Food for thought – Lara Marlowe on the centenary of the dinner at the Majestic

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Paris Mismatch – Frank McNally on a notorious dinner party of 100 years ago

An Irishman’s Diary

How are composers affected by lockdowns, wars and revolutions?

From Stravinsky to Schoenberg, composers differed in their treatment of global events in the 20th century

New Music Dublin: A myriad of creative musical endeavours

With more than 20 events over four days, the festival features the best in contemporary music

Seán Moncrieff: Is originality dead? Perhaps it never existed in the first place

It sometimes feels like we’ve run out of stories, and the only option is to return to what was said before

A chance to spend 99 years in Venice – in the afterlife

Can’t afford a Grand Canal palazzo? You could still lease a plot on the ‘isle of the dead’

Count Harry Kessler: The original hipster

Almost 80 years after his death, Berlin is acknowledging one of its most celebrated sons

From Russia with love – An Irishman’s Diary about Igor Stravinsky and Ireland

John Banville’s books of the year

Author, as Benjamin Black, of Holy Orders

Dublin Dance Festival’s opening night shows the rite way to do it

Vaslav Nijinsky’s choreography became a victim of the success of the music in Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. A century later, choreographers are still trying to get to grips with the dance

The naked truth about dance

In Greek mythology, the gods were depicted nude to show their higher status, but these days little inflames indignation like the sight of the naked human body. For some artists, and dancers in particular, it’s an essential, everyday part of their work