<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/feed-culture/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:42:31 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Moby in Dublin review: Old-school beats, bongos and floor-slaying dance escapism ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/22/moby-in-dublin-review-old-school-beats-bongos-and-floor-slaying-dance-escapism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/22/moby-in-dublin-review-old-school-beats-bongos-and-floor-slaying-dance-escapism/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Techno titan Richard Melville Hall returns to the stage with a exhilarating set – and there’s even a nod to Father Ted ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:11:37 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GUSWHE4ATRHQFOLQ6UXKPOZWZE.jpg?auth=62aa277ed89ba5eeac1d4602c6597a7709888b34862155b8189fd7c022d3283d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Moby at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin on Friday night. Photograph: Tom Honan]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Moby.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traitors Ireland host Siobhán McSweeney: ‘I’m not getting paid enough for it. That’s RTÉ’s fault’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/22/traitors-ireland-host-siobhan-mcsweeney-i-was-told-i-shouldnt-be-on-telly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/22/traitors-ireland-host-siobhan-mcsweeney-i-was-told-i-shouldnt-be-on-telly/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadine O’Regan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ahead of the second series, presenter Siobhán McSweeney talks frankly about her pay not always reflecting a show’s success, the reward of theatre work and the Derry Girls effect]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6X6NDM6OLVC7JONFF4VZO65TMA.jpg?auth=33107971c3d3cd124814a00342a2f9b8d00015370881da14ab7253ffdc622969&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Actor and presenter Siobhán McSweeney. Photograph: Evan Doherty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[iobhán McSweeney]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Doherty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish rapper Reggie: ‘Dundalk’s on top of the world right now. The centre of the universe’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/irish-rapper-reggie-dundalks-on-top-of-the-world-right-now-the-centre-of-the-universe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/irish-rapper-reggie-dundalks-on-top-of-the-world-right-now-the-centre-of-the-universe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Capplis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The former drill rapper went viral when one of the world’s biggest DJs remixed his song. Now he’d like to rebrand]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/433HMPIUH5C63FXHRB4AH4L2HU.jpeg?auth=51349197a98f68a87c84d21755c58d0bcdc70984c79610d62b16f5c7926ad8ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Reggie in Muirhevnamore, a suburb of Dundalk where he spent much of his teenage years. Photograph: Conor Capplis]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Reggie interview - The Ticket - Conor Capplis]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Conor Capplis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kanye West goes east for tour dates in Russia. Is that wise?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/kanye-west-goes-east-for-tour-dates-in-russia-is-that-wise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/kanye-west-goes-east-for-tour-dates-in-russia-is-that-wise/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s safe to say the rapper’s special rehabilitation operation is on hold]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ITB3NC77XZAVPN3KAMH64325T4.jpg?auth=e08c45404495f4ab18b273f6928afa11115c1db8cf571b61ae1c1d247fc63522&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Young Putin': Kanye West on stage in Istanbul in May. Photograph: Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ticket culture music Laura Slattery column August 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">YASIN AKGUL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artist Orla Barry presents life and its deepest strands through the prism of sheep]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/08/22/artist-orla-barry-presents-life-and-its-deepest-strands-through-the-prism-of-sheep/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/08/22/artist-orla-barry-presents-life-and-its-deepest-strands-through-the-prism-of-sheep/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Exhibition at Rua Red in Tallaght uses animals to explore ideas of land, time, gender, belonging and the natural world]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Art</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NH5S7RY5NZGYTNPZXDXRE3MRIU.jpg?auth=f8d7c8f1f43c6671deeb15333186a7b4fcb2f55e88d9aff894fa38424c48e52c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Orla Barry's The Collie, The Cheviot & The Crouched Skeleton at Rua Red in Tallaght, Dublin. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Orla Barry]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric Picnic 2026: 19 acts you don’t want to miss at this year’s festival]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/electric-picnic-2026-19-acts-you-dont-want-to-miss-at-this-years-festival/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/electric-picnic-2026-19-acts-you-dont-want-to-miss-at-this-years-festival/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From Gorillaz to Florence Road via escapist pop, futuristic synth-funk and furious indie rock, this is our pick of the artists who’ll be on stage next weekend]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ILUJMQ7J2NCCVLGZWIH3TSS3TI.png?auth=4232e1ec1ad2673c375e2b0bd9dab508560cf333289ddd1cc44ee5ef138841cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Electric Picnic 2026: Gorillaz; CMAT; Fontaines DC; Zara Larsson; and Reggie Watts are among the acts not to miss. Photographs: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Electric Picnic 2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Salt King by Natasha Pulley: Overwhelming darkness leavened by shining dialogue]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/the-salt-king-by-natasha-pulley-overwhelming-darkness-leavened-by-shining-dialogue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/the-salt-king-by-natasha-pulley-overwhelming-darkness-leavened-by-shining-dialogue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Hegarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author seals her reputation as one of the most magically imaginative writers at work today]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3T6M5D2LE5ABZOJRVEQ7EUNS5Q.jpg?auth=0de6c2dc18fb927b6a1ca5a56ae98bacbe7c67fbfe9cb97bc40e694ed07e0101&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Natasha Pulley]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Natasha Pulley]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s really warping, all these people who don’t know you, who feel like they do’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/22/author-meg-mason-its-really-warping-all-these-people-who-dont-know-you-who-feel-like-they-do/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/22/author-meg-mason-its-really-warping-all-these-people-who-dont-know-you-who-feel-like-they-do/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meg Mason, the author of bestseller Sorrow and Bliss, returns with Sophie, Standing There, a meta novel about a lonely literary-festival worker’s parasocial relationship with a famous writer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E6F5JFL7TRFTTOFYJJZ7IA5HXQ.jpg?auth=a1451897155a0a182f88734fac86fdbab0e2fec3b26fe2dce65ea71ed5a98cb0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meg Mason. Photograph: Anne Peeters]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Meg Mason]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anne Peeters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reds: A Global History of Communism by Paul Mason – the problem of revisionism and working-class awareness]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/reds-a-global-history-of-communism-by-paul-mason-the-problem-of-revisionism-and-working-class-awareness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/reds-a-global-history-of-communism-by-paul-mason-the-problem-of-revisionism-and-working-class-awareness/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Hanley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A book to provoke discussion, but some of the author’s potential audience may also be inured to his opinions]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:43:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ETLNRI3KUEPPMNEJNGOOHHLAI4.jpg?auth=56ae25d3ac8ba755848d91349c78d260155567052ebbaa8095259c1641ff1529&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[This book repeatedly poses the question of how people can struggle against oppression in one sphere, yet justify it in another. Photograph: Olga Maltseva/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[RUSSIA-HISTORY-LENIN-STATUE]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olga Maltseva</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books in brief: The Princess of Connemara, The Judges of Ireland 1866-1921 and Alone in Japan: A Journey to the Future]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/books-in-brief-the-princess-of-connemara-the-judges-of-ireland-1866-1921-and-alone-in-japan-a-journey-to-the-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/books-in-brief-the-princess-of-connemara-the-judges-of-ireland-1866-1921-and-alone-in-japan-a-journey-to-the-future/</guid><description><![CDATA[New books from Alan Esslemont, Daire Hogan and Tom Feiling ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MEAWMXKCPZBRBNTMFYQR66LKLQ.JPG?auth=d73d9474edec8fca2ac4123430f83962883b3eabeea87894e1c8e3643a3c4729&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alan Esslemont's epic famine-set novel The Princess of Connemara is a tale of love, lust and loyalty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Alan Esslemont]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fate of the World: A History and Future of the Climate Crisis: A sobering narrative ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/the-fate-of-the-world-a-history-and-future-of-the-climate-crisis-a-sobering-narrative/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/the-fate-of-the-world-a-history-and-future-of-the-climate-crisis-a-sobering-narrative/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Gibbons]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For those new to the science of global warming, this book is a solid, if sometimes blunt, introduction]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XYOQI447NM7I4NK3CVHAYMLODA.jpg?auth=f91d71bd5d5e2c7eeb283736a3cde5a71ddb6050c48dd4bf12be7d3493d5a2a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An early August wildfire in Loumpa, West Attica, Greece. The blaze burned 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) over that weekend. Photographer: Nick Paleologos/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Property Damage Following Wildfires In Greece's West Attica Region]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Paleologos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunrise by Téa Obreht: Timelines converge successfully in absorbing novel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/sunrise-by-tea-obreht-timelines-converge-successfully-in-absorbing-novel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/sunrise-by-tea-obreht-timelines-converge-successfully-in-absorbing-novel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Higgins-Moore]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rewarding denouement confirms author’s unusual genre-blending as a success]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:23:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XD7FQUVTNJF5XCH3AY6I6MQATY.jpg?auth=93a624d6662fc651b67b8a3ee35ecd50b187369068f7b447c7cca77c4a51bd0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In Sunrise, Téa Obreht delivers an ambitious structure with three protagonists across a time span of 122 years. Photograph: Bryan Meade/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Téa Obreht feature]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: Dublin Bus Hours Before Cork Win the Camogie Final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/22/poem-of-the-week-dublin-bus-hours-before-cork-win-the-camogie-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/22/poem-of-the-week-dublin-bus-hours-before-cork-win-the-camogie-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alvy Carragher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Alvy Carragher]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TTYYYGKBQVAVVGLELMIZDWYZZE.jpg?auth=7272fcf8b8a10d94a5688f62a9f2cda1ce35a6569bdc23af8402a9d6c131188e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['The cailíní from Cork are waving at strangers,
counting how many Dubliners wave back.
They cheer each time, fists pumping the air.'
Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ava Fitzgerald and Ashling Thompson celebrate winning 9/8/2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If This Be Magic by Daniel Hahn: The perils of translating Shakespeare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/if-this-be-magic-by-daniel-hahn-the-perils-of-translating-shakespeare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/if-this-be-magic-by-daniel-hahn-the-perils-of-translating-shakespeare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Declan O'Driscoll]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A charming and comprehensive examination of the many challenges of ‘turning gold into gold’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:19:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XRJ5PMUPK5HRNBNJRYSET44AFQ.jpg?auth=ff02342e0d55d3ef92ed76260ae340d1ffb4af1bf056f88f39fcba177ef1c457&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The title page from an antique book of the plays of Shakespeare]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Plays of Shakespeare]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">duncan1890</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction – elegant, ambitious and very smart]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/middlemen-literary-agents-and-the-making-of-american-fiction-elegant-ambitious-and-very-smart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/middlemen-literary-agents-and-the-making-of-american-fiction-elegant-ambitious-and-very-smart/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mei Chin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Laura McGrath’s brilliant eye-opener on the role of literary agents is a delight]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6H2YSB2L5NFKLJBAVI7RUEWHBA.jpg?auth=dfa8f66f2e6c5109fcc8764806bbf594f454be10bc28c2111c817ba075675297&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Nancy Flowers-Harris presents Marie Brown with an award of tribute and recognition during the 8th Annual African American Literary Awards at Melba's Harlem in 2012, New York City. Photograph: J Countess/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[8th Annual African American Literary Awards]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">J. Countess</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander: God. King. Man]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/alexander-god-king-man/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/alexander-god-king-man/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Lynch]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author’s command of this turbulent saga is hugely impressive]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:14:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DD74DHK76T4AJZI2WDCTZKTUAU.jpg?auth=842111fe3dd2f318aa54f3a6ed329da92583e3e91c90d459d0cbf5c986e5bb55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A statue of Alexander the Great in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The country’s northern region of Macedonia is birthplace of the ancient warrior king. Photograph: Reuters]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Give You My Silence by Mario Vargas Llosa: A poignant farewell]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/i-give-you-my-silence-by-mario-vargas-llosa-a-poignant-farewell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/i-give-you-my-silence-by-mario-vargas-llosa-a-poignant-farewell/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth McSkeane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In his protagonist, there are echoes of the novelist reconciled to the limits of artistic endeavour as a force for change]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:10:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F7UPKOD5YLLXGRYRDD65W4GLLI.jpg?auth=1da89e6e0820b66d54d892b907af09219287e8cda0f0a046968df20d07a41cf8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mario Vargas Llosa. 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Photograph: Jane Barlow


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