Sunday Miscellany
Episodes
Moscow, Mustard and Sand Martins
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Returning swallows, an Irishman abroad in the USSR, a German eye on Daniel O’Connell, and Harry Nilsson’s Irish love, with Jim Sharkey, Jenny Beal...
Bright visions and moments of joy
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A favourite song of Seán Ó Riada’s, wonderful parties, and extraordinary kindness to a young writer starting out: John Banville, Shelly Furlong, D...
Bell chimes and Bach’s St Matthew Passion
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Easter eggs, Easter bonnets and the enduring appeal of Bach’s 300 year old masterpiece, with Olivia O’Leary, Paul Johnston, Aidan Mathews, Margare...
Starry Nights and Stardust
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rescue pets and reliquaries, asteroids and a crown of thorns, with Gail Seekamp, Fiona Hyland, AM Cousins, Conor Horgan, Jim Sperin, Mary O’Malley a...
A Saint, a Goat and a Rocky Place
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shades of green in a St Patrick’s Day Miscellany with Seán O’Gorman, Máire T Robinson, Joe Kearney, Bernard Dunleavy, John MacKenna, James Harpu...
Sing-songs, heavenly aspirations and life's paraphernalia - a Mother’s Day Special
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Women sewing, singing, loving and maybe even dancing in heaven. A Mother's Day special with Maeve Edwards, Joe Whelan, AM Cousins, Paul Howard, Clare ...
A lamp, a love charm and a library ghost
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Voices in harmony at Creative Brain Week and the New Yorker magazine’s own, Irish, long-winded lady, with Mike Hanrahan, Lourdes Mackey, John MacKen...
Fire, Ice and Paper
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Confessions of a cocktail piano teen sensation, Father Damo goes to Ted Fest, a letter to Letter from America, and sawing wood in a Siberian gulag, wi...
Maths, Machines and Alphabet Magic
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clowns, candymen and a pocket calculator: a poem celebrating human ingenuity and playfulness, with Neil Hegarty, Henrietta McKervey, Leo Cullen, Evely...
Forbidden love, correct attire, and ancient landscapes
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Arboreal hieroglyphics, respectable attire, Gershwin’s Irish influence and a love that couldn’t be stopped. With Kevin McDermott, Margaret Galvin,...
Brigid, Bolivia and Biting Creatures
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nervous patients, home from home and the saint among the box hedges, with Rebecca Hunter, Jenny Beale, Peter Trant, Barbara Scully, Niall McArdle and ...
Feathers, Flappers and a Full Moon
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Old Moore’s Almanac to the jellyfish apocalypse with birdwatching on the Dodder and capturing a flapper skate along the way, with Joe Kearney, ...
Burns, Borderlands and a New Baby
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stepping out to dance class, serenading a new arrival, skulduggery in a Scottish graveyard – and rereading the searing Diary of Anne Frank, with Eli...
Pilgrim Souls, Old Souls
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paintings and poetry, mending and making do, reciting Yeats in New Delhi and a long night of the soul in the Emergency Department, with Daniel Mulhall...
Winter Travels and Emotional Challenges
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 'big snow', the real Gabriel Conroy, finding profundity in simplicity and tumbles on winter streets, with Alexander McMaster, Enda Wyley, Conall H...
An Angel Feather and a New Year Wish
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Absent angels, a post-Christmas brush with the law, and a reckoning with Yeats country, with Grace Wilentz, Michael Harding, John MacKenna, Enda Wyley...