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Chris Wasser and Arlene Hunt review The Bikeriders, Twig and Green Border.
Arlene Hunt and Chris Wasser have been watching the highly anticipated Netflix series Eric and four-part documentary series Camden.
Arlene Hunt and Mary McGill review Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Blue Lights and The Jinx: Part 2. Artist Mick O'Dea talks about his latest exhibition What Is the Stars? Alvy Carragher chats about and reads from her latest collection, What Remains the Same
Film Reviews, Arlene Hunt & Donald Clarke have been watching, Blue Beetle /Lie With Me /The Future Tense - From Out the Land, Aine Ryan & Jack Reardon tell us more - The Late Night Writers Club, Annie West discusses her new graphic novel.
Film Reviews, Arlene Hunt & Donald Clarke have been watching - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny // Run Rabbit Run // Hello Bookstore - One Bullet Director Carol Dysinger at Galway Film Fleadh - The Bee Sting, Mary McGill has been reading Paul Murray's long-awaited fourth novel.
Sean was joined for Movies and Booze by Fionnuala Jones. Lynda Coogan and Arlene Hunt, with thanks to Marks and Spencer. Today's wines are listed below: - Craft 3 Sauvignon Blanc €18 - Fairtrade Sunset Cape Cabernet Sauvignon €11 - Valdemadera Gran Reserva - €14
Film reviews with Declan Burke and Arlene Hunt, What's Love Got to do With It // Broker // Creature - Reconstructing Mondrian at Hugh Lane - Louis Stewart Legacy
Sean was joined for Movies and Booze by Arlene Hunt, Dean McGuinness and Fionnuala Jones, with thanks to Marks and Spencer. Today's beers are listed below: Moosehead Small Batch Czech Pilsner (from Moosehead Breweries, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada) – brewed to the Czech Pilsner style. Blue Ghost Pilsner (from Whiplash Brewery, Palmerstown, Dublin) – brewed to the German Pilsner style.
Sean was joined for Movies and Booze by Arlene Hunt, Jean Smullen and Fionnuala Jones, with thanks to Marks and Spencer. Today's wines are listed below: 2021 Romeo & Juliet Prosecco Rosé DOC - €26.00 2019 Cloudy Bay Chardonnay - €45.25
Sean was joined for Movies and Booze by Annette Freeman, Brian Lloyd, Arlene Hunt, Leslie Williams, Jean Smullen, Mick O'Connell and Dean McGuinness with thanks to Marks and Spencer. Today's drinks are listed below: Bourgogne Chardonnay €15 Marks and Sparkle €15 Beaujolais Village €15 Belgian Christmas Beer €1.50
Sean was joined for Movies and Booze by Chris Wasser, Arlene Hunt and Rachel Ryan with thanks to Marks and Spencer.
Sean was joined for Movies and Booze by Arlene Hunt, Leslie Williams and Annette Freeman with thanks to Marks and Spencer. Today's wines are listed below: Protos Verdejo, Rueda, Spain - €13.99 Matsu 'El Recio' - Toro, Spain - €23.95
Sean was joined live in The River Lee Hotel in Cork by Arlene Hunt, Lynda Coogan and Fionnuala Jones with thanks to Marks and Spencer. Today's wines are listed below:
For Movies and Booze this week, Sean was joined by Arlene Hunt, Jean Smullen and Fionnuala Jones with thanks to Marks and Spencer. Today's wines are listed below: Valdo Marca Oro Prosecco DOCG RRP €25.00 Stockists: Wineonline.ie Kellys Wine Shop, Vernon Ave, Clontarf; The Food Store, Claremorris, Mayo; Dwans Off Licence, Knocklyon; Martins Off Licence, Fairview; The Wine House Trim, Co, Meath; Wicklow Wine, Wicklow and Coolers Off Licence, Swords. 2018 Château la Grande Clotte AOP Lussac-Saint-Émilion €25.00 Stockists: ELY Wine Store, Maynooth and online at elywinebar.com, with nation-wide delivery
For Movies and Booze this week Tom Dunne was joined by Arlene Hunt, Mick O'Connell, and Annette Freeman. This week's wines with thanks to Marks and Spencer included: Combel la Serre Pur Fruit - This is a Malbec from the Cahors region in the South West of France. The original home of the grape before Argentina stole the mantle. This is a delightfully refreshing example, particularly when chilled, and shows blackberry and violet aromas, the hallmarks of this grape variety. This wine is done in the Beaujolais style and sees no oak to keep it light and bright. Craven Cinsaut - By Mick & Jeanine Craven in Stellenbosch. Cinsaut was once the workhorse grape for South African fortified wine production. When young the vines give a huge bounty of average quality fruit. As the vines age the complexity of the aromas go up as the harvest size goes down. This is a complex, but light & refreshing example. Delicious out of the fridge and it's low alcohol makes it perfect for any occasion.
Leslie Williams, Arlene Hunt and Fionnuala Jones all joined Sean Moncrieff for this week's movies and booze live from the Sugar Club with thanks to Marks and Spencer. Today's wines with thanks to Marks and Spencer included: Prosecco Rose All Prosecco comes from Northeast Italy. Prosecco Rosé is a relatively new category with the Consorzio the Italian regulatory body permitting its production from Nov 2020. M&S were the first major retail to launch Prosecco Rosé. The M&S Prosecco Rose is made by a family winery based in the Del Bianco family located in the heart if the Prosecco near the town of Conegliano. The grapes are Glera a white grape and Pinot Noir (or Pinot Nero in Italian) max 15%. Glera makes lively floral wines and Pinot Noir adds the strawberry red fruits. Prosecco Rosé as with all Proseccos is made by the Italian/Martinotti/tank method, where the still wines undergo a second fermentation in big, pressurised tanks to produce the lovely creamy bubbles. Proseccos are all designed to be drunk you and fresh to enjoy all the lovely floral fruity flavours. Classics Pinot Grigio M&S Classics range aim to have wines which truly represents the best quality and typicity of the region or grape. Italian Pinot Grigio can get a bad wrap as lacking flavour and insipid, but it Northeast Italy it can be made into a really flavoursome wine. The M&S Classics Pinot Grigio is made for us by a lovely family winery which is based in a repurposed brick making factory. M&S work closely with the family to make our own wine blend. We visit it them every year in November after the harvest to agree which wine parcels will go into our blend. We aim to get the wine to sing with fresh pear and white blossom notes, round and full flavoured but a wine that can be sipped on its owned or paired with fish and just about any Italian dish Lisboa Bonita This wine is made exclusively for M&S by Casa Santos Lima, based 25kg from Lisboa in Portugal; a country that makes the full range of wines from Sparkling, Red, White, Rose and sweet but are less visible on our shelves as they have a healthy home and tourist market. Portugal has a rich myriad of the local indigenous grape. This wine is made from a selection of these and includes Caladoc, Castelao, Tinta Roriz, Alicante Bouschet, Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional. This blend gives to a rich full bodied oaked wine that has flavours of ripe black berries and bergamot. There are vanilla notes as well that come from the 6 months ageing in French and American oak for give this complex wine. The label reflects the beautiful blue and white tiles often seen in Portugal particularly buildings in the old town of Lisboa. This hearty wine is perfect for BBQs from the full meaty versions to the creative vegan dishes now being seen. The wine of course is vegan as all M&S wine are.
Dean McGuinness, Fionnuala Jones and Arlene Hunt all joined Tom Dunne for this week's movies and booze. Today's beers with thanks to Marks and Spencer included: 1. BitburgerDry Hop'd Zwicl – A collaboration beer brewed at Bitburger's brewery in Germany in cooperation with Deschutes, a very famous craft brewery from the state of Oregon, U.S.A. 2. Ayinger Kellerbier - A Kellerbier brewed by Ayinger Brewery in Aying, Bavaria, Germany.
Sean was joined on the show by author and podcaster, Stefanie Preissner and writer, Arlene Hunt...
Haunted by Vertigo is a new book which explores the film and its legacy, one of the editors, Sidney Gottlieb spoke to Kay, Arlene Hunt reviews the final season of Ozark on Netflix, Louise Bruton & Pat Carty review new albums from Miles Kane to Silverbacks & Janis Ian.
John McGahern won acclaim as one of Ireland's leading writers of the late 20th century, Prof Frank Shovlin has spent the last seven years, editing his letters, The Letters of John McGahern, out now, Rapper JYellowL ahead of performing at curiousgardens.ie , Arlene Hunt previews The North Water, Making and Momentum, an exhibition on Eileen Gray.
Arlene Hunt, writer and critic, speaks to Cormac and Sarah about binging box sets during lockdown.
The Dublin Bowie Fest, Tim Burgess of The Charlatans will be running one of his infamous Twitter listening parties to celebrate Bowie’s 'Hunky Dory' album, John Maguire & Arlene Hunt review season four of Fargo, Ruth Barton & Donald Clarke review Robin’s Wish, a thoughtful documentary about Robin Williams & on Netflix, Pieces of a Woman.
The Dublin Bowie Fest, Tim Burgess of The Charlatans will be running one of his infamous Twitter listening parties to celebrate Bowie’s 'Hunky Dory' album, John Maguire & Arlene Hunt review season four of Fargo, Ruth Barton & Donald Clarke review Robin’s Wish, a thoughtful documentary about Robin Williams & on Netflix, Pieces of a Woman.
Hermione Lee is the award-winning biographer, Tom Stoppard: A Life, is her new book on the famous playwright, Beau Williams & fellow poet Hazel Hogan on the 2 Meter Review, an anthology they created in response to the pandemic, Arlene Hunt recommends where to begin with Terry Pratchett, the creator of the Discworld series of comic fantasy novels.
Snow is the latest in the detective fiction series from John Banville, Chris Wasser & Arlene Hunt review Rialto from writer Mark O'Halloran, starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Eternal Beauty & American legal drama, by Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago Seven & Daragh Downes reviews Brave New World on Sky Atlantic.
Chris Wasser & Arlene Hunt review films including King of the Cruises, Perfume & You've been Trumped too, booker prize nominated author, Douglas Stuart chats about his debut novel "Shuggie Bain" & also Ciara O'Brien reviews the new Netflix docu-series, High Score.
Jenn Gannon looks back at 30 Rock, the series, based on Tina Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live, Tennis Lessons is the debut novel by award-winning poet Susannah Dickey, also film reviews with Arlene Hunt & Chris Wasser, Clemency, Spaceship Earth & Arizona.b
Anne Tyler is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of over twenty novels. Her latest novel 'Redhead by the Side of the Road', Arlene Hunt and Justin McGregor recommend the best Irish films to watch online, from the box office hit Once to Garage and Black 47, journalist Malachi O'Doherty on his latest publication 'Terry Brankin has a Gun'.
Inside Books is a fortnightly programme presented by Breda Brown. This episode features Arlene Hunt
Arena Ireland's no. 1 podcast on culture. Our New Girl from Irish writer Nancy Harris. Helen Meany reviews the startling psychological drama on at the Gate. Film reviews - Pixar animation, Onward, True History of the Kelly Gang, The Pieces I Am documentary and Military Wives. Irish novelist Arlene Hunt tells us why she loves the film Moonstruck.