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Julie Qiu, the New York oyster blogger behind inahalfshell.com on the subtle pleasures of merrior. (Littoral Special Part 2)

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On the waterfront, in search of macroalgae with seaweed forager and mother of a thousand cast-iron plaques, Sally McKenna. (Littoral Special Part 1) 

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How much time do you waste eating each day? Prof Aisling Kelliher on Soylent, a startup that wants to lead us into a “post-food” world.

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How typographer, Thomas Phinney, earned himself the title the Font Detective.

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If you’re going to wrestle, make it an Irish bout. Culture File meets the roadshow that’s bringing local wrestling heroes, Duncan Disorderly and The Lord Of The Manor to the towns and villages of Ireland.

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Director Alan Foley on 20 years of Cork City Ballet

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Exploring a period of musical transition in Towards Enlightenment, a period instruments concert tour from Roy Goodman and Irish Baroque Orchestra.

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The double life of English composer, Arnold Bax, and his Republican alter ego, poet, Dermot O’Byrne

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What is it about airports that makes you mull the nature of existence, wonders Philip McMahon in the playwright’s latest diary entry.

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A year in the life of the Tony Awards, with Jacqueline Davies, who regularly agrees to see every single show of the year on Broadway.

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As Ireland takes to the streets for Culture Night, urban designers, David Jordan and Fergus Browne explain how we might make those streets a little more welcoming.

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It all starts with technique for superchef, Raymond Blanc, whose Le Manoir Au Quat’Saisons was just this week was judged the best — and most expensive restaurant in the UK.

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Get divorced and join the circus is the advice of Ursula Burns, who brings her Paraguayan harp to Tumble Circus’ latest show, Damn The Circus.

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Lighthouse keepers of the world gather on Hook Head to recall a way of life all but automated out of existence.

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Why donkeys make great soul singers and other mysteries of evolution, as we continue our tour of the Natural History Museum, with David Turpin.

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Singer-songwriter, David Turpin takes Liam Geraghty on a tour of Dublin’s Natural History Museum, in the first of a two part interview.

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How the craft beer boom is helping keep alive the once endangered art of the cooper, with Paul McLaughlin of Kelvin Cooperage.

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Is it a Bird? Is it a plane? Is it a performance artist’s take on popstar branding? Culture File meets the enigma behind Dublin Fringe show, Kitschcock.

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Culture File’s regular tech expert, Prof Aisling Kelliher, weighs in on the debt of corporate tech champions, such as Apple and Google, to a culture of government funded research

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Why are role playing games equally attractive to Nordic males and females? Culture File goes larping with the team from Sweden’s LajvVerkstaden.