Connection to Place will be held at the Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, on September Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th, 2025.

The Hives: Still Sweden’s Masters of Garage Rock The Hives have been the antithesis of familiarity breeding contempt for over two and a half decades now. Their latest offering, The Hives Forever ...

The launch of the 16th Indian Film Festival of Ireland took place on Wednesday the 20th of August in the Nutgrove Omniplex Cinema. With many members of the Festival Team in attendance, the team ...

The last century BC is regarded by some historians as one of the most pivotal times in the history of the world. At the time the great Roman Republic was in its final decline, with the absolute power ...

The genius of Eugène François Vidocq lay in one simple principle. In order to catch a criminal, you had to be able think like a criminal. And in his case that was easy, because he was one. He’s ...

To quote the great Terry Pratchett, people always seem to have a “little blank spot in their heads where someone had written: Kings. What a good idea.” Even in modern times, when we fool ourselves ...

Have you ever wondered why your dog’s ears prick up even when you hear nothing? You sit reading the newspaper when Toby runs towards the door barking as if his best friend is outside. It could be ...

There are always those who see opportunity in chaos. The destruction of the old order leaves gaps that need filling, and “men of vision” see nobody better than themselves to fill those gaps. This does ...

Julie d’Aubigny in her opera-singing years – one of the few pictures of her from her lifetime that survives. Mark Twain once wrote “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged ...

Nothing makes history trickier to investigate than the whiff of scandal. Coverups and spin aren’t modern inventions, and when it makes every source you have unreliable then getting to the truth of the ...

We are told that sweets and chocolates are bad for us, and should be eaten in small amounts, if at all. However, during a terrifying wartime winter, a delivery of Tootsie Rolls proved to be a ...

One fun aspect of watching foreign shows is learning about the folklore of other lands; whole unfamiliar mythologies. One of these is the fashion in Korean drama for the last few years of shows about ...