This week’s Inside Culture is the last show of the season, and we hope you’ve enjoyed our take on the creativity, culture and the world of ideas. Tonight we chat…

This week Fionn Davenport travels to Amsterdam. In a year of mass migration to Europe, Brexit, a shock victory for Donald Trump in the US and the rise of populist…

This week’s Inside Culture takes an in-depth look at the book, Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks, in which each year is represented by a single work of art – a…

This week, Inside Culture celebrates the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia, originally published in Latin in 1516 and celebrated ever since. The book is an account of a fictional…

On this week’s Inside Culture we check out a new illustrated book on Irish fine art, we delve into the IFI’s new online archive of ads, examine the topic of…

On this week’s Inside Culture we hear about David Bowie’s legacy in terms of art, and theatre. We speak to playwright Enda Walsh about his collaboration with Bowie for the…

This week Inside Culture looks at a major exhibition at The National Gallery of Ireland. Creating History is a selection of 55 paintings, taken from their own collection and collections…

On tonight’s Inside Culture we talk to IMAX filmmaker, Greg MacGillivray. We hear about dark heritage, Wagner and truth, and we visit Monster Music Improv, a children’s show at the…

On tonight’s show, we hear about design and violence at the Science Gallery, and chat to one of the world’s most respected directors, Ivo van Hove. We also visit the…

Tonight on Inside Culture, we hear about these changing times of television and listen to a song from The Book Shop Band. We also look at libraries as many face…

On tonight’s show, we bring you interviews with two giants of the arts: one of the worlds’ most performed living composers Augusta Read Thomas, and artist William Kentridge. We also…

This week Inside Culture looks at the life and work of the Russian author Anton Chekhov. Fionn Davenport is joined in studio by the artistic directors of Corn Exchange Theatre,…

As part of the RTE Radio 1 Culture Night special, Inside Culture comes to you from The Coach House stage in Dublin Castle. We’re looking at identity through ideas of…

This week on Inside Culture presenter Fionn Davenport speaks to Belfast born painter Colin Davidson about his new exhibition of nudes – ‘Ten Night Paintings’ at the Oliver Sears Gallery…

This week on Inside Culture Fionn Davenport joins writer Stacey Gregg and director Sophie Motley as they rehearse their play Override for this year’s Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival. The play…

This week, Inside Culture comes to from Edinburgh as it hosts The International Edinburgh Festival and the Fringe Festival. There are over 3000 shows being performed in the Scottish capital…

  Making Ireland Modern is a touring exhibition which looks at the role buildings and infrastructures have played in the history of the Irish State and in forging its identity….

This week on Inside Culture presenter Fionn Davenport takes us on a journey across 35 years of MTV. Born on August 1st 1981, its success wasn’t guaranteed and, in fact,…

Representation of Jews in Irish Literature is an exhibition currently running at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. It explores the depiction of Jewish people in Irish literature and society…

This week we focus on Galway – a city renowned for its vibrant cultural scene and this has been boosted further. Galway will be the European City of Culture in…

On tonight’s episode of Inside Culture we have an exclusive interview with soul legend Irma Thomas, and we speak to travel writer Geoff Dyer. We also hear about digital storytelling…