Dermot Kennedy breaks his 24 hours of silence to tell me about The Hobbit. It’s his favourite book. “That’s how I started writing,” Kennedy says, slicing up a...
Ireland’s many islands remain as popular as ever. The unspoiled, beautiful islands are dotted around the country’s coast from Mizen Hean in the south to...
Born in Dublin, Gerard Byrne is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary artists. His expansive collection is representative of a versatility unparalleled in the contemporary Irish...
“Those in power write the history. Those who struggle write the songs.” Those words appear on the cinema screen just before the closing credits roll-up...
Girl groups rock! From The Supremes to Fanny to the Go-Gos to L7 to modern rock supergroup boygenius, all-female musical acts have played, and continue...
Scottish sayings and words, combined with that unmistakable accent, can often make English sound like an entirely different language when you're 'north of the border'....
Irish folk band The Jeremiahs are celebrating their 10th anniversary in 2023. Recently we spoke with the band’s singer Joe Gibney about their past, present,...
Cornish, or Kernowek – a descendant of the language spoken by the British population before the Anglo-Saxons arrived – has survived and resisted over the...
