Irishwomen abroad, wearing vintage and bridging the eternal generation gap – with Peter Cunningham, Helen Lahert, Daniel Mulhall, Denise Blake, Kate Carty and Brendan Coffey

A brush with the law in the London of 'Minder', late flowering and vanishing Dublin, with Derek Mahon, with Peter Trant, Neil Hegarty, Niamh Donnelly, Eileen Casey, Denis Tuohy and Mary O'Malley

Apples, blackberries, and bravery in Nazi-occupied Budapest, with Amanda Bell, John MacKenna, John Toal, Brian Farrell, Kathy Donaghy, Oliver Sears and John F Deane

Angelus bells, Wexford opera nights and a glimpse of Nosferatu, with Joe Kearney, Joe Brennan, AM Cousins, Tom Ryan, Judith Mok, Maura Gilligan and Cal O’Reilly

Cosmic wonders and maths miracles; book tokens, baby names and a much loved poet’s birthday tribute, with Enda Wyley, Paul Durcan, Colm O’Regan, Doireann Ní Bhriain, Jamie O’Connell and Felicity Hayes-McCoy

From Donegal to Dublin, how do the places we build shape our lives? A programme marking Open House Dublin Festival of Architecture, with Éimear Arthur, Cormac Murray, Emmett Scanlon, Kevin Marinan, Graham Hickey, Julie Cruickshank and FELISPEAKS

From traces of the Gauls in France to a Kurdish boy’s story of finding refuge in Ireland, voices from Leitrim’s Iron Mountain Festival: Mary Byrne, Adrian Duncan, Alice Lyons, Zak Moradi, Vincent Woods – with brief music extracts from Eleanor Shanley, Garadice, Zoé Basha, Ultan O’Brien

Paints, pigments and the perfume of old paper. Love objects and the love of books. More from Culture Night at Áras an Uachtaráin, hosted by President Higgins and Sabina Higgins (and other past Miscellany live recordings), with Nell Regan, Aingeala Flannery, Lemn Sissay, Sharon Hogan and Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin

Irish words for rain, ghosts of Kilmainham, a tribute to Edna O’Brien and a sprinkle of stardust - a special live Miscellany at Áras an Uachtaráin. Writers: Manchán Magan, Tim Carey, Mia Döring, Rita Ann Higgins, Donal Ryan and President Michael D Higgins.

Glorying in artistic treasures, and dealing with artistic reality, with Caitríona Lally, Julie Feeney, Cristín Leach, Julie Morrissy and John Graham