A year to rememberThe Arts: A new play at the Peacock, a first novel reissued and a story turned into a film - it's suddenly all happening for…Wed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
'Mammy's gone to heaven'A mother's death must be discussed and aired for the grieving child if they are to move on with their own livesTue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
A life with the drama of an operaThe world-class tenor Roberto Alagna is famous for his dramatic exitsSat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Drawing out the painWhat happens when words are not enough? Luckily for these women, they found articulation through artTue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Aerobics, safaris and sexy underwear at the RDSTHEY SAY 50 is the new 30, but the average age in the queue for the Over 50s Show at the RDS was surely close to 70.Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
The tough work of becoming a swanAs its 10th anniversary tour approaches, Ballet Ireland has established the highest standards, though it is dancing on a shoestring…Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
A marriage made in heaven'A Midsummer Night's Dream', with Mendelssohn's music played by an orchestra in the forest, restores the original excitement …Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Holding a mirrorball up to the pastA classic story in its original setting, professional actors, men and women in period costume on opposite sides of a dance hall…Sat Jul 19 2008 - 01:00
Collaboration feeding on cross-fertilisationCollaboration across art forms is a central theme of this year's Éigse Carlow festival programme.Wed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
Arms trial takes centre stageA new play explores the issues raised by one of the most controversial periods in Irish politics - and how they were dealt with…Mon May 26 2008 - 01:00
Magical secrets of conservationSpit, polish, paint, glue, X-rays - all should add up to paintings as good as new for the Hugh Lane centenary exhibition later…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
The art of balancing a divided perspectiveTHE ARTS: 'I think I'm very short-winded, actuallyThu Mar 20 2008 - 00:00
Riffs and repertoires from two strong womenTwo of the leading classical musicians on the international circuit about to play in Dublin prove in real life to be a study …Wed Mar 12 2008 - 00:00
A breezy tale of Belfast and JohannesburgMemoir: Stealing Water By Tim Ecott Sceptre, 235pp, £16.99 The North wasn't a very pleasant place in the 1970sSat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryWhat is it with soundtracks? Once upon a time, they were acknowledged only in the near-invisible credits which came up on the…Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
Childhood in clear sightFiction: This is one of those books you don't so much read as recogniseSat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
A world of our ownBoarding at Wesley College is a world away from what you might have imagined, with some students coming from within walking distance…Wed Feb 21 2007 - 00:00
Mixed schools making the gradeIn their recently-published Choosing a School, a guide to secondary education in Ireland, Deirdre Raftery and Catherine Kilbride…Wed Feb 21 2007 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryThe new principal conductor of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra has just told me that he rarely listens to classical musicSat Feb 17 2007 - 00:00
Live and clicking on the screenWhile arts programmes move ever later into RTÉ's schedules, how we consume radio and TV is totally changing, writes Arminta Wallace…Tue Feb 13 2007 - 00:00
Independents taking controlWhat may not be immediately obvious to the casual viewer is that all but one of the current dozen Arts Lives documentaries were…Tue Feb 13 2007 - 00:00
Seeking room for improvementThe mammoth arts infrastructure projects currently under way in Dublin may give the impression that the only tale in town is …Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Thrilled to bitsFiction: John Boyne's most recent novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, has just entered the New York Times best-seller list…Sat Nov 11 2006 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryThe sound of the Turkish reed flute, or ney, drifts through the warm afternoon airTue Aug 22 2006 - 01:00
Holidays are no picnic for pets with careless ownersHumans might regret the return to damp summer form over the weekend, but our pets may well be celebratingMon Aug 07 2006 - 01:00
Loy's in the hoodCrime: What's in a name? When it comes to crime fiction, quite a lot, as it happensSat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
Rhythm as a special form of touchPercussionist Evelyn Glennie, who plays in Dublin this week, has had to commission her own repertoire, she tells Arminta Wallace…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
The other side of Shangri-LaFiction: The opening paragraph of Stick Out Your Tongue portrays a mountain road, complete with army trucks struggling up to…Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
For the kids, Barnardos can be summed up as funIt's 9.30am on a bright, crisp December morningSat Dec 17 2005 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryThe Messiah season is almost upon us: another month or so, and we'll be up to our elbows in Hallelujah Choruses and All Ye Like…Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Banville thriller causes publishing stirIt's not so much a "whodunnit", as a "whydunnit"Tue Oct 25 2005 - 01:00
A great strength of characterFiction : How long, I wonder, did it take Douglas Kennedy to write State of the Union? I only ask because, unable to put it …Sat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
A giant step across the dividing lineCyprus: 'Where," Yannis Papadakis asks near the end of Echoes from the Dead Zone, "could one stand to make sense of Cyprus?"Sat Aug 13 2005 - 01:00
New 'Tears' for your ears'Everything is a matter of life and death' - Gerald Barry talks to Arminta Wallace about his new opera, 'The Bitter Tears of …Wed May 25 2005 - 01:00
Unstuck in a momentShort Stories: Life, as the introduction to this collection of new stories points out, can change in an instant.Sat May 14 2005 - 01:00
Back from the deadWhen conductor Marion Doherty turned detective, she unearthed a gem, writes Arminta WallaceMon May 02 2005 - 01:00
Tracing the line between life and deathMemoir: On May 10th, 2002, the novelist Nina Bawden and her husband, Austen Kark, boarded the 12Sat Apr 23 2005 - 01:00
Irish PEN honours Nobel laureate for lifetime of literary achievement"Owls perch in yew trees like strange gods," begins a poem from Tom Paulin's latest collection, The Road to InverFri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Cerebral manoeuvresIrish Fiction: According to itself, Silenzio Press is on a mission: "to rescue literary authors who are deemed too commercially…Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00
Switching on the Limerick 'Illuminations'Canadian soprano Dominique Labelle is tuning up to open the Shannon International Music Festival this week, she tells Arminta…Mon Jul 19 2004 - 01:00
Welcome slice of summerRomance: In the course of her work as a reporter for the BBC, Roisin McAuley has made documentaries on subjects as diverse as…Sat May 22 2004 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryVienna. Ask yourself to picture the city, and your mind will likely supply you with a series of snapshots: respectable middle…Sat Mar 13 2004 - 00:00
A problem with the bould SeamusThriller: So much crime fiction is being published these days that it's becoming virtually impossible to establish an identity…Sat Mar 06 2004 - 00:00
Second miracle of lightnessFiction: The tattered remnants of a defeated army is wandering through a desert landscape, its maps useless, its supplies on…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
