Dedicated to the one I hate: Frank McNally on how a book inscription came back to haunt Patrick Kavanagh
Signed first American edition of Tarry Flynn is dedicated to ‘poet and painter’ Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan
Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis transcended borders of the mind
This year marks the centenary of the composer, who wrote scores for Zorba the Greek, Z and Serpico and became a national icon
Ballet Go Backwards – Frank McNally on Patrick Kavanagh’s short-lived career as a dance librettist
This strange incident came about because of another surprising phenomenon little remembered today
Irish artist Michael Kane: ‘Patrick Kavanagh did nothing else but create art. And that was my ideal’
The Project Arts Centre founder, who is marking his 90th birthday with a solo show, is a firm believer in the idea that art truly matters. He lives fully surrounded by it
A literary stroll: Frank McNally explores the streets of Dublin’s north inner city
I like to imagine Emily Dickinson sitting on the Royal Canal bench discussing punctuation with Brendan Behan
Poet Grace Wilentz: ‘Ireland has been very generous to me. There’s an abundance of fresh air and bookstores and intellectual stimulation’
The New York-born poet on having resilience foisted upon her as a teenager when both of her parents died
A critique of those who have opinions on everything but do very little about anything
You may find the following attitude strange from an ex-theatre critic
David Marcus, The Irish Times and a golden age of literary journalism
Even at a time of much cross-fertilisation between the literary and journalistic worlds, it was a brave and radical idea to run a regular creative-writing page in a daily newspaper. In pursuing this, David Marcus nurtured many young talents
Dublin portal reminds us that our capital has an uneasy edge of wildness
Fintan O’Toole: The erection of the portal linking night-time inner city Dublin to daytime New York was a heroic act of denial
The Quare Fellow review: Hugely enjoyable romp packs sombre reflection in with profane laughter
Theatre: At the Abbey, Tom Creed recasts Brendan Behan’s prison comedy entirely with female and nonbinary actors. The effect is teasingly ambiguous
‘I think the Abbey knew I might do something a little bit queer with this Quare Fellow’
Tom Creed’s new production of Brendan Behan’s play – the first at the theatre for almost 40 years – features a cast of all female and nonbinary actors
Ghosts of Baggotonia: Homage to a lost Dublin, never to return
Television: As an outsider who associates Baggot Street with rugby fans, traffic jams and office workers, it is a revelation
Mother of All the Behans: Imelda May sings gloriously – and shows an eye for bringing characters to life
Theatre: This revival of Rosaleen Linehan’s one-woman show throws the singer in at the deep end, but she delivers a highly entertaining evening
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book and the ones to catch before they end
The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
When a ‘dungeon’ on Leeson Street cost £2 a week and swarmed with literary life
A new book explores Dublin’s literary past, an active part of living or working in the city
Brendan Behan’s papers are in New Jersey. Surely they belong in his native city?
Working-class Dublin was intrinsic to the creative output of a highly individual writer who was born a century ago this week
Shamrock Rovers, the Down footballers and bullfights - remembering Brendan Behan
Thursday marks the 100 year anniversary of Irish playwright’s birth
Brendan Behan was born 100 years ago today. This is how he went from jail cell to literary sensation
Picture Brendan Behan and you probably imagine a man with shirt wide open and a pint in his hand. But the writer was far more complicated than that
The Bell magazine aimed for nothing less than to sound in a new Ireland
A new book enters into conversation with Sean O’Faolain’s publication, which offered a creative space to mid-century Irish writers
Greece Letter: How Brendan Behan influenced the resistance
The image of The Laughing Boy has become a mantra of the Greek Left
In a Word ... Complaint
A story about Brendan Behan’s lighthouse painting days is amusing enough to be true
Vortex wins best film at Dublin International Film Festival
Laura Samani wins best director for Small Body and Udo Kier takes best actor
Archive covers more than 100 years of the Irish language movement
Exchange of letters among items in new Conradh na Gaeilge archive at NUI Galway
Fintan O’Toole: It’s the first birthday of the Brexit hole and they have to keep digging
Those who sold it are slithering away from responsibility for its consequences. Those to whom it was sold are left to bear them
Fintan O’Toole: Humans are just apes who burn stuff. Now we must put out the fire
Cop26 delegates have the power to create a turning point in the evolution of our species
Jail Journeyman – On Behan’s lighthouse, the glory of French supermarkets, and confidence-building Christian names
An Irishman’s Diary
Voice of dissent a remote echo after death of heroic Greek artist
Greece Letter: Mikis Theodorakis considerably more than a citizen who did ‘his duty’
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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