CANNES The world’s most controversial and seductive film festival
It may have a terrible track record for promoting female directors, for enforcing anarchic rules about high heels on the red carpet...
RACE TO THE BOTTOM The influence of Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian: The ultimate influencer of a tacky and tawdry culture of sex tapes, plastic surgery, nude selfies and shameless self promotion where everything...
CHRISTIAN DIOR 70 YEARS ON Aisling O’Loughlin looks back
It was the Irish born editor of the US edition of Harper’s Bazaar, Carmel Snow, who coined the phrase the New Look that trumpeted...
RULES SMULES! Why we owe those feisty fashion renegades our wardrobe freedom
Let’s hear it for the rule breakers. Those rebels who ignore tradition and go their own way. Say what you like about preserving standards...
QUEEN OF THE STONE AGE Sculptor Helen O’Connell’s geological obsession
My first instinct on seeing the the smooth stone donut shape creation of sculptor Helen O’Connell in Bray’s Mermaid Arts Centre is to embrace...
LE BALLON ROUGE Why the kids are the VIPs of this year’s Cannes Film...
‘Welcome kids! You are the new VIPs’ - the latest star to the Cannes Film Festival offers a welcome new script...writes single...
COMPO CULTURE Why French kids have it better than Irish children
There's plenty about the French that gives me indigestion: Their bread, delicious but bloating, their endless red tape and paper culture and...
SELFIE CONSCIOUS Taking matters into our own hands
Such an audacious act, the selfie. The bit that makes it so brazen is pressing the button and posting your mug for all to...
TASTE OF DUBLIN Sunshine, food and style make for a bumper weekend
The Taste of Dublin is possibly one of the luckiest events on the Irish social calendar when it comes to the weather. Baking temperatures...
HARVEY WEINSTEIN Why do we tolerate the intolerable?
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The recent Harvey Weinstein revelations have thrown up many questions about why society facilitates adult bullies and sexual predators. Blogger Laurie Morrissey...
