The hill I'm willing to die on is 'teh' should be an acceptable alternative spelling for 'the'. Think of the time we'd all save. Think of the productivity gains.

Friday 7th June 3.45pm
The Rookery 
A SUMMONING: Sinéad Gleeson discusses her eerie first novel, Hagstone, which finds an artist on a secluded island challenged and transformed by a mysterious commune of women. In conversation with journalist PatrickFreyne

‘Jesus Christ, the doors are locked’: The full story of the Stardust fire, with new testimony

irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

I wrote about the Full Irish Hidden Camera Show and Fallout, both of which are apocalyptic in their own ways irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

Applications are open for the Music Network and
St. John's Theatre Musician-in-Residence Programme:

🔷 open to professional musicians in Ireland who identify as Autistic/Person with Autism

🔷 4-month residency

🔷 €8,000 bursary

More info 👉 loom.ly/MngvEL8

I wrote about the Full Irish Hidden Camera Show and Fallout, both of which are apocalyptic in their own ways irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

I think of the (excellent) album Hames by one of my favourite Irish bands, Rollers Sparkers.

The Dublin Review is hiring a part-time Deputy Publisher. This is an administrative role, requiring strong organisational and customer service skills. Deadline: Monday, 29 April. Full details below.
publishingireland.com/job_listing/de…

I’ve come very late to reading Dirty Linen but it’s just as powerful, moving and honest as everyone says it is. There’s no one definitive book on the Troubles but if you’re one of the people who’ve asked me what to read to learn about here, this feels like a good place to start

Gather up those husks, put down your phone, parse the OED definition of essay (actually please don't...). It's Tolka time!

In this review of Is it Cake? I referred to an object which was secretly cake as a 'Baudrillardian simulacrumb' and I feel like I should be allowed to retire now irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

For Guardian Saturday, I wrote about long walks, books with maps, melancholy, even - why not - the Moomins. Thanks Merope for commissioning this, which is a little more personal than usual, and Cian Oba-Smith for struggling up Helm Crag. The glamour! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Great first column from Mark for the Irish Times

PatrickFreyne

I interviewed Hilary Fannin about life and illness and who gets to write stuff. Her new play Children of the Sun starts this coming week in the Abbey (her novel the Weight of Love is also absolutely fantastic) irishtimes.com/culture/stage/…

Are you a member of academic teaching staff at a university where arts/culture courses are being cut? Would like to hear from you. Drop me an email summarising what's being cut, impact & a contact number & will try to get back to you. Drop me a line at: [email protected]
thx

We’ve opened submissions! 12th April - 3rd May. To summarise: we’re looking for your best work, for writing that resists definition for stories & poems that strain against classification. gorse.ie/submission/

It feels telling that the AI guy on Ezra Klein’s latest podcast doesn’t mention the names of the authors of 2 books he recommends at the end

Delighted to say that Mark O’Connell has joined The Irish Times as a weekly columnist. He will appear on Saturdays, starting tomorrow.

I love New Scientist but I particularly love the implication in this headline that the left-handed monkeys have been lobbying for this newscientist.com/article/242571…