Sunday with Miriam

The piper, co-owner of The Pipers Corner pub and Director of Creative Development & Donor Engagement at the Irish Traditional Music Archive chats about his family musical lineage, which includes fiddler Tommie Potts, the fascinating basis for his book ‘The Sorrowful and The Great’ (published with the Irish Traditional Music Archive)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat and live music with the artist (formerly of Saint Sister) who is now forging a solo career Official website: https://morgana.ie/ (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat with the cook and author (and member of the Guinness dynasty) who lives in Tuscany and wants to share the secrets of good Tuscan cooking in her book ‘Winter in Tuscany: Cosy Recipes and the ‘Quanto Basta’ Way’ (published by Thames & Hudson)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat with Charles James and his wife/bandmate Catherine about life as musicians, working as a river pilot in the Congo, music as grief therapy and their 'cinematic folk' sound Official website: https://charlesjamesandtherise.com/ (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview are not available in the podcast)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat with the theatre producer about a very happy family life in Dalkey, a near-death attack in Manchester and discovering he had a secret half-sister. His production ‘The Sound Inside’ at the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire is part of the Dublin Theatre Festival Full details: https://dublintheatrefestival.ie/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The BBC Chief International Correspondent discusses her book ‘The Finest Hotel in Kabul’, a history of Afghanistan told through the lives of the staff who kept the landmark Intercontinental Hotel on a hill above Kabul goingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The comedian and the storyteller chat about philosophy, the power in nature, religious belief and the crossing point between paganism and Christianity, all topics that inform their show ‘Between Dog and Wolf’ which tours Ireland this autumn Full details: https://tommytiernan.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The widow of the late artist Graham Knuttel talks about their life together and how they coped with his final illness. A major retrospective exhibition of his work opens at the Minerva Suite in the RDS, running 9th – 21st September 2025See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The tech editor of the Irish and Sunday Independent talks today about a very personal story - the death earlier this year of his brother Simon and the efforts made by the family (mother, novelist Deirdre Purcell and father Robert) to care for a loved one with a serious mental health conditionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat with the hugely-successful writer about her latest novel 'Paper Heart', set in the Irish midlands; she also talks about her writing process, screen adaptations of her work and the long and successful political career of her father BertieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.