Why you love your favourite song When it comes to our taste in music, the soundtrack of our lives is curated by neuroscience and environment Music • 29 Sep
Are digital events now a thing of the past? After a pandemic of online festivals and shows, people are back at live events, but does this mean an end for virtual gigs? Culture • 09 Sep
Why have community arts fallen out of favour? While community arts as a descriptive term has certainly declined, its legacy can still be found in various initiatives and projects Culture • 08 Sep
You're not singing any more: where do soccer chants come from? The chants sung by fans have their origins in hymns, opera, folksong, advertising jingles and nursery rhymes Soccer • 08 Sep
Why we choose the same names for our babies as everyone else Just like there are generational preferences in furniture, music and hairstyles, so it is with baby names Brainstorm • 12 Sep
Why does the death of an artist we love affect us so much? 'It's actually a complex question when you go to to pull at the strings of how it all comes together' Psychology • 31 Aug
What's your favourite reference to trees in Irish literature? The Literature and Ireland's Trees project is aiming to produce an archive about the tree in Irish writing and culture Brainstorm • 02 Sep
Who's laughing now? The science of humour Deconstructing what we makes us laugh leads to some probing questions about jokes, puns and intentions Humour • 22 Aug
How visual images have formed a distorted view of Michael Collins The Béal na Bláth assassination sparked the beginning of a torrent of artistic interpretations of his life and death Michael Collins • 17 Aug
The story behind the Aonach Tailteann art exhibition in 1922 It was the largest exhibition ever of Irish art and design in the history of the State,with over 2,000 artworks on display History • 16 Aug
How Irish Free State theatre excluded women from public life The process of forgetting women playwrights has resulted in a male-dominated literary canon of Irish theatre History • 27 Sep
How science fiction predicted so much we now take for granted Many of today's cutting-edge technologies have been inspired by science fiction books, movies and TV shows Science Fiction • 22 Aug
The story of Carl Hardebeck, the 'blind bard of Belfast' Why is there so little known about this influential collector and promoter of traditional Irish music? History • 11 Aug
Does anyone really go on Love Island for love and romance? TV dating show contestants may claim to be there for the 'right' reasons, but it's more for social media profiles and profits Reality TV • 29 Jul
What's behind the enduring popularity of the Fleadh Cheoil? Irish traditional music was once in decline, but grass-roots efforts and a folk revival have made the Fleadh Cheoil the "cultural magnet" it is today Culture • 29 Jul
What do Harry Styles and BTS have in common? You can hear the influence of Japanese author Haruki Murakami on the work and views of both pop acts Culture • 26 Jul
What did James Joyce have to say about the Irish beef industry? Dive into Ulysses and you'll find much about cattle - and the economic relationship between Ireland and Britain James Joyce • 15 Jun
8 times Ulysses made a splash on stage and screen How have various adaptations of Ulysses tried, succeeded or failed to bring audiences closer to Joyce's Dublin odyssey? Ulysses • 14 Jun
What Leopold Bloom's food diary tells us about Bloomsday The story of Ulysses unfolds through the food Leopold Bloom eats as he travels around Dublin by day and night Bloomsday • 09 Jun
How Cuala Press created a sense of Irish national identity Artist-designed printed images were a potent and far-reaching nation-building tool for the new Free State government History • 16 May
Groove is in the heart: just what exactly is rhythm? Rhythm is fundamental to our existence because it shapes and frames our lives in a myriad of ways Music • 13 May
The story behind the controversial painting of Roger Casement The painting embodies many of the complexities that deny a simple representation of modern Irish history History • 11 May
Why is live music so good for our well-being? Here's what science tells us about the benefits of live music for our psychological health Live Music • 01 Apr
5 reasons Andy Warhol is so popular right now There are striking resonances between the artist's life and contemporary moments that might be fuelling the current revival Andy Warhol • 31 Mar
The 1965 opera with St Patrick as a labourer on a building site The ambitious TV opera Patrick portrayed the saint as an Irish navvy in contemporary 1960s England rather than a bearded man in robes st patricks day • 15 Mar
