The Ghost of Ballyfeckit Hall

The literary spirit in a writers’ retreat can move people in strange ways MARIUS pushed himself up from his desk and sighed. Maybe another cup of coffee would help. He’d already had seven today, and it was only 11.30, but didn’t writers do everything to excess?...

Turmoil in Thuringia

Image tweeted by die Linke leader in Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow: “Hold your head up, not your hands!” With the shock election of a minority party member to the position of minister president of Thuringia with the help of the AfD, Germany’s political landscape...

Mysterious crossbow killings in Bavaria

Police are baffled at a spate of macabre deaths in the historic and otherwise peaceful city of Passau Screenshot from Süddeutsche Zeitung’s website A CRIME in the Bavarian city of Passau has horrified as much as mystified the police – and the general...

Playing around on the radio

Recording a drama for the airwaves is exciting – even more so when it’s your own script Actors Darragh Kelly, Sarah O’Rourke, Ali White and Lloyd Cooney discuss a scene at Near FM recording studio. Photograph: Christine Madden “WHICH MICS are we...

International Women’s Day Berlin

Berlin’s new bank holiday gives birth to a revealing performance The Growler, aka artist Dee Mulrooney, appearing on stage in Berlin It’s not every day you get to watch a giant vulva reveal itself on stage to the lilting tones of Ave Maria sung sean-nós. It was...