I am Guinevere to her Lancelot, my Arthur does not know how true love is. I flopped down on the sofa, cushions and silk. Last week, Binky and I had flooded the valley with champagne, all was sog. But still, our love was doomed. And so, be-feathered and jaded I slept and dreamed of a… Read more

There is much a man can live without. Shelter, friends, dignity. But, of the few true necessities, tea is the greatest.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden and Civil Disobedience. Here in Trinity College Dublin this yearning is sated in the various canteens in which you will find a self service area with a boiler, a stack… Read more

MULLIGANS Pithy hovel treasure trove for faces old. Mulligans provides a warmly glimpse into James Joyce’s directory Ulysses, where rich old mahogany and pointless men sit to wonder how it all slipped away. Rating: Two Harps and a tug. CAFÉENSEINE As mentioned in James Joyce’s Ulysses, Kafka Ennui reveals itself to be an overdressed French… Read more

Photo by Danny McL , Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic Literally millions of children are killed or mortally wounded on Ireland’s roads each year. Often, in a tragic twist of irony, by those who were once children themselves. A new report by the Irish Society of the Prevention of Death, Cruelty and Other Such Misfortunes;… Read more

* Experience the 3D thrill ride of a life time ‘from farm to market’ – gasp as state of the art misters douse you in meaty juices – an unforgettable meatsperience * Try your luck at our carnival games – lamb to the slaughter – can you bolt the brain first time? – pig snout… Read more

Also Out This season!!! The aeroplane is cramped, foul smelling and your still aching from the cavity search. But none of that matters, because you’re reading the stunning new book about growing up unloved. Ben’s latest autobiography – ‘They broke me in the cellar’, is out now. Critics are calling it ‘an unprecedented journey into… Read more