Jenny Lee
New Bing Crosby Irish music released
BING Crosby’s daughter Mary Crosby is “beyond delighted” to see previously unreleased Irish songs of her father’s feature in a new recording ahead of St Patrick’s Day.
Arts Q&A: Broadcaster and country music legend Hugo Duncan on his favourite music, movies and food
Jenny Lee puts performers and artists on the spot about what really matters to them. This week, broadcaster and country music singer Hugo Duncan
Celebrating Ireland's working-class writers in The 32
"I'd been a schoolteacher who taught in a community school on the Northside and who'd self-published a book, and had metamorphosed into an internationally known author whose name appeared in the Guardian and the New York Times.
Arts Q&A: Singer Mary Coughlan on The Rolling Stones, Normal People and becoming the first female road sweeper in London
1. When did you think about a career in music and what were your first steps into it? I didn't start until I was 29.
T'Pau's Carol Decker talks 80s, paying her employees with pizza and new music
CAROL Decker is one of the most recognisable faces of 1980s music.
Arts Q&A: Crime writer Brian McGilloway on Billy Joel, Tom Waits and James Bond
1. When did you think about a career in writing and what were your first steps into it? I’ve been writing stories since I was a child so it wasn’t really about ever making a conscious decision for a career but rather having a compulsion to write that I needed to satisfy and which then developed into a career.
Emma Heatherington: Tyrone writer's novel recalls tragedy of Omagh bombing
"THE noise is furious, and I fall to the ground as the sound of the deafening blast rings my ears.
Arts Q&A: I've reclaimed my Freddie Mercury Strut says Omagh DJ Phil Taggart
1. When did you think about a career in music and what were your first steps into it? I used to watch all of the old VHS tapes at my next door neighbours' house of The Clash and Queen and saw absolutely no reason as a nine-year-old why I couldn’t be up there.
Wardrobe need a detox? Help is available to get your whole house in order
LIVING, working and home-schooling during this past year have seen many of our homes transformed from sanctuaries of calm into endless rooms of chaos.
Tara West: I like anywhere with water and good food – so fill the paddling pool, grill some fish...
1. When did you think about a career in writing and what were your first steps into it? I used to write novels on my way home from school on the bus, but it was another 15 years before I decided to get serious about it.