Images of landmines from Dallaporta’s series ‘Anti-Personnel’ Killing machines: beautiful images of ugly objects

Raphaël Dallaporta’s photographs of landmines and images taken by a drone flying over Afghanistan seduce, provoke, attack and worry the viewer

Literary Twitterati: from The Goldfinch hotel to The Strand on a train Literary Twitterati: from The Goldfinch hotel to The Strand on a train
  • Books
  • Sarah Gilmartin
  • April 16, 2014

Our weekly round-up of tweets from the book world.

Latest Books

Illustration: Getty Images Literary Twitterati: from The Goldfinch hotel to The Strand on a train
Patrick deWitt reads from his third novel in a joint event with British spoken-word poet Hollie McNish. Photograph: Boyd Challenger Questions for Cúirt after middling performance
Andrej Longo: the author of Ten (Harvill Secker, translated by Howard Curtis), a collection of short stories loosely based on the Ten Commandments Brought to Book: Andrej Longo on his literary life

Latest Stage & Screen

Zrinka Cvitesic, winner of the best actress in a musical award for ‘Once’ poses in the press room at the Laurence Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera Housein London. Photograph: Tim P Whitby/Getty Images ‘Once’ takes two Laurence Olivier awards
Geraldine Kennedy, former editor of The Irish Times, who was presented with the Mary Cummins Award at the Women in Media event in Ballybunion, Co Kerry. Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan Gender quotas needed, Women in Media conference told
Nice spread: Guests listen to a speech by Queen Elizabeth II in honour of President Michael D Higgins. RTÉ’s coverage of the banquet would have benefited from a lighter touch. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Television: A feast for the eyes, but slim pickings for fashion-watchers

Latest Music

AC/DC Guitarist Angus Young on stage at Punchestown uring their Black Ice World Tour in 2009. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times Rock band AC/DC split rumoured
Traditional musician Donal Lunny playing at the launch of MusicTown in The Mansion House last night. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/The Irish Times New festival to celebrate Dublin’s musical diversity
Mama Kin: ‘We’d ponder on our long road trips why more these incredible, international-level bands weren’t really viable in Australia’ Mama Kin’s crash course in Australian music and management

Latest Film

Moodysson cheers up
That look: Charlotte Rampling in ‘The Sea’ Rampling through the ages: from ‘Georgy Girl’ to ‘The Night Porter’ to ‘The Sea’
Novelist Veronica Roth at the European premiere of Divergent in London on March 30th (photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Roth’s child: Divergent author talks

Unthinkable

There is a movement to get anonymous donor conception outlawed What duty do you have to future beings?

Is it fair to class anonymous sperm donors as ‘deadbeat dads’?

Portrait of George Berkeley by John Smybert (1727) Does Ireland’s ‘greatest’ philosopher stand the test of time?
Was Martin Luther King right that white people in a position of supremacy can only be free if black people are free? Photograph: AP Photo/File Unthinkable: Are freedom and equality inevitably in conflict?

An Irishman's Diary

Francis Sheehy Skeffington: murdered by a deranged British officer in April 1916 Of prodigals and prodigies

An Irishman’s Diary about an old play and a new book

An Irishman's diary: No Man’s Land
Richard Harwood: following in the steps of Jacqueline du Pré A concerto for heart-strings
FINE12STARK_WEB Mid-century modern comes of age

Starck, Foster, Gray – 20th-century design classics in Dublin auction tomorrow

An original monochrome press photograph of the Sinn Féin delegates in London in 1921 to negotiate the Anglo-Irish Treaty, from left to right: Arthur Griffith, Edmund Duggan, Michael Collins, Robert Barton (at back), Erskine Childers, George Gavin Duffy and John Chartres. The photograph is estimated at €1,000-€1,500 at Adam’s 800 years of Irish history

Adam’s auction includes a copy of the 1916 Proclamation and a rare photo from 1921

A copy of the lavishly-illustrated Ireland’s Wild Orchids by Susan Sex and Brendan Sayers made €580 (€400-€600) at Mealys Rare books in demand

THOMAS_SHARP_(1805_-_1882)._AUGUSTUS_FITZCLARENCE_MARBLE_BUST_T_ The king’s son but not his heir

Silver vinaigrette in a fitted case, made in Birmingham in 1836, which made €3,000, 10-times the estimate (€250-€350) at Mealy’s Art and antiques market springs to life

Strong first quarter ends with auction at Mealy’s described as ‘the best in ages’

18ct gold medal awarded to ‘the last Irishman to win Wimbledon’ estimated at €15,000-€20,000 at Adam’s The last ‘Irishman’ to win Wimbledon

HENNESSYCONNEMARAUNFRAMED_WEB Spring art auctions in Dublin

Two volumes of Wendy Walsh’s ‘Florilegium’ for auction

Deep in Thought, a portrait of her mother by German-born, Dublin-based artist Ursula Klinger at The Dublin Painting & Sketching Club, €3,800. Art for Mother’s Day

‘Whistler’s Mother’ inspires Dublin exhibition of paintings

HMBILEOGCORCA_WEB Féile na Bealtaine i gCiarraí

Corca Dhuibhne an chultúir

Nuacht ar iPhone. grianghraf: frank miller Tuairisc ar sheirbhís nua nuachta
  • Treibh
  • April 16, 2014, 10:59

‘Seirbhís a mbeidh daoine bródúil aisti’

Freda Nic Giolla Catháin agus Colm Ó Snodaigh Gréasán gnó Gaeilge

Cathair na Mart ag tacú leis an teanga

HMBILEOGHAY_WEB Lucht na Gaeilge ag déanamh Hay
  • Treibh
  • Éanna Ó Caollaí
  • April 16, 2014, 08:00

Ealaíona chun cinn i bhféile na Mí

Mícheál Ó hAodha, aistí nua Léargas ar scannáin i gcnuasach nua aistí
  • Treibh
  • April 16, 2014, 01:25

Aistí ar scannáin an domhain

Ealaín ón úir Árannach
  • Treibh
  • Seán Tadhg Ó Gairbhí
  • April 16, 2014, 01:20

Scrúdaíonn saothar Sheáin Uí Fhlaithearta an saol

TUAR_GEN_J_WEB An náibhí anaithnid
  • Treibh
  • Áine Ní Chiaráin
  • April 16, 2014, 01:15

Thug cuairt an Uachtaráin ar an Bhreatain údar ceiliúrtha dúinn

Cath Chluain Tarbh le troid arís? grianghraf: frank miller 1014 agus mar sin de

Is mithid go ngabhfaimis leithscéal anois leis an mbanríon

Liam Ó Maolaodha, gradam ollscoile Gradam do Ghael

Tugann an ollscoil aitheantas do Liam Ó Maolaodha

DIAPR15BASQUE_WEB A lost language twin
  • Heritage
  • Kate Fennell
  • April 15, 2014, 02:00

An Irishwoman’s Diary about minority languages

Sir Roger Casement: Irish prisoners of war in Germany were furious when he denounced John Redmond as a “traitor” and the Home Rule b Bill as a “pretence” Hostility to Roger Casement from Irish prisoners of war revealed in new files
  • Heritage
  • Ronan McGreevy
  • April 14, 2014, 01:01

Casement’s attempt to raise German-Irish brigade an abysmal failure

Irish Roots
  • Heritage
  • John Grenham
  • April 14, 2014, 01:00

The original records are rotting

HMIRISHDANCING_WEB Irish dancing World Championships open in London

Over 5,000 competitors to battle it out over week-long event

A dog tag ID wedged into the Veterans Memorial in Washington. Now Columbia journalism graduates are to get their own wall. Photograph: Reuters Hey Mr Persimmon, or whatever it is you’re called
  • Heritage
  • Godfrey Fitzsimons
  • April 12, 2014, 02:00

An Irishman’s Diary about uncommon names

Mary Moynihan: “It’s a dark play but there’s life and joy there too.” The Troubles on stage is ‘no regular drama’

Director Mary Moynihan is struck by the reaction of different generations to ‘Uprising’

DIBEES_WEB The bee and the western wind
  • Heritage
  • Arthur Reynolds
  • April 11, 2014, 02:00

An Irishman’s Diary about challenges to apiculture

The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Photograph: Time Life Pictures/Getty Images Cannons to the left of them, cannons to the right of them
  • Heritage
  • Ronan McGreevy
  • April 10, 2014, 02:00

An Irishman’s Diary about Irish soldiers in the Crimean War

Last stand: re-enacting the Battle of Clontarf. Photograph: Frank Miller The long Good Friday: ‘Nobody could recognise even his own son, so covered were they in blood’
  • Heritage
  • Sean Duffy
  • April 10, 2014, 01:00

At high tide on the morning of April 23rd, 1014, the Scandinavian fleet put in near Dublin. It was to be a bloody encounter

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Shania McDonagh (16) became one of the most successful artists in the 60-year history of the Texaco Children’s Art Competition when she was chosen as this year’s overall winner. Video: Darragh Bambrick
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