Roll over Rick Stein and tell Nigella the news
Thu, Nov 06, 2014
‘Quenelles of Goldfish’, ‘Piglet Brains and Barley Wine’, ‘Chilli-Chocolate Songbird Hearts’, ‘Fag-Ash & Seaweed Anti-Cupcake’; these might sound like ingredients from a Monty Python sketch but in fact they are all from menus dreamt up by the fiendishly fertile imaginations of The Domestic Godless, an absurdist gastronomic art collective from Cork.
Read more ...Paul Heaton - ‘My audience is used to me being a grumbleweed’
Thu, Oct 16, 2014
AFTER 19 highly successful years, The Beautiful South called it a day in 2007 humorously citing “musical similarities” as the reason for the split. It marked the close of the second chapter of band leader Paul Heaton’s career - his first having been as leader/singer of The Housemartins - opening the way for his ‘third act’, that of solo artist.
Read more ...David Baddiel - ‘I’m very unreligious, but it doesn’t stop me being Jewish’
Thu, Oct 09, 2014
David Baddiel has been one of the major names in British comedy over the past near quarter of a century, even if, for most of that time he has been a writer rather than a stand-up, but his new show Fame, Not The Musical, is finally bring him face-to-face with audiences again.
Read more ...Judah Friedlander - ‘I kept hearing people talk about Galway. I thought ‘I gotta go there’
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
On the comedy stage, Judah Friedlander is The World Champion. He is the best athlete in the world, greatest martial artist, the sexual dream of every woman, and a role model to children.
Read more ...Remembering The Great War’s fallen Irish through art
Thu, Sep 11, 2014
THE CENTENARY of the First World War has prompted many commemorations of, and fresh reflections on, that vast and cataclysmic conflict. Here in Ireland it has occasioned a reclaiming of the history of the many thousands of Irishmen who served and died in the war and whose stories had largely been erased from official memory until recent years.
Read more ...Willie Ruane - from fullback to Connacht CEO
Thu, Aug 14, 2014
New Connacht CEO Willie Ruane’s career might be steeped in making tough financial decisions necessary for his new role, but he is distinctly nostalgic when recalling his playing time with the province.
Read more ...The Sardinian who loves the Galway rain
Thu, Jul 17, 2014
“I decided to be a proper writer because of Galway. It gave me the power and belief to do things. I hope to move here and spend more time in the city. There is nothing like Galway - I even love when it rains here.”
Read more ...Gabriel Weston: The world of a high functioning multi-tasker
Thu, Jul 03, 2014
Gabriel Weston is a woman of many professional pursuits, between being a practicing surgeon, an accomplished writer, and a BBC presenter.
Read more ...Born radical - Margaretta D’Arcy at eighty
Thu, Jun 19, 2014
“You’re not meant to be here! You’re meant to be at home with a cat on your knee, listening to the radio!”, so said inmates in Limerick Prison and Mountjoy upon seeing Margaretta D’Arcy join them behind bars.
Read more ...Christy Moore - Where he came from
Thu, May 08, 2014
Christy Moore makes a welcome return visit to Galway next week when he plays two concerts in Leisureland, on Thursday May 15, and Friday 16 (the latter is already sold out). Ahead of his appearances here, he took some time to chat about his life-long love for music, his family and his current tour.
Read more ...‘Ireland took the bullet for Europe when the banks collapsed’
Thu, Apr 17, 2014
“Ireland took the bullet for the EU” over the collapse of the continent’s economic and banking institutions, and now “it’s pay back time”, as younger generations should not have to face a future of “austerity in perpetuity”.
Read more ...Sam Lipsyte: Doulos, Dungeon Masters, and delusions
Thu, Apr 03, 2014
One of the most endearing truths about Galway is its capacity for broadening minds and horizons.
Read more ...‘I find great humour in the west, especially among women’ – Anakana Schofield
Thu, Mar 27, 2014
“It’s hard to believe I’ve been answering questions about this book for two years,” muses author Anakana Schofield, speaking from her Vancouver home.
Read more ...Mahoney in awe at 'sacred' nature of Irish theatre
Thu, Jul 05, 2012
Since its earliest days, one of the defining characteristics of the Galway Arts Festival is the way it has forged strong friendships with its featured performers and invited them back for repeat visits.
Read more ...Famine victims should not be forgotten by this generation
Thu, Apr 21, 2011
It’s Thursday night which means it’s Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh, the night when the city’s indie music fans are out to hear Gugai spinning the very latest music by the coolest alternative bands.
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