society and culture

This strikingly beautiful book of photographs focuses on the photos Hofer took on behalf of the publisher Harper & Row in 1965 and 1966 documen...

The Late Night Writers Club sees a talented, but rather annoying, writer struggle through writer's block to complete his first novel. Tortured by h...

 Social media has been shaping the lives of millions here in Ireland, and billions around the world over the last 3 decades. As each new platform h...

A little history of Dublin is a whirlwind tour through this little city through the ages through engaging stories told by curator and founder of th...

This beautifuly presented little mini book is an homage to the brilliant, everyday, ordinary and extraordinary things all around us. A collabration...

An emotive and often polerising topic, in this edition of The Big Ideas, Matta Busby brings a carfully constructed, balanced and nuanced appraisal ...

The terrifying effects of a warming planet are as impossible to ignore as they are hard to contemplate, making it hard at times to pick through the...

What is unreasonable? This is the deceptively simple question posed by Kirsty Sedgman is explored and dissected in this well-researched, thoroughly...

On the Beara peninsula, a picturesque part of West Cork, stands a 73 acre rainforest. It might not have the same plants and animals as the Amazon, ...

John Creedon (Creedo to his pals) has a way with words, as any listener of his radio programme can agree with.  Here, he turns his skill to a colle...

Our homes have been the frontline of defence during the COVID19 pandemic - as all over the world we were told to 'stay home' to  help stop the spre...

Our ancestors who lived here in Ireland centuries ago lived lives we would barely recognize. Their society praised the poets, monks, wise women, an...

Based on the excellent podcast of the same name. Donal Fallon's book traces the history of Dublin through the history of 12 well known city centre ...

This lovely little book collects a number of letters by and for mothers written by a number of well know figures; including George Bernard Shaw, Be...

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

Wabi Sabi is a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth a...

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

With a focus of plants that will end up on the dinner plate, The Kitchen Garden is a practical illustrated guide to growing edible plants from sowi...

In this world we live in sometimes arguments can be presented in very binary, black and white, good vrs bad. But reality is never so straight cut. ...

A question we probably have all asked ourselves on a Monday morning, Do We Have to Work? We define ourselves by our jobs, we have internalised beli...

A delight to the eyes, this beautifully laid out book is a catalogue of ways on how to use garden produce to provide food all year round. It steps ...

  It’s OK to be angry about capitalism. No really, it's not only okay; it's maybe even a perfectly rational reaction in these turbulent times. In h...

 There have been many polls done to find what the best smell is; with vanilla, fresh cut grass and freshly ground coffee all tend to rank high. We ...

It seems like you could spend your entire life trying to be kind to the planet, and it still wouldn't be enough. Maybe you grow your own organic ve...