The World Cup – soccer in general – seems to have escaped its once-stubborn naffness
The vast efficiency of the current tournament wipes out the comforting leathery embarrassment football once allowed
Lonnie Donegan
Musician
The Irishwoman who quit teaching to become one of Ireland’s first blues singers
The performer sang alongside some of the great American jazz musicians
Billy Bragg makes tracks around ‘the old, weird America’
The singer-songwriter recorded his latest album on a marathon 2,728-mile rail journey
Greil Marcus on Van Morrison: the singer’s constant search the yarragh
The yarragh is a sense of the song as a thing in itself and, as Van Morrison once put it, ‘Is the song singing you?’
Back in the R.O.I – Fifty years on, the Fab Four are still causing a stir in Dublin
Celebrating 50 years since The Beatles played their only Irish gigs, the Dublin Beatles Festival takes place this weekend with tribute bands, exhibitions, plays, interviews and more
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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