life

  • There are people who write about inequality from a distance, and then there are people like Dr Katriona O’Sullivan who have lived inside it, survived it, and refused to sanitise what it actually does to a human being. Over the past number of years, O’Sullivan has become one of Ireland’s most important public voices on…

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  • I have read over the World Happiness Report 2026 a few times now. Full disclosure, I am neurodivergent, and sometimes I need to read, re-read, and then put something down and come back to it so my brain can properly take in what the data is actually telling us. What is the story and the…

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  • Our Rating: 10/10 From the opening line, “Take a look at the world today; we have got to find a better way,” this track lands exactly where it needs to. It is as emotional as it is liberating. And when that line keeps coming back, it doesn’t feel repetitive; it feels absolutely necessary. Because we…

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  • Dotts O’Connor – Jodie

    Our Rating 9/10 In a culture obsessed with noise, Dotts O’Connor chooses stillness. The alternative folk songwriter has built his reputation on restraint. Rooted in rural landscapes and the emotional weight they carry, his work inhabits the space between connection and isolation, routine and longing. Nothing feels forced. Nothing feels ornamental. His songs sound lived…

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