Berlin

I was born in a country that today doesn’t exist anymore. It was called the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany. Founded in 1949, after the Second World War, as a socialist bulwark against West Germany, it became a satellite…

Dave, Colm and Craig are all in studio to grill the sensational Wallis Bird. This is a special episode of NO ENCORE and not just because it's released on a Friday (of all possible days), but because it's fully a fun and insightful…

Paul Hutchinson is a German-Irish photographer based in Berlin. I caught up with him to talk about his new book ‘B-Boys, Fly Girls & Horticulture”. In his book, he looks at the relationship between contemporary hip hop culture and…

Over the past 30 years, the position of Irish politics has raised many questions - one of the more interesting being whether Ireland should align itself more with Boston or Berlin? This question of political philosophy and cultural…

If you were planning on directing an action thriller that was very much meant to recall an 80s aesthetic, sound and style, there is of course so much you could choose from when it comes to the soundtrack. Even if you didn't really want…

The 9th of November is a significant date in German history for several reasons. In 1848 it was the official end of the March Revolution, which laid the groundwork for the former Holy Roman Empire to become the German Empire in 1871. It…