Dublin poet Stephen James Smith: ‘I’m just holding a mirror up to the city, trying to tell the truth’
The poet on the inspiration in his life, his dyslexia, Pat Ingoldsby, and how one poem he wrote changed his life
Pat Ingoldsby
Seamus Murphy took his camera from the Rust Belt to Russia. What he saw took him aback
The cold war was built on assumptions that Americans and Russians lived opposite lives. ‘What if that was a lie?’ the Irish photographer asks in his new book
Pat Ingoldsby obituary: Ringmaster of a surreal circus that sprang fully formed from his own imagination
A poet with the common touch and a children’s TV presenter beloved by people of all ages, he was a true national treasure
The vagina detector test at the entrance to the Vatican is not about to be decommissioned
Pope Francis’s pontificate has been about evasion as well as empathy, and he has made it clear holy orders are reserved for men
Pat Ingoldsby is remembered at his funeral as ‘unaffected, profoundly human’
Family and friends paid tribute to the poet’s humour and artistry
Pat Ingoldsby: Celebration of life for late poet to take place this week
Ingoldsby, the poet, writer and broadcaster, died at a nursing home in Clontarf in Dublin on Saturday
The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby: An unlikely star of Irish children’s television
Television: If chatting Pat remains essentially mysterious, what fascinating company he provides
Is this a golden age for children’s theatre? Oh, yes, it is
Work made for children used to be rare, but there's now a rich bounty of shows
Stephen James Smith: On My Culture Radar
The poet and playwright on ‘The Young Offenders’, Ruth Negga and Galway
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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