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Ghost of Juliette Gréco lingers over Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Europe
- September 29, 2020, 20:00
Saint-Germain-des-Prés must have felt like the centre of the universe in the aftermath of the second World War. After years of deprivation, French you(...)

Seán Moncrieff: I’ve fallen out of love with America
- People
- September 13, 2020, 06:00
If you’re in a taxi travelling from JFK, the sudden appearance of the stacked buildings of Manhattan is always breath-taking. Gets me every time. Then(...)

Jörg Widmann: Conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, trying to fill the space
- Music
- July 25, 2020, 05:00
German composer, clarinettist and conductor Jörg Widmann, principal conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, is one of the most energetic people I’ve(...)

Pat Metheny: From This Place – A brave step forward from a jazz great
- Music
- February 28, 2020, 05:00
In a personal note issued with the publicity for From This Place, guitarist Pat Metheny talks about Miles Davis’s approach to studio recording, where (...)

Simon and Garfunkel for people who don’t like Simon and Garfunkel
- Culture
- January 25, 2020, 05:00
I’ll tell you what I hate (again). I hate the “[X] for people who don’t like [X]” construction. Nothing is more likely to win me round to the merits o(...)

Motherless Brooklyn: Edward Norton’s overlong vanity project
- Film
- December 4, 2019, 05:00
What’s that they say to artists? Kill your babies? It’s particularly important to hack ruthlessly at potential indulgences when directing, producing, (...)

Diahann Carroll, groundbreaking actor, dies aged 84
- TV, Radio, Web
- October 4, 2019, 20:08
Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actor and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series, (...)

The extraordinary genius of Donal McCann on stage
- Stage
- September 23, 2019, 05:00
I never saw Diego Maradona play football. I never saw Nijinsky dance. And I never saw Miles Davis play the horn. But baby, I saw Donal McCann act. S(...)

Gershwin and Dorothy Parker: This week’s jazz highlights
- Music
- September 7, 2019, 05:00
Saturday, September 7th Honor Heffernan: The Whistling Girl High Tide Club, Castletown Bearhaven, Cork Composer Trevor Knight’s setting of the word(...)

Seán Moncrieff: Can we rediscover the wonder we had as children?
- People
- August 3, 2019, 06:00
If you have ever provided support services to a teenager or “young adult” (eye roll), you’ll be aware that they know it all. At the very least, they k(...)