Summer is on the minds of Will Rolfe and James Aiken – the summer of 2026, that is. “We already have some headliners confirmed,” says Rolfe, promoter, curator and creative director of Pod Festivals. “Just when everyone is getting excited for this year, we‘re starting to get excited for next year. You really don’t get … Read more
I was born in 1965. There were bombing campaigns and extreme anti-Irish racism where we were growing up in west London. It was the water we swam in at the time and I look back now and think, No wonder I grew up a bit angry. When I was 14, it was the 10th anniversary … Read more
For a generation of Dubliners, The Workman’s Club on Wellington Quay, which has gone into examinership, was a habitat at some stage. Of course nobody who made it their community hub would have dared say they were doing it purposefully. They weren’t “creating culture”. That would have been too earnest, too self-important. The regulars preferred … Read more
Irish music stars CMAT, Fontaines DC frontman Grian Chatten and hip hop artist Jordan Adetunji have made Forbes magazine’s prestigious 30 Under 30 list of the “most talented and influential individuals under 30 making waves” across Europe. Irish writer-director Ronan Corrigan also appears on the list, which was put together by judges including Derry Girls … Read more