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Gráinne Hunt and Jim Murphy of Irish folk music act Hibsen pictured at the Casino of Marino in a vintage Morgan Plus 4. Picture credits: Pic: Marc O'Sullivan

Behind the music - Hibsen

Irish folk music act Hibsen have released their new album, The Stern Task of Living, inspired by James Joyce's seminal short story collection, Dubliners. We asked the duo the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 06 Jun 23

Rupert Friend and Evanna Lynch - Due to begin filming James & Lucia in Italy in April

James and Lucia Joyce's story coming to big screen

Homeland's Rupert Friend and Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch are to play the lead roles in James & Lucia, a new film about author James Joyce's relationship with his only daughter.

Movies • 15 Feb 23

Actors stage photocall outside James Joyce's 'House of The Dead'. Photo by Ruth Medjber

Actors call on State to save Joyce's The Dead house

Anjelica Huston is among a host of actors calling on the Irish government to preserve the historic Dublin house that was the setting for James Joyce's famous short story The Dead.

Bloomsday • 16 Jun 21

Jimmy, Jimmy: Irish acts to set James Joyce to song

Musicians including Adrian Crowley, Lisa Hannigan, and Cora Venus Lunny will perform new versions of James Joyce poems as part of this year's St. Patrick's Festival, with a double vinyl album of their interpretations set to follow.

Music • 10 Mar 21

What's on? TV highlights for Wednesday Dec 13

Anjelica Huston tells the story of James Joyce, there's a new French drama on Channel 4, while it's season finale time for Tastes Like Home and the superb Line of Duty.

Entertainment • 13 Dec 17

Damien Hirst work (pictured ledt) at the Bowie/Collector exhibtion and sale. Photo credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Irish artists feature heavily in Bowie art collection

Works by Irish artists Jack B Yeats, Colin Middleton and Louis Le Brocquy all feature in the David Bowie art collection, which goes under the hammer in London in the next few days.

Entertainment • 07 Nov 16

James Joyce: Ulysses figures in Top Ten Guardian survey

Guardian concludes 100 Best Novels project

The Guardian has finally concluded its list of 100 Best Novels Written in English, a survey which took two years to complete.

Entertainment • 16 Aug 15

Joyce and Ulysses now big in China

Two James Joyce-themed stage productions have recently played to capacity houses in major Chinese cities, as part of a cultural exchange programme between the UK and China.

Entertainment • 16 Jun 15

Panti set for free Bloomsday readings in Dublin

Panti, Gavin Friday and author Anne Enright will be among the actors, politicians and musicians who will gather in Dublin's Temple Bar on Bloomsday to read from Ulysses.

Entertainment • 11 Jun 15

James Joyce and his wife, Nora Barnacle.

Details for Bloomsday Festival announced

The details for this year's James Joyce Center's Bloomsday Festival have been announced, with an interview between Stephen Fry and Senator David Norris among the highlights.

Entertainment • 25 May 15

Stephen heads to the city of Stephen Dedalus for Bloomsday Festival

Stephen Fry to visit Dublin for Bloomsday

Stephen Fry will be in conversation with Senator David Norris in Joyce's alma mater, Belvedere College, as part of this year's Bloomsday Festival in Dublin on June 16.

Entertainment • 17 Apr 15

Joyce pictured with Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare & Co who first published the complete Ulysses

James Joyce tried to keep marriage secret

Two previously unpublished letters from James Joyce to his son Giorgio revealing his anxiety about publicity surrounding his wedding to Nora Barnacle have been digitised for online viewing on the National Library website.

Entertainment • 01 Aug 14

Joyce, Banville on "best British novels" list

Celebrated books by Irish authors James Joyce, John Banville and Flann O'Brien have been featured on a list of the "20 best British novels of all time" compiled by UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

Entertainment • 15 Apr 14

James Joyce