Sarah Cullen interviews Trans-Gressions 1 programmer and organiser Patrizia Dahlia Thompson on her screening of the new wave ...
New reviews from the world of music, an eclectic mix of everything from indie to commercial pop. Trendy new music, probably some albums to avoid and definitely some new music that could be future ...
There is nothing better than ringing in the New Year with laughter and good cheer. But be careful who and what you choose to laugh at – not every joke is told with the best of intentions. Indeed, the ...
The genius of Eugène François Vidocq lay in one simple principle. In order to catch a criminal, you had to be able think like a criminal. And in his case that was easy, because he was one. He’s ...
Steve Woods is an Irish animator who has worked in the industry since 1988. His work encompasses animations, documentaries, dance films and experimental films. In 1989 he co-founded the Galway Film ...
Julie d’Aubigny in her opera-singing years – one of the few pictures of her from her lifetime that survives. Mark Twain once wrote “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged ...
The Back-to-the-Land movement emerged from the post-Woodstock era of the late-1960s and early-1970s, supported by a mostly idealistic group of people who wanted to live life more simply. Although the ...
Your favourite character writhes in pain, a scared look on his face. His arch nemesis stands over him, an energy blast building in his hand. Is this the end for our hero? How will he get out of this ...
When we slot figures neatly onto the plinths of our national pantheon, the heroic status we make often require some scrubbing before they are fit to be viewed by the public. Figures of national renown ...
Marriage is a tricky business, even in a legal sense. Victorian law treated the wife as the servant of the husband, which among other things meant that a wife killing her husband was (up until 1828) ...
Fame is a fleeting thing. Someone can be a celebrity in their own time but give it a few decades and if they’re remembered at all it’s usually only for a single aspect of their lives. Newton ...