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Culture - Saturday 29 September, 2018

Marty Balin, co-founder of iconic psychedelic group Jefferson Airplane, dies RIP

Marty Balin, co-founder of iconic psychedelic group Jefferson Airplane, dies

Sep 29th 2018, 12:22 PM 12,279 Views 6 Comments

The group was founded in the 1960s in California.

Culture - Thursday 27 September, 2018

Creator of Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim John Cunliffe dies aged 85 RIP

Creator of Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim John Cunliffe dies aged 85

Sep 27th 2018, 6:47 PM 14,817 Views 39 Comments

Cunliffe was the creator of some of the BBC’s most popular children’s programmes.

Culture - Wednesday 26 September, 2018

Opinion: In the digital era, how do you raise your child to be a reader? Opinion

Opinion: In the digital era, how do you raise your child to be a reader?

Sep 26th 2018, 7:00 PM 13,917 Views 27 Comments

Bookseller Lorraine Levis advises parents on how to raise a book-loving child in a screen-loving era.

Culture - Tuesday 25 September, 2018

Michael Kors goes shopping and picks up Versace for €1.83 billion Handbags At Dawn

Michael Kors goes shopping and picks up Versace for €1.83 billion

Sep 25th 2018, 2:28 PM 11,302 Views 5 Comments

Versace was the brainchild of the late designer Gianni Versace.

Culture - Saturday 22 September, 2018

Life, death and the story of a motorway bypassing towns in the West When All Is Ruin This post contains videos

Life, death and the story of a motorway bypassing towns in the West

Sep 22nd 2018, 8:30 PM 34,873 Views 8 Comments

A new documentary explores the twists and turns of the M17/M18 motorway.

Cork art gallery opening its doors for nude tours this weekend Naked Truth

Cork art gallery opening its doors for nude tours this weekend

Sep 22nd 2018, 6:00 PM 66,533 Views 39 Comments

Attendees will be able to “view the subject of nudes from a place of nudity”, organisers said.

'They were terrified something terrible would be revealed': What happened when a granddaughter uncovered her grandfather's secret tapes Culture Guide

'They were terrified something terrible would be revealed': What happened when a granddaughter uncovered her grandfather's secret tapes

Sep 22nd 2018, 9:00 AM 33,276 Views 3 Comments

Emma O’Grady’s one woman show, ‘What good is looking well, when you’re rotten on the inside’ hits the road on a national tour.

Culture - Friday 21 September, 2018

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's our pick of tonight's events Culture Night

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's our pick of tonight's events

Sep 21st 2018, 6:20 AM 22,506 Views 11 Comments

Thousands of people are expected to take in festivities tonight as cultural venues across Ireland open their doors for free.

Culture - Thursday 20 September, 2018

'Home is just a word. But in Ireland the word home has always been different to home somewhere else' Opinion

'Home is just a word. But in Ireland the word home has always been different to home somewhere else'

Sep 20th 2018, 9:30 PM 14,112 Views 17 Comments

Writer Colm Keegan examines what is home to us here in Ireland – is it a feeling, is it a right?

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in the North Culture Guide

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in the North

Sep 20th 2018, 8:00 PM 5,750 Views 5 Comments

Culture Night is tomorrow and with everything from researching your name to retro gaming there’s something for everyone in the North.

Next James Bond film back on track as Cary Fukunaga named its new director Shaken And Stirred

Next James Bond film back on track as Cary Fukunaga named its new director

Sep 20th 2018, 5:55 PM 11,988 Views 19 Comments

Danny Boyle left the project over ‘creative differences’ last month.

Famine film Black 47 has made over €1 million at the Irish box office Green Screen

Famine film Black 47 has made over €1 million at the Irish box office

Sep 20th 2018, 2:37 PM 30,018 Views 69 Comments

The film, directed by Lance Daly, came out two weeks ago.

Culture - Wednesday 19 September, 2018

WATCH: We took our readers on a preview Culture Night bus tour Sneak Peek This post contains videos

WATCH: We took our readers on a preview Culture Night bus tour

Sep 19th 2018, 9:30 PM 7,388 Views 3 Comments

Culture Night is happening this Friday 21 September and will see many venues around Ireland open their doors to the public.

'Your 30s are a tricky time for women. The biological and social pressures to conform are immense' Opinion

'Your 30s are a tricky time for women. The biological and social pressures to conform are immense'

Sep 19th 2018, 8:08 PM 29,663 Views 36 Comments

Actor and playwright Christiane O’Mahony wonders if seahorses have the right idea about how to live.

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in the South Culture Guide

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in the South

Sep 19th 2018, 8:00 PM 12,246 Views 2 Comments

Have you planned what you are doing this Culture Night? Here’s our guide to activities in the South.

Culture - Tuesday 18 September, 2018

'Growing up, my gay pals and I were groped, harassed, screamed at and bothered at every second turn' Opinion

'Growing up, my gay pals and I were groped, harassed, screamed at and bothered at every second turn'

Sep 18th 2018, 8:30 PM 31,710 Views 42 Comments

Karen Cogan has written a play about a fictional young lesbian in Cork for this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival.

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in the Midlands and West Culture Night Guide

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in the Midlands and West

Sep 18th 2018, 7:05 PM 8,662 Views 2 Comments

Here’s what to check out this Culture Night in the Midlands and West.

There was a marriage proposal on stage at the Emmy Awards Best Bits

There was a marriage proposal on stage at the Emmy Awards

Sep 18th 2018, 7:45 AM 43,759 Views 13 Comments

Plus, the other key moments and the big winners…

Culture - Monday 17 September, 2018

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in Dublin and the East Culture Night Guide

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in Dublin and the East

Sep 17th 2018, 7:05 PM 16,343 Views 4 Comments

Over the course of this week we’ll roundup the Culture Night events taking place near you.

Film about young female boxer in 1960s Ireland wins major Toronto award Float Like A Butterfly

Film about young female boxer in 1960s Ireland wins major Toronto award

Sep 17th 2018, 4:45 PM 12,849 Views 3 Comments

The film won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Culture - Sunday 16 September, 2018

'He was having nightmares about masked men': Why would a mother bring her son to be shot? Documentary

'He was having nightmares about masked men': Why would a mother bring her son to be shot?

Sep 16th 2018, 8:00 PM 39,208 Views 28 Comments

The documentary, by Sinéad O’Shea, explores the difficulties experienced by people living in the Creggan area of Derry.

Culture - Saturday 15 September, 2018

Irish films pick up great reviews at Toronto and Venice festivals TIFF

Irish films pick up great reviews at Toronto and Venice festivals

Sep 15th 2018, 6:00 PM 14,551 Views 3 Comments

Papi Chulo and Rosie were particularly singled out for praise.

WATCH: Paul Howard on Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, fame and finding inspiration in Kiely's pub Last Night In Kiely's

WATCH: Paul Howard on Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, fame and finding inspiration in Kiely's pub

Sep 15th 2018, 5:30 PM 14,965 Views 8 Comments

The author’s latest book is out now.

The Little Stranger: Lenny Abrahamson on the secret of directing a movie with a twist This post contains videos

The Little Stranger: Lenny Abrahamson on the secret of directing a movie with a twist

Sep 15th 2018, 11:45 AM 7,388 Views 3 Comments

Abrahamson’s follow-up to the all-conquering Room is a movie that defies characterisation.

Culture - Thursday 13 September, 2018

This David Hockney painting is expected to fetch $80m and set the record for a living artist Portrait Of An Artist

This David Hockney painting is expected to fetch $80m and set the record for a living artist

Sep 13th 2018, 10:32 AM 22,014 Views 15 Comments

The British artist’s Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) will be auctioned in November.

Culture - Monday 10 September, 2018

New PJ Gallagher show looks at when his mum moved 6 men with schizophrenia into the family home Madhouse

New PJ Gallagher show looks at when his mum moved 6 men with schizophrenia into the family home

Sep 10th 2018, 6:30 PM 31,592 Views 17 Comments

It was part of a move to get people out of institutions and into the community. The story is explored in the new show Madhouse.

Dublin City Council to pay €45m to fund proposed Parnell Square library Cultural Quarter

Dublin City Council to pay €45m to fund proposed Parnell Square library

Sep 10th 2018, 2:19 PM 16,997 Views 31 Comments

That amounts to just under half of the estimated cost for the Cultural Quarter.

Culture - Saturday 8 September, 2018

Political rows over Eurovision have made headlines before - so what are the chances of an Irish withdrawal? History Lessons

Political rows over Eurovision have made headlines before - so what are the chances of an Irish withdrawal?

Sep 8th 2018, 10:00 PM 44,014 Views 108 Comments

Rarely a year went by in the late 1970s without Turkey or Greece sitting out the event.

'I felt like there was a curse over the thing': What it was like making Ireland's first Famine feature film Black 47

'I felt like there was a curse over the thing': What it was like making Ireland's first Famine feature film

Sep 8th 2018, 6:00 PM 44,950 Views 35 Comments

The director Lance Daly and star Stephen Rea talk to us about the highs and lows of making Black ’47.

Culture - Friday 7 September, 2018

WIN: A seat for you and a friend on our 2018 Culture Night preview bus in Cork Culture Night 2018

WIN: A seat for you and a friend on our 2018 Culture Night preview bus in Cork

Updated Sep 7th 2018, 5:36 PM 12,045 Views 5 Comments

We’re heading back to the Rebel County for a second year.

Early bird tickets for next year's Electric Picnic sell out Stradbally Calling

Early bird tickets for next year's Electric Picnic sell out

Updated Sep 7th 2018, 2:33 PM 43,288 Views 79 Comments

More tickets will go on sale in 2019.

Oscars to postpone controversial 'Best Popular Film' category as it needs more study Academy Awards

Oscars to postpone controversial 'Best Popular Film' category as it needs more study

Sep 7th 2018, 8:47 AM 9,058 Views 9 Comments

The move came after some backlash from people in the film industry.

Culture - Thursday 6 September, 2018

'Ireland is the champion of progress at the moment, it's beating everyone else hands down' Caitlin Moran

'Ireland is the champion of progress at the moment, it's beating everyone else hands down'

Sep 6th 2018, 6:30 PM 24,614 Views 36 Comments

Columnist and author Caitlin Moran gives her view on Ireland post-Eighth referendum, and on what it means to be famous.

Culture - Wednesday 5 September, 2018

Bono's got his voice back and U2 have returned to the road Bonooooo

Bono's got his voice back and U2 have returned to the road

Sep 5th 2018, 10:58 AM 19,176 Views 27 Comments

He’s seen a doctor and he’s grand now.

End of an era for iconic children's characters as Lambert Puppet Theatre to close Monkstown

End of an era for iconic children's characters as Lambert Puppet Theatre to close

Sep 5th 2018, 8:39 AM 37,550 Views 57 Comments

The theatre was founded by puppeteer Eugene Lambert in 1972.

Culture - Saturday 1 September, 2018

Derry Girls and Young Offenders stars team up for dark comedy set during the Troubles Girls And Dolls

Derry Girls and Young Offenders stars team up for dark comedy set during the Troubles

Sep 1st 2018, 6:30 PM 25,499 Views 9 Comments

The play is written by the Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee.

Culture - Friday 31 August, 2018

Heading to Electric Picnic? Here's everything you need to know Electric Picnic

Heading to Electric Picnic? Here's everything you need to know

Aug 31st 2018, 6:10 AM 17,166 Views 15 Comments

More than 50,000 people are set to descend upon Stradbally in Laois for the biggest event of the Irish festival calendar.

Culture - Thursday 30 August, 2018

Trailer Watch: Which movie should you go see this weekend? Cinema This post contains a poll

Trailer Watch: Which movie should you go see this weekend?

Aug 30th 2018, 8:30 PM 22,226 Views 24 Comments

What’s a must-watch, and what’s a miss? We tell you.

Roddy Doyle has written a new film about the homeless crisis Rosie

Roddy Doyle has written a new film about the homeless crisis

Aug 30th 2018, 6:42 PM 21,575 Views 75 Comments

Rosie is about a young family who are homeless and living in hotels.

Culture - Monday 27 August, 2018

Over half of the 70,000 workers at Walt Disney World are to vote on $15 minimum wage Wage Rigidity And Beyond

Over half of the 70,000 workers at Walt Disney World are to vote on $15 minimum wage

Aug 27th 2018, 10:44 PM 14,486 Views 7 Comments

The increase would apply to unionised workers at the park and would bring the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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