Blogs »
- Future’s so bright I’ve gotta wear shadesHugh Linehan | Mechanical Turk »Behold Bertie Ahern watching his beloved Man U trashing the Gooners in glorious 3D yesterday,...
- Drop Haiti’s Debt gig cancelledJim Carroll | On The Record »The benefit gig featuring Cathy Davey, Julie Feeney, Villagers, The Chapters, The Chakras and many...
- Get ready for Shutter Island with Isle of the Dead.Donald Clarke | Screenwriter »Last autumn, when the first of several release dates for Shutter Island loomed, Martin Scorsese...
- I wanna talk about how bad you make this room lookFiona | Pursued by a Bear »I love country music. I'm also very fond of Jeff Bridges, so I was particularly well disposed...
- Beijing IrishPól Ó Muirí | Ultach »Minister for the Gaeltacht, Éamon Ó Cuív TD, has approved €21,900 over three years to fund the...
Music »
Breaking out of BaltimoreTheir new album is causing such a stir that it has been tipped to ‘do a Fleet Foxes’, but hard-working duo Beach House are too grounded to get carried away with the hype, writes LAUREN MURPHY
The Cantata SingersSt Ann’s Church, Dublin: Bach – Cantatas 62, 61, 60, 36.
Art & Design »
Finding a way to look anewVISUAL ART: TWO FINE SOLO exhibitions currently running in Dublin are representative of a significant strand of contemporary art and, more specifically, painting. The two artists, both fairly young, are Ciarán Murphy, at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, and Damien Flood, at Green on Red. It’s not that their work is of a piece: they are each following distinct, separate lines of enquiry. But both show paintings, mainly quite small in scale and sparing of colour, with an approach to subject matter that is at once allusive and ambiguous. And as images per se, what they do could be described as fragmentary and oblique.
- Spring show
An exhibition that's wall-to-wall with spring-themed artwork is a welcome reminder that a new season began less than a week ago and it's time to start shaking off the dark days of winter.
Books »
- Out-takes from a film critic's reel life
BOOK OF THE DAY: It’s Only a Movie By Mark Kermode, Random House, 344pp, £11.99
- Fascinating insight from defectors into blighted lives in a benighted country
BOOK OF THE DAY: Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea By Barbara Demick. Granta. 314 pp. £14.99
Treibh »
'Bearnaí suntasacha fós' idir seirbhísí Gaeilge agus BéarlaIS “CÚIS mhór sásaimh” ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga Seán Ó Cuirreáin an tacaíocht traspháirtí a tugadh sa Seanad agus sa Dáil an tseachtain seo caite do mholadh an Rialtais go gceapfaí ina Choimisinéir é ar feadh tréimhse sé bliana eile, a scríobhann Seán Tadhg Ó Gairbhí.
- ‘Cuíchóiriú’
BEIDH DHÁ chruinniú chinniúnacha ag na heagraíochtaí deonacha an tseachtain seo a thabharfaidh buille faoi thuairim faoina bhfuil i ndán dóibh.
Stage »
At home in an alpha-male worldStarting out as a theatre director, Rachel O’Riordan worried her ballet background might work against her, but in fact it makes her style distinctive, writes JANE COYLE
- Haunted
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Film »
A right Freudian carry onArts : The debut feature by Cork director Margaret Corkery, with its elements of the Oedipus complex, borrows from Europe’s master directors but also nods towards Carry On films
- Weekly Movie Quiz
DONALD CLARKE asks the questions...
Comment & Media »
Government policy on archive is at odds with its own historyCULTURE SHOCK : While Official Ireland fiddles with legislation to amalgamate national repositories of priceless information, thousands of documents sit on pallets in unsuitable warehouses, writes FINTAN O'TOOLE
The cap fits, but tax appeal is the problemARTSCAPE: WHAT’S UP with the artists’ tax exemption? Actually, what’s down is its cap, from €250,000 to €125,000, along with a range of other “specified reliefs” in this week’s Finance Bill, and as indicated in December’s Budget. Mind you, the adjusted cap is unlikely to have much impact on most artists – figures from 2008 show 50 per cent of artists earn less than €10,000, 70 per cent earn less than €20,000 and 92 per cent earn less than €50,000.
