Laura Hussey discusses the change of momentum in the Irish literary scene with Dublin based author, Rob Doyle. Rob Doyle has just released his second book This is the Ritual, the first of his published by Bloomsbury. I let him know that This is the Ritual is placed on the shelf in Waterstones Cork next to Edna O’Brien’s latest novel The Little Red Chairs. He … Continue reading Rituals: An Interview with Rob Doyle
Sounds From A Safe Harbour was a necessary force for good in Cork City; an exploration of the unique spaces that the city offers, and bringing together a little bit of a community around love for art and music for a weekend. It showed that Cork is a living, thriving city that serves as an excellent starting point for something new. In previous writing for … Continue reading Thoughts From a Safe Harbour
We sent Entertainment Editor Riley to Litchfield Penitentiary to catch up with everybody’s favourite inmate, Julie Lake, who plays lovable ‘meth-head’ Angie Rice. The show on the tip of everyone’s tongues right now is undoubtedly the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, which this year released a third season. OITNB has taken the world by storm; proving that online series are certainly on … Continue reading Interview with Julie Lake of OITNB: Every Sentence is a Story
Eoghan Scott chats to Irish Actor, Aidan Gillen, whose career has recently been moving from hit series to hit series – and much more in between. This summer, Triskel Arts Centre welcomed celebrated Irish actor Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Game of Thrones) to host a screening of his favourite films from the 1980s. On the bill for the evening were David Lynch’s iconic Blue Velvet, … Continue reading In Conversation with Aidan Gillen
In this month’s Afterword, Claire Fox chats to Irish singer-songwriter Roisin O You played Indiependence and Electric Picnic this year, which festival is your favourite one to perform at? I absolutely love Indiependence. I didn’t get to play there last year so it was great getting a chance to play this year. I absolutely love Electric Picnic but there’s something about Indie. It … Continue reading Afterword Interview: Roisin O
At the Lewis Glucksman Gallery Review: Ellen Desmond What makes us human? Our consciousness? Our empathy? Our creativity? Whatever it is, we can rest assured that humans totally preside over the realms of both art and science. One could argue that computers surely can’t make art. But what if they could? Boolean Expressions exhibits at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery until the 8th of November. An … Continue reading Boolean Expressions: Contemporary Art and Mathematical Data
If any of you were lucky enough to attend any of Ireland’s biggest festivals this summer, then you without a doubt heard the jazzy tones of Booka Brass Band. Dubbed ‘Ireland’s Best Live Act right now’ by the GoldenPlec in their review of their performance at Knockanstockan, Motley’s Emily Horgan was thrilled to get to chat to two of the seven (and a half) members … Continue reading Back to Brass: An Interview with Booka Brass Band
