The Dubliners: The Men Who Put Fire in Irish Folk Music

Few groups carried the sound of Ireland into the world with as much grit, warmth and roaring humanity as The Dubliners. Formed in Dublin in 1962, around Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and Ciarán Bourke, The Dubliners grew out of the pub-session world and became one of the most Continue Reading

AI Can Influence Politics: Democracy Still Needs the Doorstep

But for all its power, AI cannot replace the oldest political truth of all: people still want to meet a real human being. In recent years, concern has grown about deepfakes, synthetic videos, fake audio clips and AI-generated political material. A candidate can be made to appear to say something Continue Reading