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4th May 2020

“Women Take the Floor” The Series— Lonely Palette Podcast February 2020(in partnership with the MFA Boston)

In this time of cocooned self-isolation, I’ve been trying to keep up a semblance of fitness by treading the mill. …

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2nd March 2020

Review: Women Make Film, 14 Hours of Femmes in Film

So I’m back in one piece from the opening weekend of the Dublin International Film Festival. My sister had lured …

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27th February 2020

Mamma mia, the Reina Sofía in Madrid!

While in Madrid last weekend with my son visiting my older son who now lives there, I made the mistake …

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16th February 2020

Movie Review: Parasite and that horror called Hope

Korean director Bong Joon Ho made history at the 92nd Academy Awards when his movie “Parasite” won the Best Picture …

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15th February 2020

A Little Gem in The Park – ‘Life in Still Life’ – a cross border collaborative art exhibition

Life in Still Life Where: Ashtown Visitors Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 2  When: running now until 13th March 2020 Admission: …

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31st January 2020

Movie Review: Blinded by Light

Based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s book “Greetings from Bury Park – Race. Religion. Rock ‘N’ Roll.”, Blinded by Light is a …

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24th October 2019

No Laughing Matter. Joker Movie Review.

Joker Movie Review Directed and produced by Todd Phillips, Joker is based loosely on DC Comics characters with Joaquin Phoenix …

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1st October 2019

Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light, National Gallery Ireland, 10 August-3 November 2019

Fifty three paintings from one of Spain’s most celebrated artists, Joaquìn Sorolla (1863-1923,) are on exhibition at our very own …

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24th September 2019

What’s your number? The Guardian’s 100 best books of the 21st century

The stretch in the evening is leaving us for another year. It’s getting near time to start lighting the fire. …

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15th September 2019

Book Review: The Improbability of Love

A few years late but The Improbability of Love by Hannah Mary Rothschild is a good yarn set in the …

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20th July 2019

The 189th RHA Annual Exhibition 2019–where 351 artists are given a place to shine

The 189th RHA annual exhibition is on in the Gallagher Gallery—home of the RHA—15 Ely Place, Dublin. It runs from …

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8th July 2019

Book Review: A Little Life needs a large edit

Having won the 2015 Kirkus Prize in Fiction and shortlisted for several more — 2015 Man Booker Prize, 2015 National …

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10th June 2019

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe…and then into the Blackberry bushes

  Have you ever felt you want to climb into the hedgerows in the Irish countryside and wander around in …

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8th June 2019

Nirox Sculpture Park –art, attitude and atmosphere

I just spent the past ten days opposing the route of the swallow and flew south for a little autumn …

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8th June 2019

Climbing Documentaries: Scaling the dizzy heights of madness

For some reason or another, I’ve watched two films recently featuring climbers attempting ascents of El Capitan (El Cap for …

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4th June 2019

Swipe for a short poetry reading with @poetryireland podcast

An analysis of that Screen Time App on your smartphone can be quite worrying, all those minutes and hours of …

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31st May 2019

Dalí in the horse house at Russborough House

I fell for the press release and dutifully lured a crew of our art writers to visit Art in the …

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28th May 2019

Hounds, Horses, Humans & More

Russborogh House is showcasing ‘Art in the Garden’, a Sculpture exhibition of 120+ works hosted by Gormley’s Fine. On the …

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27th May 2019

Out of this world in 1931: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

I’ve always been fascinated with dystopian literature and science fiction movies from Blade Runner, Fahrenheit 451, Logan’s Run to Terminator. …

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25th May 2019

The Nobel Prize for Wifehood, short review of ‘The Wife’ movie

We all know the line, “Behind every great man is a great woman”, well here’s the story of unassuming Joan Castleman (Glenn …

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14th May 2019

Art and Travel, a stumbled upon gallery and exhibition in South Africa /Infinity Gallery Nieu Bethesda Karoo South Africa, December 2018

Have you ever been to the dry, barren, scrubby land of the Karoo— the Karoo, where your eyes smart in …

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13th May 2019

Navel gazing narratives

Fiction is my thing probably because I don’t ‘do‘ realism. I’ve read a few biographies over the years, mainly about …

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7th May 2019

The Lonely Palette

“Each episode, host Tamar Avishai picks a painting du jour, interviews unsuspecting museum visitors in front of it, and then …

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30th April 2019

Our Plundered Planet, Mark Dion at the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin 29/04/2019

OUR PLUNDERED PLANET, Mark Dion                               …

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25th March 2019

The interior design of our psyche

I’ve fallen in and out of love with Druid’s work over the years. I’m not overly fond of the Stage …

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24th February 2019

Another poignant tale from the margins

I’ve been stalking this man’s repertoire for over five years. One act, one man, minimal set, props or costumes; there …

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15th February 2019

Rebuilding the Future in IMMA

Many people complain about IMMA and its unimaginative use of space. I have fond memories of doodling in the response …

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20th January 2019

Spitting Image in the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny

Splendid. My colleague laughed at my choice of word to describe the view when you enter the grounds of Kilkenny …

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5th November 2018

Jacqueline Stanley

Jacqueline Stanley presents a series of large works in the RHA. Street-scenes, hill-scapes and boglands figure. Motifs of the moon, …

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6th October 2018

A modern take on traditional form

What a versatile collection of work but with attention to detail carried through all the forms. RHA – Ursula Burke …

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