Keywords

In the final episode in this series of Keywords Zoë Comyns brings together writing and recordings all about 'The Sea'. It features work by Regan Hutchins, Clodagh Woulfe, Sara Keating, Gary Brown, Mabel Mnensa, Henrietta McKervey, Thomas Mixon and Michelle Walshe.

This week on Keywords features new writing and recordings by Assembly Audio, Brigid O'Dea, Belinda McKeon, Nuala Roche, Jennifer Redmond & Eavan Aiken, Viviana Fiorentino and Jody O'Neill. This episode explores our Future Selves.

This week on Keywords Jim Power, Kerri ní Dhochartaigh, Paula McGrath and Mairéad Kiernan bring us new writing and recordings all prompted by Journeys through time, memory and place.

New writing and recordings, this week prompted by 'Surface Tension'. Work by Tanya O'Sullivan, Elaine Feeney (read by Tara Breathnach), Kevin Brew, Alice Lyons, Sarah Ingersoll and Michael Higgins. Presented by Zoë Comyns.

This week Tess and Fiona Davidson, Colm O'Shea, Adrian Crowley and Amanda Bell explore the threads that connect us through family, history and story.

Down to the Woods with Zoë Comyns: Forbidden places, photo-walks, enchantment, deforestation and escaping with new music by Sue Rynhart & new writing by Arnold Thomas Fanning, Jennifer Redmond, Matthew Gedem and Tom Roseingrave.

This week on Keywords, presented by Zoë Comyns, each piece is prompted by 'Small Things'. Featuring Cristín Leach, Sorcha Hamilton, Derek O'Connor, Betty Thompson, Sonya Gildea and Radhika Iyer.

The second series of Keywords presented by Zoë Comyns includes work from more than 50 emerging and well established writers and creatives.

In this final episode of Keywords, presenter Zoe Comyns is guided by Maps.

This week presenter Zoe Comyns is guided by the Keyword ‘Patterns'. Contributors to the episode have drawn inspiration from patterns of human and bird behaviour, the patterns we ink on to our skin and the patterns which can make a daily routine.

The Lockdown has seen many people turn to their windows as the only way of viewing the outside world, communicating with a loved one or sending messages of hope and thanks to healthcare workers and to people who are following the COVID guidelines.

We're maybe more conscious now of the spaces we're sharing with others. We're told to stand 2 metres apart, we're stepping off the pavement to let people by or we're concerned if we feel that someone hasn't given us enough distance.

This week's episode of Keywords is guided by the keywords ‘By Nature'. Beginning with an early morning walk, rich with birdsong, Zoe Comyns introduces us to the world around us.

Zoe Comyns is guided by the word ‘Light'.

Zoë has been making a list of things you don't need to say out loud.

For the first episode, seeing as it's on all our minds, we set Distance as the keyword. We received so many submissions for this word and we have included a range of interpretations in the programme.