society and culture

Does anything beat jumping into the sea as the sun rises over Dublin bay? I think not. From The forty foot to seapoint, sea swimming has seen a rea...

 Finally, the book we all need to read - Spoon-fed blows holes through everything we have been told about calorie counting, dieting and just what w...

He might have missed out on the coveted title of worlds sexist bald man' this year, but we doubt Stanley Tucci is crying into his gnocchi. Having a...

Internets darling and go to for everything news related Richard Chambers has written a book all about Ireland's Covid crisis and it is a definite m...

Keep Calm and Trust the Science, if there were ever words to live by - they might just be these. This book is a collection of Professor Luke O'Neil...

This is the third edition of a new magazine of contemporary life and culture in Ireland as seen through the eyes of Irish artists. Holy Show presen...

 This straight-talking, informative, honest and easy to digest book is aimed at those planning a career in the creative industries. Paul Woods aims...

Drink Less. Drink Better. These bold words come from award-winning alcohol experts, historians and comedians Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham. Their a...

Does anything beat jumping into the sea as the sun rises over Dublin bay? I think not. From The forty foot to seapoint, sea swimming has seen a rea...

Hats off to man's real best friend. The one we love even if they refuse to give much (anything, I mean anything) back. This collection of letters a...

If music be the food of love, get feasting on this insightful collection of letters. Heartfelt, intelligent and entertaining, this collection inclu...

Hats off to man's best friend. Pooches, mutts, hounds and pups, we love 'em all. This collection of letters about our canine friends will delight a...

Books like this don't come along too often. This beautifully illustrated, gentle story, featuring a young boy, a mole, a fox and a horse. Written i...

‘We’re not just losing the wild world. We’re forgetting it. We’re no longer noticing it.’ Climate change and the decline of many species of animals...

This is the second edition of a new magazine of contemporary life and culture in Ireland as seen through the eyes of Irish artists. Holy Show prese...

Is he a shitehawk or a messer? A gombeen or a dope? Take the decision-making out of your trash talk and fire out hilarious one-line insults left, r...

The Poetry Pharmacy is a collection of poems for every situation, collected and prescribed by William Sieghart. This beautiful collection came fr...

Discover the inner sanctum of Freemason's Hall, see Napoleon's toothbrush, marvel at a hoax plaque hidden in plain sight on O'Connell Bridge, try G...

The words gathered in these pages, matched with evocative illustrations by Steve Doogan, should leave you with no uncertainty about the poetry, wis...

Within this little volume dedicated to grief, are a collection of letters written by authors such as Robert Frost, Albert Einstein and Virginia Woo...

The Irish language has thirty-two words for field. Geamhar -is a field of corn-grass; Tuar is a field for cattle at night, while a Cathairin is a f...