This episode of the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show is presented by Mary Moynihan, writer, poet, and creator of art and photography. The show is focused on songs of protest and ways in which music and activism work hand in hand. From legendary Oklahoma folk singer Woody…

Check out the latest edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal. Edition V was published on Thursday, 29 January 2026 and features visual art by Fergus A Ryan (our Featured Artist) and Éabha Róis; short fiction by Johnny Roche; and poetry by Michael Curran-Dorsano. Themes include the…

Last chance to see the wonderful and stunning Solstice Light: Art in Winter Multidisciplinary Visual Art Exhibition with eleven artists at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery, 30 Sandycove Road, Dublin A96V9P1. The exhibition closes 26 January 2026. The Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery is currently open Wed-Fri 1-6pm; Sat…

Smashing Times are delighted to hear from Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann that the 2025 winner of the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing is Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina (William Collins/St. Martin’s Press). Victoria (1986-2023) was a Ukrainian novelist, poet and human rights defender who lost…