Culture File

Can drawing help resist the over-exploitation of our valuable human attention? Renata Pekowska, who runs drawing workshops with an aim to do just that, thinks maybe it can.

Are your trousers too skinny right now? Or too wide? Is it ever possible to wear the right sort? Joanna Walsh on the mercurial discourse of pants.

In preparation for our extended musical journey into his Irish trad version of In C (RTÉ lyric fm, 6pm, Saturday June 1st) one of our guides for that program, Dónal Lunny shares again some of his favourites in watching, listening, reading, tasting and smelling.

An extended musical journey into Irish-American composer, Terry Riley's radical masterpiece, In C, guided by members of the Irish supergroup behind the first Trad version of his pioneering work of Minimalist magic. Featuring Zoë Conway, Donal Lunny, Máirtín O'Connor, Paddy Glackin, Mick O'Brien, Louise Mulcahy, and Michelle Mulcahy.

An introduction to the first Irish Trad performance of In C at Louth Contemporary Music Society by a trad super-group, including Zoe Conway, Donal Lunny, Mairtin O'Connor and friends. Tune in to RTÉ lyric fm on Saturday June 1st, 6pm for an extended remix of Culture File's celebration of this historical In C seisiún.

Cellist Maja Bugge's preparation for creating her Suite for Seabirds involved time on a remote Norwegian island, collecting the sounds of Sea Eagles, Black Guillemots and other disappearing calls.

Natalie Forget is a virtuoso of the pioneering 1920s electrical instrument, the Ondes Martenot, created for—among other things—communication with angels.

Fashion Model Show: The gowns at the Met Gala come under AI attack. (Picture: DALL·E image of a flat, cardboard cut-out of Lana del Rey at the Met Gala, with an amazingly ornate seafood-inspired gown attached to it.)

The slow business of finding a place for the cello in Irish traditional music, a history of military hardware invading the Afghan rug at TCD, and composer and academic, Seán Clancy on counting, and the social power of collaborative music.

The cellist-filmmaker duo behind the film 'Living The Tradition'—Ilse de Ziah and Maarten Roos—share a few of their favourites in listening, reading, tasting and smelling.