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You don't have to be crazy to do this

AS THE MIST gathered around a platform 27 metres above a section of Grimstad’s island-dotted coast in southern Norway, the extremity…

Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00

Land of saints and scholars: Beckett? 'Don't know him.' Riverdance? 'Oh yes!'

Karin Gellen and Annie Sieger GERMANY

Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00

Plenty going upstairs: a hub of experimentation

TWO YEARS AGO Theatre Upstairs at the Plough in Dublin closed its doors abruptly

Mon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00

Can Adam Buxton bring ordinary Joes from the web to the small screen?

IT’S HARD TO put the internet on a TV or cinema screen

Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00

'I don't watch any TV ever unless it's on demand'

POP LIVES: Annie Mac, the BBC Radio 1 DJ, on her favourite YouTube videos, essential reading and an unforgettable Croatian island…

Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00

Bridal inspiration

Given that wedding planning is only marginally less stressful than single-handedly organising the Olympics, brides and grooms…

Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00

Emigrants' competition: Why you love where you live

SMALL PRINTS: Last Monday, The Irish Times named Westport as The Best Place to Live in Ireland

Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00

Where are all our statuesque women?

SMALL PRINTS: “Without using Google, I think most Dubliners would be hard pressed to name half a dozen female statues

Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00

Up and down the property ladder

A generation of people now have very different views from their parents about property

Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00

In the thick of the comedy writing

Armando Iannucci is firing on all cylinders, with ‘Veep’ going down a storm in the US, and new series of ‘The Thick of It’ and…

Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00

Live sound that's hot off the desk

SMALL PRINT: “I’M REALLY excited about where we’re going to go with this because I feel we’re only scratching the surface... …

Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00

Competition The great James Joyce cover-up

To mark Bloomsday, and to be in with a chance of winning €250, we’d like you to design a cover for ‘Ulysses’, and here are some…

Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00

'Drop Everything was the gig of a lifetime'

POP LIVES: KATHY SCOTT: What are you reading? I am juggling a few books right now, Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer…

Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00

Small Print

Why it' s proving  good to talk CHATTER AS a structured social activity was previously the preserve of summer schools and occasional…

Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00

Beyond Katie: sport's invisible women

The boxer Katie Taylor has become a national treasure, but women’s sports are struggling in Ireland

Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00

Choo-choo choons

SMALL PRINT: SICK OF THE incessant announcements on trains about the next stop, what is or isn’t available in the dining car…

Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00

notTilda gets all a-Twitter

SMALL PRINT: THERE COMES A point with celebrity where the parody is better than the real thing

Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00

Scenes from life on the Factory floor

Three years ago, directors Kirsten Sheridan and John Carney decided to create a collective space for film-makers

Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00

Cometh the hour, cometh The Minutes

‘WE’RE THE MINUTES. Don’t forget it. If you forget it, I’ll go round to all your houses and make you not forget it

Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00

My Best Friend Drowned in a Swimming Pool

The Cube, Project Arts Centre, Dublin

Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00

In the teeth of a recession, ye olde sweet shop bites back

Sweet shops have made a big comeback, offering milky teeth, gobstoppers, lemon sherbets and bonbons as sugar-coated comfort in…

Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00

Hair today, God tomorrow

RADIO REVIEW: ‘A MIXTURE OF SADNESS... and I’m slightly appalled.”

Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00

Instagram: picture perfect or photo fad?

Apps such as Instagram have replaced the old-fashioned photograph album and are also changing what it is we choose to record …

Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00

An Evening with Patti Smith and Sam Shepard

The Abbey Theatre

Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00

The best TV newsrooms ever

SMALL PRINT: THIS WEEK, details of The West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO programme The Newsroom was released, with a trailer…

Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00

Monster/Clock

Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin

Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00

Oases on the driest day of the year

SMALL PRINT: GOING ON A hunt for alcohol on Good Friday has become something of a tradition, more for the sport of it in the…

Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00

Tapping into a cash crowd for project finance

In its first year in operation, crowd-sourcing site Fund It has helped numerous projects, from a Julie Feeney album to Enda Walsh…

Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00

The new wave of student fashion

It’s student fashion show season

Tue Mar 27 2012 - 01:00

Dining faoi thalamh

SMALL PRINT: YOU CAN keep your al fresco dining or pop-up restaurants

Tue Mar 20 2012 - 00:00

Alternative Ireland: Gay Christmas takes its final bow

ST PATRICK’S Day may have united the country on Saturday, but last night there was only one show in town – the Alternative Miss…

Mon Mar 19 2012 - 00:00

Kony campaign could be a game changer

SMALL PRINT: TWITTER CONSTANTLY gets clogged with events, topics and hashtags, from a particularly important sporting event …

Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00

Pop goes the park

SMALL PRINT: POP-UP SHOPS and restaurants have become part of Ireland’s urban landscape, but now a collective is taking the …

Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00

Graphic

IN THE AUTUMN of 1990, Shepard Fairey was broke

Sat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00

A duet of bodies and dancing souls

WHEN JOHN SCOTT talks, a collage of thought, anecdotes, stories, lessons and references tumbles through his speech

Thu Mar 01 2012 - 00:00

Mmoths

Twisted Pepper, Dublin

Thu Feb 23 2012 - 00:00

Dublin's Russian revolution

ESTIMATES VARY on how many Russians live in Ireland, but it’s definitely enough to sustain the vibrant Dublin City Festival of…

Tue Feb 21 2012 - 00:00

Ash Wednesday: on your head be it

SMALL PRINT: ON THE FIRST DAY of Lent, having ash on one’s forehead used to be common in Ireland

Mon Feb 20 2012 - 00:00

Has Dublin lost its groove?

THE CLOSURE OF the Pod nightclub complex in Dublin is a big story for the capital’s nightlife

Sat Feb 18 2012 - 00:00

Small print

A round-up of today's others stories in brief

Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00

Six short plays in one long night: a project produced out of creative chaos

SIX PLAYWRIGHTS, six directors, 24 actors, two producers, two facilitators

Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00

Facebook floats, but has social networking passed its peak?

THE SPOTLIGHT is rarely off Facebook, but reports that the social-networking company is planning an initial public offering (…

Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00

Much ado about nothing

Comedian Stewart Lee isn’t just brilliant at telling jokes – he also deconstructs them as part of his act

Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00

Everything you ever wanted to know about One Direction but were afraid to ask

SMALL PRINT: Tonight, One Direction hit the O2 in Dublin before heading to Belfast to perform at the Waterfront Hall on Wednesday…

Tue Jan 24 2012 - 00:00

You have friends but does Klout matter?

THE COMPANY is valued at around $200 million, it recently raised $30 million in series C venture capital funding, and it’s all…

Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00

The punks with a little glow in their hearts

THERE ARE plenty of conventional ways to switch off and distract oneself from the humdrum and stress of daily life, but an Irish…

Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00

You scratch my back, I'll claw yours

THERE’S NO promotion like the circus and media saturation that surrounds the launch of a new Madonna album, and Her Madgesty …

Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00

Compelling, cute, clever: The Clipart album covers

SMALL PRINT: If there’s one reoccurring internet meme – or fad – that always engrosses, it’s recreating album covers. Replacing…

Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00

The scatological things people say

SMALL PRINT: The first video was uploaded on December 12th

Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00

Small print

A round-up of today's other stories in brief

Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
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