If you're looking to get into the music of Leonard Cohen, these ten songs are the perfect place to start with his lengthy and influential discography.

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley has taken place in Belfast. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on 22 January. The poet is survived by his wife Edna and children Rebecca ...

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IN November 2023 I was six weeks into a nine-month programme of spiritual exercises from St Ignatius - a ‘retreat in daily life’ to intentionally go deeper in my faith. We had begun by simply ...

Listen to the best new releases of the week with new songs across rock, indie, pop, folk, punk and beyond, all compiled into one playlist.

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Distance has never been an obstacle for what I feel; on the contrary, it has made me realize how great and true this love is. I miss you in a way that words can't quite capture. Sometimes I close my ...