BOOKS ‘Mayflies in the Heather’, Ó Súilleabháin’s latest collection, is inspired by the west
Art Ó Súilleabháin launches new poetry collection
Staying In
From Westport to Russia with love
CULTURE Theatre group’s tale continues even when the curtain is down, with international recognition and virtual performances
Free thinking, unveiled
BOOKS Bríd Conroy discusses the delights of Flaubert’s ‘Madame Bovary’ and Diderot’s Enlightenment philosophy
TG4 love-story series ends with Gránuaile romance
CULTURE TG4’s Scéalta Grá na hÉireann concludes with the epic 16th-century love story of Mayo’s Gráinne Ní Mháille and Richard in Iron Bourke
Tommy Tiernan launches ‘Let’s Laugh’
CULTURE Kids invited to make music online with Whistleblast Quartet in fun, free virtual programme
If the truth be known…
BOOKS Bríd Conroy reviews books by Kamala Harris, Laura McKenna and Danielle McLaughlin
Two families, two compelling fictions
BOOKS Bríd Conroy reviews ‘Shuggie Bain’, by Douglas Stuart, and ‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’, by Shokoofeh Azar
New philosophy club takes flight
CULTURE Every month, The Philosopher’s Hat Club will engage in facilitated conversation about the world in which we live
Wieczorek’s sunrises celebrate shared experience
CULTURE Ian Wieczorek’s online exhibition ‘One Day: 40 Sunrises’ centres on one sunrise on one day around the world
Start the year on a positive note
BOOKS Bibliophile Bríd Conroy recommends three books to dispel the gloom as we move into 2021
Voracious for variety
BOOKS Diverse range of books top Westport bookshop Tertulia’s 2020 bestsellers list