingers on the steering wheel, listening to Chris Rea, nostalgic thoughts of Christmases past floating into your head…
Digested Digest: Perfect Roast Potatoes for Christmas
"Tremendously crispy, tremendously fluffy, and tremendously golden - anything less is a missed opportunity with roast potatoes." - Cúán Greene
Seasonal Cheers – Cranberry Christmas Royale Baby!
'A simple drink to mix up either at home or in a bar', we reckon that this seasonal recipe makes for a perfect cranberry based pre-turkey sharpener on the big…
Bitesize: Books for Cooks
Making a list? This year sees a particularly bumper selection of books packed to the brim with recipes, tips and techniques, thanks to the penmanship of some of the country’s…
Trophy Cabinet – Bar 1661
Another month, another award bestowed upon Bar 1661 and its spin-off ventures including Craft Cocktails, where its D7 HQ on Cuckoo Lane currently moonlights as a merry grotto.
It’s A Grand Life – A Seasonal Short Story By Séamas O’Reilly
"It was because of the acid that I got the letters gig." Séamas O'Reilly tells the tale of a Christmas work stint at An Post spent opening every letter in…
From The Archives: The 12 Illustrations of Christmas
As the season gets into its stride we look back at our 2017 archives, when we approached a selection of illustrators with the simple brief of encapsulating what Christmas means…
The Cream of Christmas – Micil Poitin Irish Cream
'Tis the season for Irish Cream Liqueurs! We all know the whiskey ones but now one of Ireland’s favourite Poitin producers Micil has unleashed their limited edition poitin Irish cream.
Roadmap: Laundrosaurus – Helga Stentzel
"My art is about finding magic in the mundane, seeing beauty in imperfections, and connecting to our reality in a new way."