Blogs »
- The Ticket Album Club: James Blake’s “James Blake”Jim Carroll | On The Record »Once a month, The Ticket convenes the Album Club where a panel of guest critics air their views...
- Phoenix Magazine doesn’t get the joke.Donald Clarke | Screenwriter »All my writing life I have yearned to get into Pseuds’ Corner in Private Eye. Well, it looks as if...
- You say Gaddafi, we say Gadafy, let’s call the whole thing off…Hugh Linehan | Mechanical Turk »With bloody violence continuing in Libya today, it may seem trite to discuss the correct spelling...
- If you only do one thing this weekend …Laurence Mackin | Pursued by a Bear »Stare: If you find yourself in the capital and at a loose end of an evening (what with all the...
- This is not a compulsory postPól Ó Muirí | Ultach »Irish-language groups are still offering Enda Kenny some advice on his Irish-language policy as the...
Music »
- 'Most people steal music - God knows I do'
Beardyman’s album is eclectic, energetic and colourful, trying to strike a balance between novelty and serious music
- Is there anything pop won't eat?
The pop monster is hungry, and it’s gobbling up genres, the rulebook and everything else in its path – and murdering techno and house on the dance floor, writes UNA MULLALLY
Stage »
- Bringing Trollope back to life in Cork
For actor Edward Fox, conveying a sense of ‘backbone’ has proven a bankable resource. It’s not surprising then, that it is being called upon again in his latest one-man show, Trollope
- The Big Fellah
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Books »
- Dancing into the light
Winning the Man Booker prize in 2007 meant that Anne Enright got to meet lots of her readers. She wrote her new tale of an illicit affair for them, she tells ARMINTA WALLACE
- The truth and fiction of a father
MEMOIR: MOLLY McCLOSKEY reviews The Children of Lovers: A memoir ofWilliam Golding by his daughter By Judy Golding Faber and Faber, 246pp, £16.99
Comment & Media »
- You can choose your friends, but not your distant relations
TV REVIEW: THIS WEEK we learned that the handiest way to become a multi-millionaire is either to run a banjaxed Irish bank while it’s haemorrhaging money or murder a random stranger – and amazingly only one of these get-rich-quick yarns is fiction.
- London calling, Inishbofin answering
RADIO REVIEW: THE NEWS THAT Ryan Tubridy was in talks with the BBC had barely emerged when, by early last week, he was already on the move, forsaking Montrose for fresher climes.
Film »
- Shadow lands
The Aussie team behind Saw are back with Insidious , a slow-burning ghost story. Director James Wan – such a nice young man! – talks ‘torture porn’ and terror with DONALD CLARKE
- Two Irish films make this year's Cannes slate
The key programmes for Cannes, which begins on May 11th, have all now been announced. The good news for the home industry is that two Irish productions have secured prominent spots.
Gaming »
- Socom: special forces
16 cert, Sony, PS3 ****
- Full house poker
12 cert, Microsoft Games Studios, Xbox Live (also Windows Phone 7) ****
Art & Design »
- Whisper Concrete
Butler Gallery, The Castle, Kilkenny Daily 10am-1pm/ 2-5.30pm Until May 1 butlergallery.com 056-7761106
- Bicycle on a pole peddles Ireland's surreal nature
A man teetering on a bicycle, a road diverted around a fairy bush and the suffrage movement are all covered in exhibitions that capture the essence of Ireland
Treibh »
- Físchaint
CROBHINGNE: TÁ AN saol lán de chaint. Tá sé lán de mhórán nithe eile, leis, nach n-oireann dúinn a lua ar eagla na gcalóg arbhair. Cuid den chaint sin is ea mungailt, agus uaillbhreasa, agus geabstaireacht, agus ó bhoch, fiú eolas. Ach samhlaítear buaic na cainte go minic leis an óráid, an píosa dea-dhealfa a chuirtear le chéile d’fhonn dul i bhfeidhm ar dhaoine eile.
- Béaloideas na hÉireann ag cothú na féiniúlachta i gcónaí
SEOLADH AN leabhar Seoda as Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann/Treasures of the National Folklore Collection le gairid. Is don tsúil den chuid is mó é agus tá sé bunaithe ar chuid de na bailiúcháin éagsúla atá taobh istigh de Chnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath. Sraith aistí atá sa leabhar agus brollach leis an Dr T.K. Whitaker in éineacht leo.
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