We’re back to hook you up with the best Netflix viewing this August. Instead of compulsively refreshing Instagram and brooding over everyone you know drinking umbrella cocktails in some tropical paradise, tune in and veg out with TN2, with our … Continue reading Netflix: What To Watch – August
●●●●○ The nine short stories in Sarah Hall’s latest collection, Madame Zero, cover what seems to be an entire spectrum of literary genres, from tales rooted in classic dystopia and science fiction to more traditional snapshots of everyday life. … Continue reading Book of the While: Madame Zero by Sarah Hall
Continuing our coverage of the National Gallery’s refurbishment along with their current exhibition and season, Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry, senior staff writer Rory Codd attends ‘Tracy Chevalier in conversation’ to hear from the author who is … Continue reading Tracy Chevalier @ NGI: The Author Behind the Girl with a Pearl Earring
The costume design section at this year’s Graduate Exhibition of the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology presents a host of fresh Irish talent. Eight young designers showcase the craftsmanship they’ve honed to perfection over their four-year degree … Continue reading Fabulists: Costume Design at IADT’s Graduate Exhibition 2017
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen I first arrived in Listowel, in June 2016, I knew instantly I had returned to my roots. Listowel Writers’ Week has a special significance to me. My father, a Kerryman himself, has many close relations in the vibrant town … Continue reading A Journey to Listowel Writers’ Week 2017
Nocturnal Animals Directed by the suave Tom Ford and starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals was destined for success from the start. The story centres on an estranged couple of nineteen years. One day, Susan (Amy Adams) … Continue reading Top 10 Films of 2016
Signs Preceding the End of the World is a book like no other you will read this year. At a modest one hundred or so pages, it’s easily devoured in one sitting, but it will take up more … Continue reading Jumble: Books from around the world – Signs Preceding the End of the World
The film that brought Julianne Moore her fifth Oscar nomination, culminating in a win for Best Actress, does not disappoint. (●●●●○) Continue reading Still Alice – review
WORDS Louise Hynes The anticipation that surrounds red carpet fashion from the Oscars is almost equal to that surrounding the awards themselves. Much like the nature of the ceremony, last night’s red carpet was slightly tame, but pleasant none the less. … Continue reading Oscars red carpet style