ANYONE reading this has either seen or heard of the film Reservoir Dogs. The classic mob movie features a gang of criminals stuck in a room waiting for information that never arrives which leads to increasing tension and a grand crescendo of operatic violence. What fewer people know is Quentin Tarantino’s gangster classic is simply Samuel Beckett’s Absurdist Play Waiting for Godot reimagined in a mobster setting.

WHEN it comes to Yuletide, Ireland is the best place to reside and when it comes to capturing the festive spirit no one does it better than Irish writers.

IN THE lexicon of the English language, words and phrases such as Yahoo, Swiftian Satire, Stream of Consciousness and Borstal Boy are common

A LOOK back over February throws up some crucial figures in Ireland’s cultural and political life, as well as some impactful events