Chamber Choir Ireland and guest director David Young taking a bow at New Music Dublin in Windmill QTR.
A wonderful concert yesterday afternoon of contemporary choral music with Chamber Choir Ireland and guest director David Young at New Music Dublin. Held in the, new to me, Windmill QTR.
Image: Magnhild Opdøl, And at the end, despair, 2024. Pencil on aquarelle paper, 49. 5 x 61. 5cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
On this, the final day of the exhibition, join Magnhild Opdøl and fellow artist Brian Fay here at 1pm to discuss her Ashford Gallery exhibition Erase Me.
Magnhild Opdøl and Brian Fay In-conversation
Sunday 19 April, 1-2pm
Free, all welcome.
#RHA #MagnhildOpdøl #ArtsCouncilSupported
🗣️ Last chance - Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment must close tomorrow!
📌 Walk & Talk with Aideen Barry RHA, Liliane Puthod & Caroline McCarthy and RHA Curator Davey Moor TODAY from 2–3pm – all welcome!
I became such a big fan of Andy Kershaw when I left Dublin to go to college in Bath - there was nothing like him on Irish radio back in the 1980s and early 1990s. What a constant breath of fresh air he was - think we could do with a few more Andys these days!
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Unveiling our Issue Eleven Cover: ‘The Long Way’ by artist Jessica Brilli 🌊🚙🌵
Issue Eleven is out in late May, and features new writing by Sara Baume, Liadan Ní Chuinn, Lola Olufemi, and an interview with Rashid Khalidi.
You can pre-order a copy here: tolkajournal.org/shop/
My first day as Head of BlueSky Server Maintenance is going well
RIP Moya Brennan, a wonderful singer, composer, harpist, sister of Enya, and gave - with Clannad - the first ever performance in Irish on Top of the Pops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHT...
RIP Moya Brennan
I got into Clannad and her beautiful voice the moment I heard this stunning theme tune.
Obvious but true.
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Image: A small, angry boy stands in front of his parents. They are in modern clothes, but he is dressed as a regency gentleman with top hat, breeches, cane etc. He says "No title, no estates, and less than a thousand a year! How am I ever to find a wife!" Caption: Noah's parents realise that he has been drawn into the manorsphere.
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com #manosphere
Paywall is down on my The Other Bennet Sister review. WHAT a series. Every single second of it was perfect.
What would you call Spencer Tracy if you worked w/ him?
Sturges calls him "Spence" here. I've heard Ernest Borgnine call him "Tracy," Burt Reynolds call him "Mr. Tracy," and Katharine Hepburn call him "Spencer."
I would probably follow Kate's lead and call him Spencer.
Sudden craving for Tunnock’s teacakes…
Read Grant's article, if only to marvel at this incredible photo of Astrid Kirchherr standing at the front of the queue to the Cavern in 1964, a year after The Beatles had left Liverpool and two years after her boyfriend, Stuart Sutcliffe had died.
It’s the penultimate weekend to view Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment at the RHA.
The exhibition presents nine artists whose practice incorporates commodity culture, taking in branding, mass-market imagery, retail style, the domestic, advertising and packaging.
A vertical, black and white photo of a large sea stack and its reflection in a pool of sea water. An island in the background.
A sea stack.
JazzTime 5th April 2026 - Weekly 2-hour jazz show from Dublin presented by Dermot Rogers. Playing tracks by arragh Hennessy Organ Trio, Julian Lage, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Miles Davis, Insufficient Funs and more.
#jazzireland #jazz #jazztime #fermotrogers
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Magnhild Opdøl, Absence of hope, 2024. Pencil on watercolour paper, 61.6 x 49.5 cm framed.
Magnhild Opdøl, And at the end_despair, 2024. Graphite on watercolour paper, 61.6 x 49.5cm framed.
Magnhild Opdøl, Mistakes and accidents, 2025. Graphite on paper, 94.5 x 79cm framed.
Magnhild Opdøl, This is not a season, 2025. Graphite on watercolour paper, 94.5 x 79cm framed.
The climate, the rapid changes in nature and the growing absence of diversity are central themes in Magnhild Opdøl’s work. She captures moments from the time we live in before they disappear into history, erased from memory.
For the drawings in this RHA exhibition, Opdøl has worked in reverse,
Title: Easter Egg Hunt techniques inspired by great detectives Panel 1: Sherlock Holmes. Deduce the exact location of every egg from seemingly unrelated details without leaving your room. Send your amazed sidekick to fetch them. Panel 2: Jack Reacher Hit the garden hard and fast. Take no prisoners Get back on the road. This approach results in a thrillingly intense hunt, but very few intact eggs. Panel 3: George Smiley Meticulously assess documents, people and motives. Then scrupulously collect the eggs and dejectedly wonder if any of it was worthwhile.
My Easter books cartoon for @theguardian.com
93 Easter eggs from the 1980s and 1990s, all issued by Rowntrees of York (later purchased by Nestlé) www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/s...
Nostalgic tooth ache.
Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment, to 19 April
Magnhild Opdøl, Erase Me, to 19 April
CA Collective at the RHA, to 19 April
On view this weekend at the RHA 👇
Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment, to 19 April
Magnhild Opdøl, Erase Me, to 19 April
CA Collective at the RHA, to 19 April
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Open today until 5pm, Easter Sunday 12–5pm. Closed Bank Holiday Monday
Beautiful evening for a walk through Trinity College Dublin. The moon's shining brightly - hard not to think of the Artemis II mission...
This Day in Buster… March 27, 1933
The Boston Globe reports that Buster Keaton has straw matting installed on the porch to prevent Elmer, his St. Bernard, from tracking mud into the house during the rainy season.
#oldhollywood #damfino
the types of podcasts: a guide
RHA Interim Director Nathalie Weadick and artist Fiona Mc Donald in-conversation at the RHA yesterday.
RHA Interim Director Nathalie Weadick and artist Fiona Mc Donald in-conversation at the RHA yesterday.
RHA Interim Director Nathalie Weadick and artist Fiona Mc Donald in-conversation at the RHA yesterday.
The cover of the full-colour catalogue (€15) accompanying the exhibition. It features writing from Jessica Foley, Radek Przedpełski, Davey Moor & Fiona Mc Donald, with design by Padraig Cunningham of Pure Designs.
Thanks to everyone who came along yesterday evening to hear RHA Interim Director Nathalie Weadick and artist Fiona Mc Donald talk about Fiona’s work and her exhibition Inhale Exhale: Ecologies that Refuse to Behave. 🧵
Installation images courtesy of Sasha Sykes & Oliver Sears Gallery. Photography - Rory Moore.
Installation images courtesy of Sasha Sykes & Oliver Sears Gallery. Photography - Rory Moore.
Installation images courtesy of Sasha Sykes & Oliver Sears Gallery. Photography - Rory Moore.
Installation images courtesy of Sasha Sykes & Oliver Sears Gallery. Photography - Rory Moore.
Filial Love, which ends Sunday, is an intimate exhibition from Sasha Sykes that brings together sculpture, video & wall-mounted works to explore nature through the lens of familial bonds.
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📷 Rory Moore. Images courtesy of Sasha Sykes & Oliver Sears Gallery
🗣️ It's the final day to see Fiona Mc Donald’s exhibition Inhale Exhale: Ecologies that Refuse to Behave.
We've lined up something special this evening – Fiona and RHA Interim Director Nathalie Weadick will discuss the exhibition from 5.30-6.30pm.
Free to attend, all very welcome: bit.ly/3O1fhma
Join Jason Grace this Thursday morning for an opportunity to meet an artist from the CA Collective and learn more about his practice, artistic journey, and experience.
Artist Talk with Jason Grace
Thursday 26 March, 11.30–12.30pm
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Waffles for lunch, & some beer. And a small mountain of butter! Fine menu selection from Georg Flegel, d. OTD 1638.
A visit to Crystal Palace Park to see work on the 1854 dinosaur models. I'm just as interested in the fabulous mudscapes created as their setting. Amazing to recall that Benjamin Walter Waterhouse hosted a dinner *inside* the Iguanadon before it was revealed to the world. What a publicity stunt!
