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The tender touch to Melanie’s menagerie

The tender touch to Melanie’s menagerie

The Times We Lived In: published: March 29th, 1990. Photograph by Joe St Leger

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00
A winter’s tale of romantic Dublin

A winter’s tale of romantic Dublin

The Times We Lived In: published: November 26th, 1988. Photograph by Matt Kavanagh

Sun Dec 03 2017 - 09:01
Dim the lights and wrap up in Donegal wool

Dim the lights and wrap up in Donegal wool

Vintage lightbulbs, a new wave in weaving and a cork clock – what’s new in design

Sat Dec 02 2017 - 06:00
Go fish for cookware in Blackrock, get crafty in Ballbridge

Go fish for cookware in Blackrock, get crafty in Ballbridge

What’s new in design and craft this week

Sat Nov 25 2017 - 06:00
It’s the season of sparkle as jewellery auctions take off

It’s the season of sparkle as jewellery auctions take off

As usual, big names show up in Dublin’s seasonal sales – Tiffany, Cartier, Boodles

Sat Nov 25 2017 - 06:00
When King Arthur was rescued by the Irish Army

When King Arthur was rescued by the Irish Army

The Times We Lived In: Published, August 24th, 1953. Photograph: Eddie Kelly

Sat Nov 25 2017 - 05:00
The Unforeseen review: seductive tale of causality with a twist

The Unforeseen review: seductive tale of causality with a twist

Dorothy Macardle’s neglected 1945 novel about a tricked imagination is a page-turner

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Want to design your own contemporary extension?

Want to design your own contemporary extension?

‘Lego for adults’ lets you do just that; while alpaca blankets are a winter wonder

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
A statuesque case of art imitating life

A statuesque case of art imitating life

The Times We Lived In. Published: September 5th, 1997. Photograph by Alan Betson

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 05:00
When the Golden Bear met the Matador on Bull Island

When the Golden Bear met the Matador on Bull Island

The Times We Lived In: Published: July 22nd, 1986. Photograph: Dermot O’Shea

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00
Get crafty in time for Christmas

Get crafty in time for Christmas

Shop in countryside calm at Ballilogue; dish up with funky spoons from Denmark

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 00:00
7 Irish authors on (very) long list for €100K Dublin book prize

7 Irish authors on (very) long list for €100K Dublin book prize

Colson Whitehead’s 'The Underground Railroad' gets most nominations for literary award

Mon Nov 06 2017 - 11:00
The wildlife roadshow

The wildlife roadshow

Colin Stafford-Johnson, documentary maker and nature lover, is coming to a theatre near you

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 06:00
More bang for your buck

More bang for your buck

The Times We Lived In Published: August 22nd 1970. Photograph: Tommy Collins

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 05:00
Enjoy the dark magic of winter days

Enjoy the dark magic of winter days

Home Front: Here’s some presents to buy and courses to try

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 00:00
Guinness is good for housing as Iveagh Trust tenants move into A-rated homes

Guinness is good for housing as Iveagh Trust tenants move into A-rated homes

Chapelizod scheme was built by trust set up in 1890s to provide affordable housing

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 06:00
Well son of a gun, he’s a marine biologist

Well son of a gun, he’s a marine biologist

The Times We Lived In: Published: June 15th, 1990. Photograph by Frank Miller

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 05:00
Sink into orange, try a dash of mustard or fake it in fur –what’s new in interiors

Sink into orange, try a dash of mustard or fake it in fur –what’s new in interiors

Home Front: Interiors, design, people and events

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 00:00
The Celtic leader who subjugated the warring tribes of Spain

The Celtic leader who subjugated the warring tribes of Spain

Irish Connections: King Breogan is one of Galicia’s most revered medieval heroes

Fri Oct 27 2017 - 10:00
Fledgling hostesses in flying form

Fledgling hostesses in flying form

The Times We Lived In: Published: January 24th, 1968. Photograph by Kevin McMahon

Sat Oct 21 2017 - 05:00
The Galway policeman who led explorers into the Australian bush

The Galway policeman who led explorers into the Australian bush

Irish Connections: Robert O’Hara Burke’s link to the coolibah tree in ‘Waltzing Matilda’

Fri Oct 20 2017 - 10:00
Philip Pullman’s ‘La Belle Sauvage’ launches with a huge splash

Philip Pullman’s ‘La Belle Sauvage’ launches with a huge splash

David Fickling, Pullman’s publisher and editor, likens new book to ‘Treasure Island’

Thu Oct 19 2017 - 00:01
'Like the Kardashians of today, Oscar Wilde absolutely milked it'

'Like the Kardashians of today, Oscar Wilde absolutely milked it'

Trinity College Dublin’s most famous old boy is the star of a major new exhibition

Wed Oct 18 2017 - 05:00
The Good House of Happiness: Bright, broad strokes don’t entirely cover the cracks

The Good House of Happiness: Bright, broad strokes don’t entirely cover the cracks

Pan Pan aims to give Brecht’s work a modern, accurate update

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 15:45

Daphne Du Maurier’s link to Hungry Hill, in the Caha Mountains of west Cork

Irish Connections: The novelist used it as the setting for a story of feuding mining families

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 05:00
Reclining figures in life imitating art

Reclining figures in life imitating art

The Times We Lived In: Published: March 4th, 1971. Photograph by Gordon Standing

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 05:00
Home Front: what’s new in interiors this week people

Home Front: what’s new in interiors this week people

Play with plywood, head west to Castlebar and a new online site for lights

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 00:00
Wind Resistance by Karine Polwart review – A spellbinding storyteller

Wind Resistance by Karine Polwart review – A spellbinding storyteller

Seamless piece of theatre – part memoir, part gig, part nature documentary, but much, much more than the sum of its parts

Fri Oct 13 2017 - 11:33
Early reflections on hill street blues

Early reflections on hill street blues

The Times We Lived In: Published; November 27th, 1954. Photograph by Dermot Barry

Sat Oct 07 2017 - 05:00
What connects an Irish gaucho in Argentina with Chris de Burgh?

What connects an Irish gaucho in Argentina with Chris de Burgh?

Eduardo Casey, an Irish descendant, founded the singer’s birthplace, Venado Tuerto

Sat Oct 07 2017 - 01:00
Keeping it cool in a high-end showhome

Keeping it cool in a high-end showhome

Buyers expect to be wowed. In Malahide, Elaine Jerrard obliges with a luxury touch

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 07:00
Colour popping and sofa bed surfing: this week’s interiors trends

Colour popping and sofa bed surfing: this week’s interiors trends

Homefront: More colours on the menu for kitchens; a rad new radiator colour; Arena Kitchens comes to Stillorgan; and sofa beds so comfy, your guests won’t ever leave

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 07:00
Shireen seals goodbye with a tear

Shireen seals goodbye with a tear

The Times We Lived In: January 27th, 1989. Photograph by Pat Langan

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 05:00
Future classic? A Kenzo conversation piece

Future classic? A Kenzo conversation piece

Sectional sofas are everywhere and not all will stand the test of time but this designer number from Roche Bobois is a keeper

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 00:00
Come Away With Me . . . review: There’s one thing you need to do before seeing this show

Come Away With Me . . . review: There’s one thing you need to do before seeing this show

Where else in this year’s festival are you going to hear the call of the Australian raven and a southern boobook?

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 10:33
The son of Skibbereen who sang his way around the world

The son of Skibbereen who sang his way around the world

Irish Connections: ‘Singing Sullivan’ became one of the ‘illustrious singers of the world’

Wed Sept 27 2017 - 14:51
Two Irish women, two stirring stories amid the Holocaust

Two Irish women, two stirring stories amid the Holocaust

A new production tells the stories of how a childhood in Dublin ended in death in Auschwitz, and how a Cork woman was jailed by the Gestapo for saving children from the same fate

Wed Sept 27 2017 - 05:00
When Biddy and Miley were lovers

When Biddy and Miley were lovers

The Times We Lived In: September 23rd, 1993. Photograph by Jack McManus

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 05:00
Restoring Pennsylvanian grave of 19th-century Donegal migrant

Restoring Pennsylvanian grave of 19th-century Donegal migrant

Irish Connections: Condy Breslin died of ‘miner’s asthma’ in Hazleton in 1880

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 01:00
Joseph Walsh takes the international crafts conversation to Kinsale

Joseph Walsh takes the international crafts conversation to Kinsale

Some of the design world’s most celebrated makers arrive to share ideas with each other and the public

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 00:00
Dig-out reveals skeleton in Smithfield

Dig-out reveals skeleton in Smithfield

The Times We Lived In: April 16th, 2002. Photograph by Brenda Fitzsimons

Thu Sept 21 2017 - 15:08
An Irish-American sculptor’s link with the writer of ‘Ben-Hur’

An Irish-American sculptor’s link with the writer of ‘Ben-Hur’

Irish Connections: Andrew O’Connor’s portrayal of Gen Lew Wallace stands in the US Capitol

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 05:00
Irish Connections: More of you map links around the world

Irish Connections: More of you map links around the world

Keep your emails coming: we love to hear from you

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 05:00
Give your home the Turkington touch and light up darker nights

Give your home the Turkington touch and light up darker nights

Helen Turkington opens a sumptuous showroom in Sandyford; and Fantasy Lights will brighten autumn gloom

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 00:00
‘Even in Auschwitz there were choices’: a survivor’s life

‘Even in Auschwitz there were choices’: a survivor’s life

Being sent to a concentration camp at 16 taught Edith Eger ‘to find joy within’

Sun Sept 10 2017 - 06:00
Arty magnetic wallpaper and a mattress to yak about

Arty magnetic wallpaper and a mattress to yak about

Home Front: Interiors ideas for your home

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 06:00
Waving hello and goodbye to Vermeer

Waving hello and goodbye to Vermeer

The Times We Lived In: March 23rd, 1995. Photograph by Frank Miller

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 05:00
PJ Mara’s chandeliers at auction and how a small sofa looks grand

PJ Mara’s chandeliers at auction and how a small sofa looks grand

Home Front: Interiors news and inspiration

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 00:00
The Times We Lived In: Play it again, Sam

The Times We Lived In: Play it again, Sam

Published, November 4th, 1972. Photograph by Dermot O’Shea

Sat Sept 02 2017 - 05:00
Irish Connections: Readers map more links around the world

Irish Connections: Readers map more links around the world

Keep your emails coming: we love to hear from you

Sat Sept 02 2017 - 05:00
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