Another Life: Foraging for mushrooms and natural psychedelics
Michael Viney locates psychedelic fungi in the context of culture, therapy and danger
Coarse Notes – Frank McNally on the drunken parrots of ancient Rome and other surprise language lessons
An Irishman’s Diary
Trinity College lawns dug up to make room for wild flowers
Re-wilding of lawns at the entrance are an effort to address biodiversity crisis
Inspiring educators: How coronavirus has given us a new appreciation of teachers
Many of us see the levels of patience, persistence and personal attention that goes into the role of an educator
Trinity’s front lawns set to be wild-flower meadow
Public overwhelmingly supports bee-friendly proposal in an online vote
Trinity College plans wildflower meadow on College Green
University wants to transform prominent grassy area in response to biodiversity crisis
Longford primed for 10-fold tourism boost as Center Parcs set to open
Ballymahon and beyond transformed by €233m holiday village project
‘Brendan Kennelly’s words raised my spirits’
The Time of My Life: A poet’s work provides uplift and inspiration to a composer
Hot prices for Irish art in summer sales
Big-hitters like Yeats, Henry and Osborne now fetching prices well above pre-sale estimates
The disappearing world of French village life
The French affection for their little towns is tinged with guilt rooted in neglect
In a Word . . . Midlands
I propose that the new brand for our Midlands should be ‘Tranquillity Ireland’
His father’s son: Liam Cosgrave and ‘the boss’
WT Cosgrave and son shared a deep commitment to parliamentary democracy
Woodland retreat in Goldsmith country
Three-bedroom gate lodge at Newcastle House, Co Longford on market for €350,000
Walks: A Ramble in Glassan Village, Co Westmeath
Take time to walk some Westmeath country roads with a literary twist
The Times We Lived In: Goldsmith given a spruce-up at gates of Trinity
Published: August 2nd, 1978 Photograph: Tom Lawlor
Culture Shock: Putting women’s writing on the wall
‘The Irish Times’ is publishing a poster of Irish women writers as a rebuke to the familiar men-only Irish Writers version. It’s a joke with a serious point
Theatre review: She Stoops to Conquer
David Pearse steals the show amid a cast playing to the gallery with diverting, shameless slapstick
Brought to Book: RTÉ’s Sinead Crowley on her debut novel and literary loves
I didn’t set out to write a book in a particular genre but there are a lot of ‘domestic noir’ books being written at the moment, psychological thrillers aimed primarily at women, and my book falls into that category
Thinking outside the squeeze box
By staying ahead of the technological curve, the Irish Traditional Music Archive has become a one-stop shop for anyone curious about our cultural heritage, as its director, Nicholas Carolan, explains
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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