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Paul Mescal as Calum in Aftersun (Pic: A24)

Oscars 2023: How Aftersun uses music to perfectly express grief

As author C.S. Lewis wrote in A Grief Observed (1961): "In grief nothing 'stays put'." For Lewis, grief is not a linear process, but recurrent, cyclical and never truly complete.

Film • 12 Mar 23

"How can we look to the future when we can barely mange to get a handle on what happened yesterday?"

Could philosophy save Ireland?

Dr Robert Grant, writer and director of the first part of RTÉ's Future Vision TV series, on why we should teach philosophy in schools.

Future Visions • 06 Sep 19

Remains of the day: The skeletons in Trinity's closet

Remains of the day: Inside Trinity's Anatomical Museum

Few of us would be aware that a huge and fascinating body of work is housed at Trinity College Dublin's Anatomical Museum..

science week • 13 Dec 22

Assisted Solo, revisited - try a little tenderness

Jools Gilson, Professor of Creative Practice at UCC, writes about Philip Connaughton's acclaimed dance work Assisted Solo, nominated for Best Production at this year's Dublin Fringe and set to tour in 2019.

Dance • 07 Nov 18

National Treasures - Linda King on Ireland's design history

For the National Treasures project, historian Dr. Linda King explored Ireland's hidden design treasures - here, she writes about her discoveries and our unique relationship with design.

National Treasures • 13 Apr 18

TV reboots - comfort food for troubled times

You may have noticed recently the return of much-loved television shows from the late 1980's and 1990's. Shows such as The X-Files, Roseanne, Cagney and Lacey and Magnum PI are being dusted off and rebooted.

RTÉ Radio 1 • 09 Feb 18