David Shrigley
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Radie Peat: On My Culture Radar
- Culture
- February 1, 2020, 05:00
Restaurant There’s an upscale Italian on Crow Street in Dublin called Rosa Madre. I used to live in Italy and I really miss the food, so anythin(...)

Nicola Coughlan: On My Culture Radar
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 4, 2019, 05:00
Current favourite book I enjoy biographies. I’ve read Judi Dench’s and Helen Mirren’s, and most recently I read Abbi Jacobson’s book, I Might Regret (...)

Wish you were there: postcards as art and communication
- Visual Art
- February 27, 2019, 06:00
The advent of different technologies dates us. Those born before calculators can usually manage mental arithmetic. Those who don’t remember calculator(...)

‘I was really interested in hairy ladies. The deviance’
- Art & Design
- July 19, 2017, 05:00
Many centuries ago a young Portuguese girl was said to have been so determined to remain chaste, she prayed to be made ugly. God granted her a beard. (...)

The Paris metro has terrific design: why doesn't the Luas?
- Stage
- April 29, 2017, 05:00
Who doesn’t love the Luas? Smooth, clean and efficient, it gets you from A to B. And when the link-up is completed, it will also connect you to C, D, (...)

STEM subjects all very well, but it’s art that will create undreamed of jobs
- Art & Design
- January 7, 2017, 00:00
In Drogheda, there was a march with placards and black balloons; in Clondalkin, Arts Minister Heather Humphreys sat for a portrait; in Thurles, they m(...)

Has the age of instant access finally put an end to the critic?
- Art & Design
- January 4, 2017, 12:45
Upon his death earlier this week, John Berger was described by British artist David Shrigley as “the best ever writer on art”. It was not the first o(...)

The art of sending hate mail: ‘People enjoy being insulted’
- Art & Design
- March 30, 2016, 06:00
One night, illustrator Mr Bingo was in his studio having a few drinks and looking at his extensive collection of vintage postcards. “It’s a shame I’v(...)

Turner Prize 2013: trooping to Turner on tour
- Culture
- October 26, 2013, 01:00
It might be the UK City of Culture, but Derry is a bold choice for this year’s Turner Prize exhibition, the award’s first venture outside England. As (...)

It doesn’t do anything for me, but then what do I mean by meaningless?
- Visual Art
- October 24, 2013, 12:01
Everybody I know with a reputation for knowing anything about art appears to believe that Tino Sehgal is a shoo-in for this year’s Turner Prize. The f(...)