Stephen James Smith
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Gig of the week: Poet Kate Tempest in Dublin
- Music
- November 9, 2019, 05:00
There are few enough contemporary poets that have stretched across from a niche to mainstream audience, and even then awareness borders on the vague ((...)

Lou Reed the rock poet: When should songs be considered poetry?
- Music
- October 19, 2019, 05:00
Faber & Faber’s forthcoming reissue of Lou Reed’s I’ll Be Your Mirror – The Collected Lyrics revives a question that’s been kicking around since B(...)

Body and Soul 2019: festival stage times revealed
- Music
- June 14, 2019
Body & Soul Music and Arts Festival has announced the full stage times for its 10th Aniversary celebration of the summer solstice which kicks off (...)

New Artist of the Week: Chai
- Music
- March 23, 2019, 05:00
What A 21st century Japanese garage pop band Where Nagoya, Japan Why The breakthrough success of Korean pop bands BTS and Blackpink in rec(...)

Sure Look It, Fuck It: A day in the life of a returning emigrant
- Stage
- March 16, 2019, 05:00
If there is one thing Clare Dunne is fascinated by, it’s those stages in a person’s life where things are about to change for better or for worse. “N(...)

St Patrick’s Day: 21 events across Ireland for the bank holiday weekend
- People
- March 14, 2019, 06:00
The forecast may not be great for this year’s St Patrick’s Day, but there are lots of events and other attractions, many indoors, to keep you entertai(...)

Fingers crossed for a dry Paddy’s weekend
- Culture
- March 9, 2019, 05:00
A year ago, when the snow hit St Patrick’s weekend, among the cancellations was the Big Day Out, a St Patrick’s Festival perennial on Dublin’s Merrion(...)

St Patrick’s Festival 2019 aims to leave a lasting legacy
- Music
- March 9, 2019, 05:00
We are our stories. To be human is to have a story to tell. This year’s St Patrick’s Festival takes our indigenous love of and facility for storytelli(...)

Boy George is back in Dublin town
- Music
- November 24, 2018, 05:00
SATURDAY 24 STEPHEN JAMES SMITH Button Factory Dublin 7.30pm €15 buttonfactory.ie Anyone interested in contemporary spoken-word will know that Steph(...)

Pat Kinevane: On My Culture Radar
- Culture
- November 10, 2018, 05:00
Current favourite book? I’m reading Fear Not, a beautiful book of poetry by the young Dublin poet, Stephen James Smith. I’ve liked him for a cou(...)