Books

  • The Lewis Glucksman Craft Market

    When I started this blog, writing about Christmas markets was one of the things I was most excited about doing. When you visit a market you get to see from work from an ever-increasing community of artists, you find unique items you mightn’t see elsewhere , and you are supporting local artists and makers. What’s… Read more

  • Did you get “The Holly Bough” yet?

    So Christmas is well and truly on its way. Since the start of November, we have seen Christmas trees springing up throughout the city, Christmas ads are swallowing up air time, Christmas FM is back (digitally for now) and most importantly, The Holly Bough is out. The Holly Bough is a newspaper/ magazine that has… Read more

  • All the Pretty Colours.

    All the Pretty Colours.

    Halloween is over, it’s the start of Winter and Mariah Carey has declared it’s time for Christmas. So I’m going to start talking about decorations and you can too. (It’s fine, Mariah said it’s fine). Personally, I can’t get enough of the traditional red, gold, and green but maybe just thinking about red and green… Read more

  • Psst, want to talk about Christmas?

    Psst, want to talk about Christmas?

    In Cork, we have an unwritten rule that The Holly Bough magazine is the first sign of Christmas. This is different for everyone of course, some people will wait for the switching on of the Christmas lights, or the ads for the Christmas Panto, or they might even wait for The Late Late Toy Show.… Read more