How “From Lemass To Ming – A History of Drugs in Ireland” a lecture by Graham Ryall inspired the work of Dublin company, TheatreCLUB.

How “From Lemass To Ming – A History of Drugs in Ireland” a lecture by Graham Ryall inspired the work of Dublin company, TheatreCLUB.

Combining some of the more salubrious aspects of Electronic Dance Music with a 5K run, Electric Run is part of a wave of post-rave events that turn fitness into multisensory entertainment.

Combining some of the more salubrious aspects of Electronic Dance Music with a 5K run, Electric Run is part of a wave of post-rave events that turn fitness into multisensory entertainment.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Muppet, with muppet superfans, Bunny, Liam Geraghty and Regan Hutchins.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Muppet, with muppet superfans, Bunny, Liam Geraghty and Regan Hutchins.

Culture File: Bach and Status Quo

Could Status Quo be as useful as Bach when it comes to musical healing? Cellist, Matthew Barley on universal music.

Culture File: War House Puppetry

A horse has the lung capacity of three humans, so of course it takes a team of three to breath life into Joey, the star of War Horse.

Culture File - Joseph Walsh Furniture Design

Designer and maker, Joseph Walsh, best known for furniture that are almost equal parts elaborate theatrical spectacle and somewhere to sit, shows Eleanor Flegg around his Co Cork studio.

Culture File - Touch Lesley Millar

Do you remember when the word touch was almost never followed by the word screen? Curator, author, Lesley Millar, on the lost importance of touch

Culture File - Trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger

The Golden Rules of Brass, and other trumpeter's tales with Swedish virtuoso, Håkan Hardenberger.

Culture File: Dream Brands

If brands are "over" how come Apple still sells so many shiny, expensive dreams? Prof Itamar Simonson explains the exception that proves the rule.

Culture File - Marketing and Social Media

In the age of Amazon, Yelp and social shopping, telling people what they should want is getting harder than ever, suggests Stanford marketing professor, Itamar Simonson.

Culture File - Whistleblast Quartet

Whistleblast Quartet's French horn player, Mary Curran on re-wiring the orchestral classics for the young music lover - who may not even know yet they're a young music lover.

Culture File - Daffodil Choreography

A hymn to the daffodils - and their pickers - with Dutch "conceptual choreographer" Edd Schouten.

Culture File - Ensemble Eriu

Some describe Ensemble Eriu as a minimalist jazz-trad septet. But careful with the M-word around the band's Neil O'Loghlen and Jack Talty.

Culture File - Repair Café

Hack, Upcycle or Fix? Ireland's first Repair Café in Sandymount Dublin.

Culture File: A Foreigner in Hollywood

Light is life - it's an unashamedly American event except when it comes to the Oscar for best cinematographer.

Culture File - Photography Old and New

Chemical bath or digital filter? Old and new photographic techniques slug it out for the eyeballs of the 21st century.