Arena Tuesday 2 August 2016
On Friday's Arena with Seán Rocks, a special programme celebrating the launch of the Dublin Book Festival, featuring Roddy Doyle on his novel Love, Christine Dwyer Hickey on her Dublin One City One Book Tatty and Kevin Barry on his collection of short stories That Old Country Music. This event has been pre-recorded at MoLI and will be broadcast online from 7pm on RTÉ Culture or listen on RTÉ Radio 1.
Arts News
with Sarah Binchy - actor James Cordon fears acting is becoming an 'elitist' sport, a gender reboot for 1984 hit film "Mermaid", Donald Trump mocked on The Simpsons
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"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Mary McGill looks at the classic novella “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the 2015 film version of which premieres on Netflix this week
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David Power, uilleann piper
Uilleann piper David Power talks about his attitude to merging a traditional Irish instrument with new technology and other styles of music
Official website: www.davidpowerup.com
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Preview of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016
Abie Philbin Bowman previews some of the events taking place at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival which starts this weekend
Official website: www.edfringe.com
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"Moving Out" by Mary Coll
Mary Coll reads her poem “Moving Out” which features in “Even The Daybreak”, a new anthology celebrating 35 years of Salmon Poetry
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50th anniversary of "Revolver" by The Beatles
Stephen Kennedy marks 50 years since the release of The Beatles album “Revolver”
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Music Played on the Show
I'Ve Seen Better Days
George Jones/ Tammy Wynette
3:40
The Blooming Meadows
David Power, Uilleann Pipes
2:00
Caoineadh Na Dtrí Mhuire
David Power, Uilleann Pipes
2:03
Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles
2:08
Taxman
The Beatles
2:49
Here There And Everywhere
The Beatles
4:10
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Presenter: Seán Rocks