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The Craft Corner

WCP Staff May, 2026

This month Natalie Webb is showing us how to print flowers. Materials: • 3 toilet rolls • 4 different colour paints…one of which is green • Scissors • Black paper or card • Paint brush • Cotton wool • Saucer or plate Snip approx half an inch up around the […]

The art of exclusion: the Venice Biennale rescinds its ban on Russia

James Waller May, 2026

In 2022, the year Russia rolled into Ukraine, I attended the Venice Biennale. I was filled with all things Venice: the golden interior of St. Mark’s, the lapping of the canals, the picaresque bridges, the bells, the periodic flooding. I was also filled with Anselm Kiefer, whose work had been […]

Crossing the Rubicon

Moze Jacobs May, 2026

It is no secret that many people in Ireland like traditional Irish music. It’s also no surprise that most tourists do too. For, just like visits to stone circles, tombs, beehive huts and other Megalithic and Neolithic monuments, Irish trad offers a vivid, direct and immersive encounter with the roots […]

Strawberry season in West Cork

WCP Staff May, 2026

by Melissa Byrne & Gillian Hegarty One of the tastes of summer is most definitely that of a fresh strawberry, eaten in the (hopefully!) West Cork sunshine. In West Cork, we are so lucky to have Union Hall and Bushby’s strawberries on our doorstep. What makes our local strawberries special […]

A blue child in the air: Marc Chagall’s ‘Golgotha’

James Waller April, 2026

With Easter upon us it is perhaps timely to dwell on a painting, which not only resonates with the season, but also articulates the horror that continues to unfold in the Middle East and Ukraine. This is Marc Chagall’s ‘Golgotha’ of 1912, perhaps the most luminous, prismatic painting of the […]

The Craft Corner

WCP Staff April, 2026

This month Natalie Webb is showing us how to make Easter chicks. “These cute chicks popping out of an egg would be great fun as an Easter weekend project!” Materials: • Yellow and orange card for the chick, and another colour of your choice for the egg. • Scissors • […]

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