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Something for the Weekend: Isata Kanneh-Mason's cultural picks

President Obama (R) in the White House in 2017, with then speechwriter Cody Keenan (L)

Caitríona Perry on Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

2012: Reeling In The Years

Reeling In The Years 2012 features the hits and headlines of 2012, when Wicklow's Katie Taylor won boxing gold for Ireland at the London Olympics and singer Nathan Carter had a breakthrough hit with Wagon Wheel.

Reeling in the Years • 25 Apr 21

2011: Reeling In The Years

Reeling In The Years showcases the soundtrack and the stories of 2011, when Queen Elizabeth II came to Ireland on a four-day State Visit, the first such visit by a reigning British monarch to the Republic...

Reeling in the Years • 18 Apr 21

2008: Reeling in the Years

Reeling in the Years recalls the hits and headlines of 2008, when Bertie Ahern stepped down as Taoiseach and was replaced by Brian Cowen.

Reeling in the Years • 13 Apr 21

2009: Reeling in the Years

Reeling in the Years - 2009 recalls a year of sporting highs and lows...

Reeling in the Years • 13 Apr 21

Commanders In Chief: 5 essential docs on U.S. leaders

Here are 5 5 documentaries on former U.S. leaders ahead of Wednesday's inauguration of a new American president.

Documentaries • 18 Jan 21

Sinéad Crowley's books of the year

Author and RTÉ News Arts and Media Correspondent Sinéad Crowley rounds up her books of 2020

Sinead Crowley • 11 Dec 20

Former US President Barack Obama campaigns for Joe Biden in Miami, Florida, earlier this month

A Promised Land: Caitríona Perry on Barack Obama's new memoir

Barack Obama is a gifted writer. A Promised Land is cleverly crafted and well executed, if at times a little wordy...

Books • 21 Nov 20

Becoming Michelle Obama - Caitriona Perry on her new memoir

She's a self-described "control freak" and "box-checker", he's an "exotic geek" with a "rich, even sexy baritone" voice who needs a bolthole room everywhere he lives, or even holidays, to concentrate on his work.

Books • 30 Nov 18

The First Draft of Obama's Presidential Legacy

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a modern day James Baldwin who has a knack for writing historically-rooted, state-of-the-nation essays on America life. His latest, entitled My President Was Black, is a 17,000 word evaluation of Obama's legacy.

Culture • 07 Jan 17

Barack Obama