Subscriber OnlyCloud Gate: The Taiwanese treasure opening Dublin Dance Festival 2024 In 13 Tongues, the renowned company blends traditional themes such as harmony and balance with explosive reflections on contemporary lifeBy Christie Seaver●Mon Apr 29 2024 - 05:15
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Subscriber OnlyLocal history: a Wicklow tea room, ambitious Kennedys, New Quay secrets and Cork curiosities The eccentricities, folklore and sociology of small town Ireland is vividly captured in volumes by Michael Fewer, Therese Hicks, Kathleen Fawle, Daithí Ó Muiri and Kieran McCarthy
Subscriber OnlyCaoilinn Hughes: ‘I suppose it’s in our DNA, that instinct to leave and to move’Irish author Hughes talks about her third novel, The Alternatives, writing in a camper van and getting hit by a truck
TV & RadioBelfast actor Anthony Boyle: ‘My dad had to go to Gaelic training, and the same British soldier would throw his kit in a puddle every day’The Belfast actor is on a roll, with parts in Masters of the Air and Manhunt about to be followed by starring roles in Shardlake and Say Nothing
‘No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’: How common were such notices in Britain?Unthinkable: The only known photograph of such a sign is from an unknown sourceBy Joe Humphreys
Punched on TV by an Irish toff: how criticism worked before Taylor Swift, Morrissey and OasisDonald Clarke: We’ve reached a bad place if reviewers can’t openly express mixed feelings about a singer’s epic evisceration of recently discarded boyfriendsBy Donald Clarke
Kronos Quartet in Ireland: ‘Every note, every piece we play, every composer, every collaboration - everything has meaning’The United States’ best-known string quartet, famous for its crossover projects and advocacy of new music, is bringing its Five Decades season to DublinBy Michael Dervan
Picture This: Parked Car Conversations – Solid pop songs with a saccharine heartbeat By Lauren Murphy
Take That in Dublin review: ‘Whose idea was it to have stairs?’ puffs Gary Barlow as the band roll back the years with dazzling show Elaborate stage set-ups are par for course with Take That but bells and whistles would mean nothing if songs were not up to scratchBy Lauren Murphy
Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department track by track review – A manifesto for all the believers who will try at love one more time By Finn McRedmond
Four new films to see this weekChallengers, That They May Face the Rising Sun, In the Land of Saints and Sinners, ISSBy Donald Clarke and Tara Brady
Kerry Condon: ‘Sometimes people look at me but they can’t place me. And that’s what I want to be – an actor’The intensely private star likes to stay out of the limelight, even though she is the most successful Irish actress at the global box officeBy Tara Brady
In the Land of Saints and Sinners: Liam Neeson is a gruff, gunslinging hero in this Donegal western By Tara Brady
ISS review: Nuclear war breaks out on Earth. Up in space, can the Americans thwart the Russians? By Donald Clarke
Caoilinn Hughes: ‘I suppose it’s in our DNA, that instinct to leave and to move’Irish author Hughes talks about her third novel, The Alternatives, writing in a camper van and getting hit by a truckBy Niamh Donnelly
Local history: a Wicklow tea room, ambitious Kennedys, New Quay secrets and Cork curiosities The eccentricities, folklore and sociology of small town Ireland is vividly captured in volumes by Michael Fewer, Therese Hicks, Kathleen Fawle, Daithí Ó Muiri and Kieran McCarthyBy Paul Clements
Keep It Tight: Deirdre O’Kane and Emma Doran combine brazen charm with disarming realnessPodcast review: When O’Kane and Doran go off on one, they’re a streak of laughs, but they land punches tooBy Fiona McCann
Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in MayIncluding Bodkin, Bridgerton, Clarkson’s Farm, The Kardashians and A Man in FullBy Kevin Courtney
Belfast actor Anthony Boyle: ‘My dad had to go to Gaelic training, and the same British soldier would throw his kit in a puddle every day’The Belfast actor is on a roll, with parts in Masters of the Air and Manhunt about to be followed by starring roles in Shardlake and Say NothingBy Patrick Freyne
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonightApril 28th-May 3rd: From the death of transgender Mexican model Miriam Rivera to the rise of celebrity chef Mark MoriartyBy Kevin Courtney
Cloud Gate: The Taiwanese treasure opening Dublin Dance Festival 2024 In 13 Tongues, the renowned company blends traditional themes such as harmony and balance with explosive reflections on contemporary lifeBy Christie Seaver
Windmill blades on Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge collapse overnightClub founded in 1889 became global symbol of Parisian culture, its famed can-can dancers depicted in paintings by avant-garde artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Georges Seurat
Visual art reviews: Each Now, Is the time, the Space; and Aleana Egan: Second-hand Group shows can create brilliant conversations, but unless you are familiar with the work of these artists, you may need help to get inBy Gemma Tipton
The blink of an eye: Great street photography that finds magic in the mundaneA new festival in Dublin captures the glorious, random, intimate moments of everyday lifeBy Gemma Tipton