The weather gods were finally looking down on Dublin on Sunday as the capital celebrated the patroness saint of Ireland, St Brigid, and the official beginning of spring. The rain took a welcome and much needed pause as hundreds of people lined the streets of the north inner city for the “Brigit” parade. Now in … Read more
Holding both ancient craft and modern tech tools in her hands gave graphic novelist Hannah McCann an idea that landed her in a “whirlwind” last week. The Leeds-based artist, who was born in Northern Ireland, was awarded the 2025 First Graphic Novel Award for St Brigid & Me at a ceremony in London. She began … Read more
No, it’s not just a song by New Order, Blue Monday is a psychological phenomenon, or at least a pseudoscience one, where the third Monday in January is deemed the most depressing day of the year. Everyone is broke, resolutions are out the door, and we have finally come down from the sugar high and … Read more