I've actually just finished writing a whole novel about such a fictional place. For fun! Spoiler alert: it doesn't end well! But my museum did open (and close) in 2013. Hopefully the world is a kinder place to women now....

GFA is the Good Friday Agreement and in this case Owen McCafferty's brilliant Agreement Lyric Theatre Belfast Hope it travels for those who can't travel

Remember that final scene in Tar, where she is exiled from the concert halls to conduct video game scores for an audience in Cosplay? Got me thinking about cultural snobbery again

Genuine thrills in the rehearsal room. Looking forward to seeing this on stage Abbey Theatre

Over the years, the idea of national identity has became more fluid and St Patrick’s Day has always been multicultural – after all, the first recorded parade didn’t happen in Ireland, but in New York in the late 1700s, writes sarajkeating businesspost.ie/life-arts/sara…

People making art through war....
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Delighted to have contributed a short audio piece to this chocolate box series, about Patrick Kavanagh, rats in the canal and a death in the Irish Sea.

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Loved talking with these 'aul wans' Gate Theatre

Almost converted to the cult of Damo Dempsey. Read about it @businesspostHQ Newspaper in stores or subscribe businesspost.ie/subscribe

Bumper year for Irish Theatre, especially Opera. Read all about it and make your own shortlist here...

Some sensible civil war reflections

Only 4 hours left to watch this extraordinary piece of work. You won't actually fit it all in, but at least you'll get a flavour of a historic moment that defined the future of Ireland rte.ie/stagingthetrea…

Looking to refresh a syllabus on cultural journalism with a few new examples of literary interviews. Doesn't have to be about literature but must relate to Irish culture. Any favourites come to mind?

Some last minute ideas for stocking fillers, which in my own memories of Christmas, were the main event