Tailored denim, florals and a lot of pink: Brown Thomas collection offers a breath of fresh air for spring
Brown Thomas’s spring preview paired international runway trends with florals, colour and quiet optimism for the 2026 season
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Interviews, travel, recipes, fashion, gardening, advice columns, and more from the Irish Times Magazine supplement
Benidorm: Why a trip to the Spanish coastal city might surprise you
Is it time for Benidorm to get a critical re-evaluation?
Belvedere College’s rooftop farm that supplies Michelin-star restaurant Chapter One
The Dublin college’s urban farm now supplies crops to storied local restaurant Chapter One, also sharing its knowledge with other schools
Climate change and wine: The red wines we will be drinking in the future
How to Drink Better: As temperatures rise, some regions in Europe are allowing growers to plant new varieties, although it’s not always straightforward
‘My partner lives in terror of Covid-19. We even had to cancel our wedding’
Ask Roe: ‘She insists I wear a mask all day, and we have separate bedrooms and bathrooms’
I’m hosting a summer party. How can I make my garden beautiful?
Explore ways to freshen up any hard landscaping, from scrubbing down paving to giving tired garden furniture a makeover
When I was young and foolish, my friend and I hitchhiked around Europe
Between then and now so much has changed, while so much has remained the same
Why lilies are enjoying a renaissance with younger gardeners
Generations Y and Z more likely to be enthralled by Stargazer’s zingy hues and almost surreal perfection
‘The woman is as C as M – as my old dear used to say. Common as muck’
‘Giving my ticket to Twickenham to a woman from Bray – that’s preposterous. She wasn’t even watching the match’
Valentia Island Vermouth: A synthesis of verdejo, art, local botanicals and experience
Two women are behind Ireland’s first vermouth, made on Valentia Island in Co Kerry
Designer Louise Kennedy: ‘I loved being on the shop floor. I thought my parents had bought Harrods’
The celebrated designer on dressing Irish presidents, how fashion has changed and the future of her luxury brand
Australian wines are not what they were. These four show how far they’ve come
John Wilson: Specialist shops are great places to start looking for options beyond mass-produced wines
Mark Moriarty: Two easy dinner recipes using the most magical Asian flavours
The instant aromatic hit you get when soy, chilli, garlic and ginger meet hot oil is just fabulous
Mark Moriarty’s recipe for stir-fried beef with broccoli and oyster sauce
A few very easy steps will lead you towards a fast and delicious Asian-style dinner
Mark Moriarty’s easy recipe for green beans with minced pork, garlic and chilli
Make sure you have a good non-stick frying pan to hand before you begin
My hair is in the best condition it’s ever been. Here’s how I did it
My hair is in the best condition it’s ever been, thanks to some small but mighty changes
‘Growing up I thought Ireland was boring. When I moved to the US that changed’
Molly Nic Céile creates Irish language videos for her Gaeilge i mo Chroí channels and teaches at the Irish Arts Centre in Manhattan
The printer is here to tell you you’ve failed at life. Don’t let it
In the community WhatsApp group I’m a member of, stories abound of people trying to help their parents set up printers over the phone
Yakiniku Matsukawa review: As I sit down, I am already doing mental maths. The A5 Japanese wagyu is €150
This isn’t cooking, this is precision engineering in miniature
Fashion rises from the ashes at new Ulster Museum exhibition
The Ulster Museum’s entire fashion collection was destroyed by fire after an IRA bomb in 1976. After 50 years of painstaking research, curation and acquisition, a new collection is reborn
A day in the life of the mobile library serving the people of the Beara Peninsula in Cork
Librarian Zillah Ní Loideoin and driver Seán Crowley have been working together for 16 years, bringing books to schoolchildren, nursing homes, book clubs and individual homes around Co Cork
‘I feel sexually muted but I don’t want to blow up my marriage’
Ask Roe: Sex with my husband has always been fine, nothing more. It’s familiar to the point of numbness
As our family grows, full wine glasses keep appearing as if by magic
A family is like a dynamic system, slowly growing over time and spreading across counties and countries
How can I care for my lavender hedge?
Lavender plants come on for a gentle annual trim immediately after flowering to keep them in shape
Grapes of weather wrath: the new white wine varieties emerging due to climate change
How to Drink Better: Grapes better suited to hot and dry climates are sure to appear on more wine labels
How to encourage biodiversity in your home garden
For award-winning garden designer Adam Hunt, the garden should be ‘a living dialogue between the natural and the cultivated world’
Parents on posting: ‘We’ve opted out, so my child is being excluded’
As concerns grow around safety, identity theft, consent and AI, attitudes to sharing images on social media are changing
‘As a parent, I’m terrified of AI’: Have we reached the end of the ‘sharenting’ era?
Sharing images of your kids online used to be no big deal, but times have changed and parents are changing their ways
‘How embarrassing is it for me to have three kids who are absolutely focking useless at rugby?’
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I’m considered by some pretty great judges of the game to be the greatest Irish centre no one has ever heard of’
Mark Moriarty’s step-by-step guide to flavour-filled, exciting vegan cooking
Vegan food has come a very long way in Ireland and aren’t we lucky that it has?
Discover New Zealand’s wine treasures beyond your familiar Marlborough sauvignon blanc
There are other New Zealand regions producing super wines, including some made with less familiar grapes
Mark Moriarty’s vegan recipe for roasted cabbage with confit garlic and preserved lemon dressing
Your kitchen will be filled with gorgeous garlicky smells after you make this hearty dish
Mark Moriarty’s vegan recipe for cauliflower roasted in Malaysian spices
This flavourful dish is finished with coconut, crispy chilli and garlic, cashew and lime
Ireland’s chippers fight to survive: ‘It isn’t just a job, it’s our life’
Social media, vegan menus and always being in the shop are helping the latest generation of chip shops to thrive
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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