Des FitzGerald

RHA Gallery | Dublin City FM (2003-23) | Le Cool Dublin (2010-16) 🇪🇺

[Des FitzGerald @desfitzgerald]

My visit to Finnhamn featured in @Indo_Travel_ today 'Sweden: An archipelago adventure in the wilds of Stockholm' https://t.co/vvyKyAftKn

[The Lilliput Press @LilliputPress]

‘We all read like hell.’
It was pleasure to speak with the Guardian - along with so many of our wonderful literary peers - about the vibrancy of Irish literature and publishing. https://t.co/F5Hejpilbh

[Frankie Lloyd 👀 @Desimuman]

A couple of images from Co. Waterford 1: mine Head Lighthouse in the distance and 2: Villierstown Quay

[Dr Paul O'Brien @FearStairLmk]

Delighted to announce that on Sunday 1st September at 3pm, I’ll be leading a free walking tour of Little Gerald Griffin Street, #Limerick. I’ve been working with a longtime resident to research the tour. All are welcome to attend. Please share.

[Classic Horror Films @HorrorHammer1]

1935

[Paul Guinan @PaulGuinan]

Carved shopfront lettering just revealed on Mount St. ❤️

[RHA Gallery @RHAGallery]

Our penultimate work from the 194th RHA Annual Exhibition is this sun-dappled scene by Mary A Kelly.

The gallery is open until 5pm today and from 12 - 5pm tomorrow, the last day of the show.

Image: Mary A Kelly, ‘Holding the pieces in some frame’. Oil, 150 x 120cm.

#194RHA

[Psychojographer @psychojography]

Felixstowe to Shingle Street - return trip. I say goodbye to Shingle Street's teardrop pools and head , determined to follow the coast all the way to Bawdsey. Closed paths be damned! As I took the second picture here, a small deer suddenly skipped past. Honest. 1/19

[Psychojographer @psychojography]

Join me on a jaunt by foot from Felixstowe to Shingle Street and back via Bawdsey, taking in several seasons and occasionally slipping through cracks in time. This thread is the outward leg only. Yes, it's that long so get your trainers on. 1/25

[Des FitzGerald @desfitzgerald]

@psychojography A most wonderful thread 👏

[Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords]

Happy Birthday #KennyBurrell who is 93 years old today!

Browse the great guitarist's Blue Note albums on vinyl including "Introducing..." "Kenny Burrell" "Midnight Blue" & "K.B. Blues": https://t.co/cGyCFM7rQ2

Stream our spotlight our playlist: https://t.co/cTADxLifDm

[Anna Meredith @AnnaHMeredith]

🌊
Very chuffed that some ‘The End We Start From’ score extracts will be performed by @LCOrchestra & @robertamesmusic as part of @bbcproms on the 14th August as part of THE most insanely amazing evening of new film music & composers Feast your peepers on that line up! 🤯🤯🤯

[Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @KennysBookshop]

In the late forties, a young lady came into our shop, spent a few hours immersed in the books and left, empty handed. The following day, she was back, again immersed herself in the books and this time, bought two books. Our mother was intrigued by her and asked, /1

[Des FitzGerald @desfitzgerald]

Bringing home the...

[Raven Books @ravenbooks]

Bacon

[Des FitzGerald @desfitzgerald]

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[Bernard Herrmann Archive @HerrmannMovie]

Saul Bass + Bernard Herrmann

Title designs from:
VERTIGO (Hitchcock, 1958)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Hitchcock, 1959)
PSYCHO (Hitchcock, 1960)
CAPE FEAR (Scorsese, 1991)

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

Two more cartoons about my fear of taking too few books on holiday. (Yes, I could get a kindle: but I still prefer to read, and draw, paper books).

[RHA Gallery @RHAGallery]

The weekend edition of the @IrishTimes features an interview by Gemma Tipton with @Donald_Teskey RHA, recipient of the 2024 @RCSI_Irl Art Award, in association with the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts and the Irish Times. 🧵

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

How many books should I take on holiday with me? (For @GuardianBooks ).

[BBC Radio 3 @BBCRadio3]

Experience the magic of Night Tracks - live ✨

@BeibeiAmy brings light-up drumsticks to @glasshouseicm for a special
@bbcproms with @Hanpeel @haniaranimusic @SaraMohrPietsch 🎧 Friday 26 July from 11pm ▶ https://t.co/bVj1sxeYKe

[Hannah Peel @Hanpeel]

Rehearsals are done!

We go live tonight at 11pm from @glasshouseicm on @BBCRadio3 with our first Night Tracks @bbcproms 💫

Featuring the stunning music of @haniaranimusic @RNSinfonia @frankiearcherm and Beibei Wang

Hope you enjoy!