Bringing two families from Ukraine to rural Co Cavan
The Moth retreat, empty since lockdown, is now home to a family of four
Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘The Tories haven’t got a clue about culture’
The frontman on sleep-talking, dying young, and what Brexit is doing to British musicians
Is your ‘true self’ a kind of ghost?
Unthinkable: One of philosophy’s great debates may be down to a misunderstanding
Lou Reed the rock poet: When should songs be considered poetry?
Dylan, Patti Smith, Gil Scott-Heron and Lou Reed wrote song-poems that transcended pop, and bands such as Fontaines DC are keeping rock and poetry in perfect rhyme
Still incomparable: Sinead O’Connor heads this week’s best rock and pop gigs
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Songwriter and Silver Jews frontman David Berman dies aged 52
No cause of death has been announced for songwriter and poet
Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains review – The remarkable return of David Berman
Underrated frontman of Silver Jews reinvents himself but his aptitude for measured, Americana-tinged indie-rock remains unscathed
‘Time Tries All Things’: magical physics and the nature of chronology
Grace Weir’s new film just might explain the nature of life, the universe and everything
Unthinkable: Should we give up on utopian politics?
Utopian visions work because they are fictional, says sociologist Deirdre Ní Chuanacháin
Is bitter better? The philosopher’s coffee quest
Are you a sourist, a bitterist or an Americano? A Trinity College professor has turned his attention to the ancient beverage as part of an intellectual exercise
Does Ireland’s ‘greatest’ philosopher stand the test of time?
Ever wondered whether a falling tree heard by no one makes a sound? George Berkeley has an answer for you
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