‘The church no longer has the same grip on moral values and lives but is still very much in our bodies and our mindsets’

Belfast International Arts Festival 2024: Patrick J O’Reilly on the power of Yerma, Lorca’s haunting rural tragedy, which he has relocated to Cooley for Tinderbox’s new production

School’s out: 20 things to do around Ireland over the Easter holidays

From bunnybots and egg hunts to classic board games and easy introductions to opera

‘I think the Irish are Spaniards who got lost’

Ian Gibson has lived in Spain for decades and is best known for his work on the poet Federico García Lorca

Leonard Cohen, the poet channelling Byron and Lorca

From the archive: Of all the singer-songwriters of his era labelled as poets, Cohen was perhaps the one who truly bridged the divide

Estrella Morente, Javier Perianes Encuentro review: Native Spanish songs

Lorca’s grave may be uncovered 78 years after execution

Historians believe they have solved mystery of last resting place of Spain’s celebrated poet

Review: Bernarda’s House

Veronica Coburn’s comedy brings a 1920s play honking into the 21st century

Leonard Cohen’s quest for something higher

Cohen turns 80 soon, and the shelves will be heaving with newly published books about the poet of pop, which take in everything from his Jewish upbringing to the tryst behind the song So Long Marianne

Alexis Cuadrado: A Lorca Soundscape