After clocking up some 20,000 flying hours over the course of his career, today retired, well-respected Aer Lingus pilot Charlie Coughlan, 83, is content to simply be looking skyward. Charlie survived breast cancer – a very rare condition in males – just over a decade post-retirement, and has since gained […]

Arthus Miller in 1966. Arthur Miller is one of America’s greatest playwrights. Some of his dramas are household names; ‘Death of a Salesman’, ‘A View from a Bridge’, ‘All my Sons’. His story lines are suspenseful, his themes tackle morally ambiguous scenarios, his characters depict ordinary, relatable people like you […]

“One hundred years is too short,” says fisherman Pat Murphy with a smile. Just three years shy of this great age, Pat, (97), has landed too many catches to count in his lifetime. Most of those years have been shared with his greatest catch of all, the love of his […]

Voice is one of our strongest ‘weapons’ when it comes to expressing emotion – something that is not without risk and can make us feel vulnerable or upset people. Except in music, where it is the link that connects audiences and performers. Some singers are able to precisely reflect feelings […]

As the Samhain banners unfurl, and as winter approaches, thoughts of painting crunch with the leaves and unseen snow. One becomes thoughtful before the fire, burrows inwards, carves out an imaginative hinterland where the cold and the rain cannot enter. Paintings and prints hover as marvellous worlds upon the walls; […]

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