Bargain shopping for a good causeIt's often hard to be surprised by a normal shop's stockTue Dec 11 2001 - 00:00
Reversal of fortune in cyber townIt's a sign of how fast Leixlip has developed in the last few years that the people who live or work there are stymied when asked…Wed Nov 28 2001 - 00:00
Authors by the score at awards eventScores of authors turned up to the biennial Irish Times Literature Prizes to support their fellow writers who had been nominated…Sat Nov 17 2001 - 00:00
Castles of cardboardTheatre festivals are a good time to weave extra issues into productions, and such is the case with Opera Guerrillas' loquaciously…Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Digging up the pastHave you ever passed a site that people are excavating, looking focused and mysteriously busy with trowels and tape at a piece…Wed Sept 26 2001 - 01:00
Dancing in tall grassThe word capoeira means "the island of the cut grass", which gives some clue as to what capoeira isSat Sept 22 2001 - 01:00
And they called it puppet loveOne of the first indications that everything was not quite right was the Russian GoldilocksThu Sept 20 2001 - 01:00
Hostel witnessMost people who live in Dublin have never been through the door of Kinlay House, on Lord Edward StreetWed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
The kitsch of the CastleIt is not often that you get the chance to step inside the Ireland portrayed in a John Hinde postcard, that brightly coloured…Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Going wild for YeatsAs years pass, it must seem strange that there was ever a time when people looked up at the oddly-shaped mountain of Ben Bulben…Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
Poet's son encourages students to absorb Sligo's poetic heritageThe 42nd Yeats International Summer School was formally opened yesterday afternoon by Michael BMon Jul 30 2001 - 01:00
Galway's window undressingAt the Galway Arts Festival this year are four Australians who travelled over specially but will not see a single showWed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
City takes on colour as Macnas lights up the streetsMaroon and white are traditionally the colours on show whenever Galwegians are gathered togetherMon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Flying high at AirfieldAirfield might sound as if it is a place you go to board a plane, but this Airfield is an estate held in trust in Dundrum, south…Tue Jun 19 2001 - 01:00
Hoping it's a treasure islandThe attic is an eternally romantic place, at least in our imaginationsTue Jun 05 2001 - 01:00
Semi-Detached by Paul Heathorn ( Little, Brown, £9.99 in UK)First novels. Two words often as unwelcome these days to publishers' ears as the much-maligned couplet of "short story"Sat Jun 02 2001 - 01:00
Sending letters from the fringes of the worldTwenty years ago, there were no roads in the Island of Achill. The people were as truly savage as any South Sea Islanders..Tue May 22 2001 - 01:00
A jewel of the North (Part 2)Hotel World. By Ali Smith. Hamish Hamilton. 238pp, £10.99 in UKSat May 12 2001 - 01:00
Supporting a column of airYou must really feel you have arrived as a musician when you no longer have to worry about the neighbours complaining about the…Sat May 05 2001 - 01:00
Young spendersSaturday morning may be the day banks traditionally close, but if you are of school-going age, it's the day long associated with…Wed May 02 2001 - 01:00
Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive? Travels in Irishry, by Tim Bradford (Flamingo, £6.99 in UK)This book has such an arresting title that I laughed aloud and snatched it upSat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Death of a fashion victimVersace. What do you think of first when you hear that word? Liz Hurley bursting out of her black safety-pinned guna, that the…Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
No labels, just poemsFor centuries the bullet remained quietly confident that the gun would be inventedThu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
New bliss in the Big HouseThe Big House of Annaghmakerrig, close to the extraordinarily named village of Newbliss in Co Monaghan, was left by the philanthropic…Thu Feb 22 2001 - 00:00
Subtle mystery and hidden loveP.D. James is one of the best stylists around of that genre which is usually referred to as "crime", but which doesn't do justice…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
White Teeth, by Zadie Smith (Penguin, £6.99 in UK)This is Zadie Smith's first novel which garnered stacks of great reviews last year but didn't bag as many prizes as it seemed…Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
Phoenix Irish Short Stories 2000, edited by David Marcus (Phoenix, £6.99 in UK)Such is David Marcus's reputation for his literary eye that this annual collection of stories always attracts attentionSat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Big Mouth, by Blanaid McKinney (Phoenix, £6.99 in UK)Blanaid McKinney's first book, a collection of 11 much-lauded stories which came out last year, is already in its second edition…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Director's `hamming' days are overMark Lambert turns up in the Clarence wearing one of his real hats - a baseball capSat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
From here to ClareLike accents in voices, the melodies in music can be traced to a particular locationMon Jan 15 2001 - 00:00
Surprise packageThere is no shortage of literary magazines in this country, but far too many of them offer an identical tired formula of poems…Sat Dec 16 2000 - 00:00
Let's hear it from the boys`It could be anyone," choirmaster John Dexter tells the choirboys of St Patrick's Cathedral, as they rehearse carols in one of…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Little Dublin theatre turns up the heatThe New Theatre's managers, Ronan Wilmot and Anthony Fox, are very proud of their new heating systemSat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00
Echoes from Speranza's salonIn 1854, when Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was a year old, his family moved house from nearby Westland Row to One, Merrion…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Sisters, edited by Penelope Farmer, (Penguin, £9.99 in UK)`Sisters are like human wonderbras; uplifting and supportive" Kathy LetteSat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Mind gamesIn this issue, Granta is exploring the subject of therapy, which now permeates our lives - and is filtered through the arts - …Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Speaking with the Angel, edited by Nick Hornby (Penguin, £7.99 in UK)As Nick Hornby explains in the introduction, his small son, Danny, is autistic and attends a special school in London, for which…Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Western picture palaceAnyone who has ever browsed round Kenny's Bookshop in Galway will have spent at least part of their time there looking not at…Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
By Name and Nature - Crypt, Dublin CastleWritten by Edward Coughlan, who is also one of the trio of multi-role actors, with Marcos Bale and Julie Sharkey, this play focuses…Thu Oct 05 2000 - 01:00
Bad Sunday - International BarMark Wale's play about a Dublin family's Sunday outing in a borrowed car gets off to a cracking start, with a fast pace, sharp…Thu Oct 05 2000 - 01:00
Window on the woodsIt's all about the view: Robert Frost bought a simple clapboard house on Ridge Road, a mile outside Franconia, New Hampshire, …Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryOnly a few years back, when I was meandering back home overland from Nepal, I had never heard of e-mail. Nobody I knew hadTue Sept 12 2000 - 01:00
Speaking for those who left quietlyRed Kettle Theatre Company is boiling away indoors, ensconced in the dim interior of the Waterford theatre on a gorgeous, hot…Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
On Bullfighting, by A. L. Kennedy (Yellow Jersey, £5.99 in UK)Readers will have their own opinions as to how appropriate the opening chapter of this book is - a disturbing and painfully personal…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Granta 70: Australia, The New New World(Granta, £9.99 in UK)With the Olympics providing international focus on Oz this year, Granta has chosen a good time to profile the continent that …Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Sorry, but what's your name again?No matter how much latitude you give someone, there are some social bad habits that are hard to forgiveSat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Sudden Times by Dermot Healy, (Harvill, £6.99 in UK)The "sudden" of the title could as well be "strange" so darkly surreal is the world that Healy createsSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
Breakfast at Tiffany's, by Truman Capote (Penguin Classics, £6.99 in UK)This is a gorgeous edition of Capote's classic novella, with a still of Audrey Hepburn from the film of Breakfast at Tiffany'…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
