If I were to remember Adam West for one thing, then it is the strength of his selfhood.  An actor working in the business for over fifty years, West was best known for his tenure on the campy 1960s’ Batman.  Throughout the remainder of his…

Wine, in Ireland, has a funny old reputation. If you like wine, you’re often told you’re a bit of a ponce, and sure what’s wrong with a vodka and coke. I linger on the peripheries of what wine culture does exist here: too broke to enjoy it…

Rarely does watching a film make me want to bring back the dead. However, while watching My Cousin Rachel I could not help but yearn for the return of Hitchcock to re-create the perfection of a Daphne du Maurier plot combined with superb…

Hello one and all. I’ll assume one though, because it is very strange for multiple people to read the same article at the same thing. Perhaps you’re reading this aloud to somebody because of how much you enjoyed it. In that case your…

We love Instagram. Why? Because it brings tonnes of visual art right to your finger tips. Follow @thisheadstuff to stay up to date with our finds on our favourite app. Want to be featured? Add #thisheadstuff to your posts. This week, it's…

Half-way through watching Hampstead, something occurred to me. It’s director, Joel Hopkins, has perfected a simple but effective means to stay working. Take a bland, even rote story, with two characters at its centre, ones that are…

Aoife founded the Open Door Supper Club in an effort to fuse community and food back together.  Here she tells up about the impact the club has had on her and the people who attend. Our Food Heroes section is a compilation of people who are…

My name is Dervla James. I am the owner and head chef in Pudding Row in my hometown of  Easkey, Co Sligo. I'm Chef, Baker, Mother of Two and Wife of One. After many years in the food industry between working in cafés, studying baking in…