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Culture File
Luke Clancy's arts and culture magazine

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone
Luke Clancy, Colm Tóibín & guests dig into a world beyond comfort culture

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Produced and presented by Luke Clancy
Associate producer: Niamh Daly
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Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? | The Culture File Debate show image

Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? | The Culture File Debate

Clip • 29 Mins • 15 NOV • Culture File

Strange lands still bear common ground | Culture File Digital Single show image

Strange lands still bear common ground | Culture File Digital Single

Clip • 21 Mins • 15 NOV • Culture File

Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? | The Culture File Debate XXXL Edition show image

Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? | The Culture File Debate XXXL Edition

Clip • 40 Mins • 15 NOV • Culture File

Útóipe Cheilteach? | Culture File Digital Single show image

Útóipe Cheilteach? | Culture File Digital Single

Clip • 33 Mins • 05 NOV • Culture File

The Iron Gates, Steven Daly, Organism show image

The Iron Gates, Steven Daly, Organism

Clip • 28 Mins • 01 NOV • Culture File

Moving Still, Grogan's, Banat Al-Quds show image

Moving Still, Grogan's, Banat Al-Quds

Clip • 29 Mins • 18 OCT • Culture File

Adeniyi Allen-Taylor | Culture File Digital Single show image

Adeniyi Allen-Taylor | Culture File Digital Single

Clip • 8 Mins • 18 OCT • Culture File

The Culture File Debate | The Fire This Time show image

The Culture File Debate | The Fire This Time

Clip • 28 Mins • 04 OCT • Culture File

The Culture File Debate | What are the artists doing in the garden? show image

The Culture File Debate | What are the artists doing in the garden?

Clip • 29 Mins • 24 SEP • Culture File

Composting Colonialism show image

Composting Colonialism

Clip • 29 Mins • 20 SEP • Culture File

The Swallow show image

The Swallow

Clip • 6 Mins • 20 SEP • Culture File

The joy of the garden and the power of humming. show image

The joy of the garden and the power of humming.

Clip • 29 Mins • 19 SEP • Culture File

Taking the Waters show image

Taking the Waters

Clip • 29 Mins • 05 SEP • Culture File

The Culture File Debate x Beta Festival show image

The Culture File Debate x Beta Festival

Clip • 29 Mins • 29 AUG • Culture File

The Culture File Debate x Beta Festival show image

The Culture File Debate x Beta Festival

Clip • 28 Mins • 23 AUG • Culture File

Caravaggio 2025 XXXL Mix show image

Caravaggio 2025 XXXL Mix

Clip • 1 Hr 34 Mins • 08 AUG • Culture File

Culture File Likes: Raina Lampkins-Fielder show image

Culture File Likes: Raina Lampkins-Fielder

Clip • 13 Mins • 07 AUG • Culture File

On The Boreen: Teac Damsa; Tour de Force; Hedgerow & Wayside show image

On The Boreen: Teac Damsa; Tour de Force; Hedgerow & Wayside

Clip • 29 Mins • 01 AUG • Culture File

Culture File | Schaymon Draymon's House of Hibernia, Cecilia Danell's sylvan scifi, The Natural History of Selborne show image

Culture File | Schaymon Draymon's House of Hibernia, Cecilia Danell's sylvan scifi, The …

Clip • 29 Mins • 18 JUL • Culture File

Culture File: CoVahr Fox & Friends, Kate Carr, Zoe Basha show image

Culture File: CoVahr Fox & Friends, Kate Carr, Zoe Basha

Clip • 29 Mins • 12 JUL • Culture File

The Comfort Zone

Beatles 64: with Christine Feldman-Barrett show image

Beatles 64: with Christine Feldman-Barrett

Clip • 28 Mins • 08 NOV • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Beatles 64: with Christine Feldman-Barrett XXXL Edition show image

Beatles 64: with Christine Feldman-Barrett XXXL Edition

Clip • 54 Mins • 08 NOV • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Hope and Glory: with Rosie Lavan show image

Hope and Glory: with Rosie Lavan

Clip • 29 Mins • 25 OCT • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Hope and Glory: with Rosie Lavan | XXXL Version show image

Hope and Glory: with Rosie Lavan | XXXL Version

Clip • 56 Mins • 25 OCT • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Comfort Zone Likes | Jennifer Walshe show image

Comfort Zone Likes | Jennifer Walshe

Clip • 7 Mins • 11 OCT • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Neu!: with Eleanor Myler show image

Neu!: with Eleanor Myler

Clip • 29 Mins • 11 OCT • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Neu!: with Eleanor Myler XXXL Version show image

Neu!: with Eleanor Myler XXXL Version

Clip • 1 Hr 3 Mins • 11 OCT • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

"Exotica": Jennifer Walshe show image

"Exotica": Jennifer Walshe

Clip • 29 Mins • 12 SEP • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Comfort Zone Likes | Autumn Brown show image

Comfort Zone Likes | Autumn Brown

Clip • 7 Mins • 04 SEP • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Comfort Zone Likes | Eleanor Myler show image

Comfort Zone Likes | Eleanor Myler

Clip • 6 Mins • 28 AUG • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Comfort Zone Likes | Róis show image

Comfort Zone Likes | Róis

Clip • 9 Mins • 21 AUG • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

The Tortured Poets Department show image

The Tortured Poets Department

Clip • 29 Mins • 15 AUG • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Burn a Million Quid: Kerry Guinan XXXL Edition show image

Burn a Million Quid: Kerry Guinan XXXL Edition

Clip • 1 Hr 2 Mins • 25 JUL • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Burn a Million Quid: Kerry Guinan show image

Burn a Million Quid: Kerry Guinan

Clip • 29 Mins • 25 JUL • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone show image

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Clip • 29 Mins • 09 JUL • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL version show image

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL version

Clip • 52 Mins • 09 JUL • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL version show image

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL version

Clip • 59 Mins • 05 JUL • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Culture File Presents | The Comfort Zone show image

Culture File Presents | The Comfort Zone

Clip • 29 Mins • 25 JUN • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXL show image

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXL

Clip • 45 Mins • 15 MAY • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL Version show image

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL Version

Clip • 49 Mins • 12 APR • Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Culture File Archive

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone show image

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Clip • 28 Mins • 14 FEB • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Culture File Weekly 080225: The Square Tomato and The Third Kingdom show image

The Culture File Weekly 080225: The Square Tomato and The Third Kingdom

Clip • 29 Mins • 07 FEB • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Culture File Debate: Breath show image

The Culture File Debate: Breath

Clip • 28 Mins • 31 JAN • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Culture File Weekly: Cicada Safari show image

The Culture File Weekly: Cicada Safari

Clip • 28 Mins • 24 JAN • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Culture File Weekly: All the Rembrandts show image

The Culture File Weekly: All the Rembrandts

Clip • 27 Mins • 17 JAN • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Culture File Debate x Beta Festival show image

The Culture File Debate x Beta Festival

Clip • 28 Mins • 10 JAN • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Culture File Weekly: Dublin's Hallelujah show image

The Culture File Weekly: Dublin's Hallelujah

Clip • 28 Mins • 20 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Fingal Mummers | Culture File show image

The Fingal Mummers | Culture File

Clip • 8 Mins • 18 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Cloud of Unknowing | Culture File show image

The Cloud of Unknowing | Culture File

Clip • 7 Mins • 17 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

Wìngéd Muses: The Swift | Culture File show image

Wìngéd Muses: The Swift | Culture File

Clip • 6 Mins • 16 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

Culture File "Likes": Renata Pekowska show image

Culture File "Likes": Renata Pekowska

Clip • 5 Mins • 13 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Culture File Debate: Seeing Natures show image

The Culture File Debate: Seeing Natures

Clip • 29 Mins • 13 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

Seeing The Emergency | Culture File show image

Seeing The Emergency | Culture File

Clip • 6 Mins • 12 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

Cartoon Networking | Culture File show image

Cartoon Networking | Culture File

Clip • 8 Mins • 11 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

Magic and Hyper-Reality | Culture File show image

Magic and Hyper-Reality | Culture File

Clip • 7 Mins • 10 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Naturalist's Bookshelf "The Signature of All Things" | Culture File show image

The Naturalist's Bookshelf "The Signature of All Things" | Culture File

Clip • 7 Mins • 09 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

Culture File "Likes": Till Holzapfel show image

Culture File "Likes": Till Holzapfel

Clip • 5 Mins • 06 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

The Culture File Weekly 071224: Pain, Fog, halleluiah show image

The Culture File Weekly 071224: Pain, Fog, halleluiah

Clip • 29 Mins • 06 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

Sound, mind, body | Culture File show image

Sound, mind, body | Culture File

Clip • 7 Mins • 05 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

Orit Gat's Voice Notes | Culture File show image

Orit Gat's Voice Notes | Culture File

Clip • 7 Mins • 04 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive

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