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Culture Shock: Reality check at Dublin Theatre Festival
The audience and the city had important roles to play in this year’s festival, closing the gap between reality and fiction
Literary Scotland on the independence vote
Salmond says Burns would vote Yes, but living writers are not all on the same page
Killaloe Music Festival lets its hair down with a pared-back approach
St Flannan’s is a challenging acoustic for musicians; here their solution is an energetic approach
Otherworldly beasts brave Galway gales for Macnas parade madness
Up to 35,000 attend Galway street carnival
Behind the curtain: the dark arts of dramaturgy
Help the writer deliver the best play possible. Get the basics right early. Do very little for a successful show, then claim the credit. Welcome to the tricks of the dramaturg’s trade
A bombing campaign against Syria could have incalculable consequences
Opinion: Does the West want regime change to put Islamists in power in Damascus?
Cats: On the prowl in a strange subculture
The Lloyd Webber musical is best embraced with a child’s willingness to accept the stunning weirdness of this feline underworld
Music broadcaster and critic best known for ‘My Music’
John Amis - born June 17th, 1922; died August 1st, 2013
Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, by Sarah Churchwell
The brittle genius of Zelda Fitzgerald shines through in this exploration of her husband’s masterpiece
Irish identity is work of art not political expediency
We must not take refuge in easy St Patrick's Day clichés. Instead we must forge an imaginative shared future
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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