Reviews

Darina Allen has just returned from South West India, where she discovered Bibi Baskin running a beachside guesthouse in Kerala, and lots of superb food

One of the key figures in conceptual art, Clodagh Emoe's new exhibition at the Temple Bar Gallery gives a heavy nod to the work of other artists while still remaining personal and original. By Billy Leahy

Colin Murphy is nearly overwhelmed by new Irish plays after a trip to Dublin's Project for The Gist of It

Darina Allen on the history of the Irish cheese industry, and what makes our farmhouse cheddars some of the best in the world

That empty glass and stone building on Dublin's north quays near the IFSC is the temporary home to 20 artists exhibiting together for the first time in seven years. Billy Leahy takes a look and finds a much needed and unique show: By Diverse Means We Arrive at the Same End

Mark Francis' participation in the much-debated Saatchi Sensation exhibition means that he will forever be associated with a new generation of 'shocking' young British artists, but his new show at Dublin's Kerlin Gallery shows that there is much more to this Newtownards-born artist.

Darina Allen's recipe for perfect and quick pancakes

Winner of Best Supporting Actress at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards for her performance in Titus Andronicus, critically acclaimed for her role in Breakfast on Pluto, Ruth Negga is one of the new stars of Irish stage and screen. By Donald Mahoney

The Grown-Ups may be flawed,
but its flashes of brilliance and tight performances hint at a welcome new direction for the Abbey.
By Colin Murphy

Curative as well as tasty, rhubarb has come far from the stewed mush we remember from childhood; it is now being toasted by celebrity chefs. Darina Allen tells us its history