Wishing they were here to stay
Postcard sales and production are in decline, but collecting
them is as popular as ever. Now An Post's using them to send a
message to the future. p
Bringing the past home: messages from Skerries
IN THE NON-STOP global jumble sale, there are items floating about out there that one sometimes feels should really be brought home. p
Dreaming identities into being
The Arts : Modern themes of transformation are at
the heart of Calderón's 'Life is a Dream', says transgender
writer Jo Clifford, translator of Rough Magic's revival of the
17th-century Spanish play p
Other Features
Buttons can be the undoing of us, as Pushkin found out to his cost
DISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: AMONG THE HIDDEN treasures of Mullingar are the flowers that grow on the banks of the Royal Canal; a waterway whose summit is near Lough Owel. The lake feeds the entire artery; water descending in both directions, east towards Dublin, and west to the Shannon. pREVIEWS
Irish Times writers review recent performances by Academos/Szücs and Adrian Crowley . p




