Les SalAmandas, a new singing song-writing act in the Irish music scene, Julie O’Sullivan (Ballydehob, West Cork) and Colyne Laverriere (Hostun, France), have just released their very first single ‘Now is The Time’, on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Youtube. Julie and Colyne met in late 2018 in Ballydehob, West Cork. Les SalAmandas […]
Navigating a high modernist terrain, somewhere between Rothko and Tapies, Michael McSwiney’s new paintings deliver that unique combination of chromatic punch and visceral, mood-trembling, surface which never fails to capture the gaze, before holding it in meditative stillness. It is a combination we’ve come to expect from this exceptional West […]
Blue House Gallery in Schull will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2022 with a blockbuster programme of exhibitions from both at home and abroad, celebrating the capacity of a small visual art gallery to thrive on the main street of a West Cork village and to develop a cohort of […]
Finally, lockdown is coming to an end with more and more restrictions being lifted. It’s exciting for people, but I bet your pets aren’t as enthusiastic. Many people invested in puppies over the past eighteen months because we were all spending time at home. Therefore, the only thing your dogs […]
By now, we all should know the importance of incorporating a facial sunscreen into our skincare routine whatever the weather. For Consultant Dermatologist Professor Niki Ralph “Sunscreen is the number one anti-ageing product you can use”. By spending just a minute every day applying sun protection, you could scientifically future-proof […]
‘Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live.’ – Gianni Versace There simply has to be a toss-up between Christmas and June for the ‘Best Month of the […]