Emer McHugh

University of Galway

Dr Emer McHugh recently completed her PhD at the O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway. She is a former Irish Research Council awardee

Haim are one of the acts whose new release has been rescheduled because of the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

How the lockdown is affecting new music

Artists are already changing both how they make music and how they get it to fans during the pandemic

Music • 12 May 20

Songs for the end of the world: pop music and climate change

From Lana Del Rey and Weyes Blood to the 1975 and Matmos, pop stars are showing it's a wild time to be alive to observe …

Climate Change • 22 Nov 19

Writers Sinéad Gleeson, Ian Malaney and Emilie Pine with RTÉ Radio 1 Arena presenter Sean Rocks

The art of the essay

How essay collections by Irish writers are showing that the personal is political

Books • 06 Jun 19

Michael Jackson: in the Leaving Neverland documentary, In the documentary, James Safechuck and Wade Robson allege that they were sexually abused by Jackson

Why we should turn off the music and film made by alleged abusers

In the #MeToo era, we should be thinking conscientiously about where our art and culture comes from

Culture • 11 Apr 19

Kenneth Branagh as William Shakespeare in All Is True

As you like it: Kenneth Branagh, Shakespeare and Irishness

One of the most well-known modern Shakespeareans just so happens to be an Irishman, albeit one enmeshed in the English theatrical tradition

Shakespeare • 13 Feb 19

How pop culture enables bisexual people to tell their own stories

From music to TV to film, bisexual narratives have meant writers and artists can challenge and defy stereotypes

Pop Culture • 01 Feb 19

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