
Ciaran Carson: The Dichotomy of Being
Belfast writer, and poet, Ciaran Carson carried a black flute with silver keys on its…
Belfast writer, and poet, Ciaran Carson carried a black flute with silver keys on its…
Julian Lloyd’s iconic portrait of Nick Drake now forms part of the U.K.’s National Portrait…
The colourful humourist and English poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984) is the subject of…
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When, after a long siege, the Greeks breach the defences of Troy, Aeneas must flee.…
This article has been gestating for some time. I must admit to a long-standing loathing…
Gary Farrelly is an Irish visual and performance artist based in Brussels. Together with his…
Whether we’re regularly reading sports news or contributing to a comical WhatsApp group, many of…
There is no fiercer battle than that between sisters. The sibling tension is ever-present in…
Rushing down the lane to the beach, I race in the direction of clarity; the…
We all see things with different eyes and it gets you nowhere hoping that one…
There’s a strangeness to singing in a language you don’t understand, akin, perhaps, to the…
In our latest podcast Ben Pantrey interviews former musician of the month Bartholomew Ryan in…
I met Vladimir Putin once. Or, at least, I was in the same room as…
In a quiet room, two men smoke hashish and discuss the inevitability of the Apocalypse.…
Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense is a recently published work by Irish philosopher and…
I have a mild neurosis, situated in Utopian wish-fulfillment, of the ideal that I often…
For Christmas two years ago, my mother bought me a copy of Sally Rooney’s novel…
Whenever I think about Literature I think about Love. Both are written with big Ls.…
On February 15th, 2021, John Buckley McQuaid, released an album of original songs about Ireland,…