A few of her favourite things in watching, reading, listening, tasting and smelling from TCD historian, Philippa Byrne.

Norwegian artist and musicker, Camille Norment, is ready to question everything we know about sound, starting with any notion that the ear is at the centre of things.

Goats, llamas, snakes, birds, a camel, a horse, a cow, a tortoise and some oysters all take part in the St Francis feast day mass at New York's Episocal Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.

Composer Gerry Murphy on a day in the life of Kapellmeister of Thomaskirche, Leipzig: the industrious Herr Bach.

Italian-Colombian composer, Caterina Schembri on the images and substances behind her new album, Sea Salt & Turpentine.

New essays from Tadhg O'Sullivan on the agit-horror film, Threads; Orti Gat on the rebirth of the Turner prize, and Paddy Woodworth on Irish nature poetry, as well as Outlandish's theatrical rethink for our moment of Gorky's Summerfolk, at Dublin Theatre Festival.

Singer, composer and Irish wake enthusiast, Róis, on a few of her favourite things in watching, listening, reading, tasting and smelling.

Paddy Woodworth's latest selection for inclusion on the Naturalist's Bookshelf is Windfall, an anthology of Irish nature poetry edited by Jane Clarke.

Tadhg O'Sullivan remembers his initiation into the horrors of nuclear armageddon via the 80s BBC TV program, Threads.

Maxim Gorky's Summerfolk, premiered in St Petersburg in 1904, gets refocused on the world of today in Dublin-based Outlandish's Dublin Theatre Festival show, Global Desires.

What use is the Turner prize for contemporary art? Plenty, decides Orit Gat in her latest Voice Notes.

Meet the would-be "artisanal white noise" mogul who is opening up the functional sound market with his app Fuzzzel; musicologist Jeremy Dibble on the Down-born composer and conductor, Hamilton Harty, and pianist, composer and musical right arm to Gil Scott Heron, Brian Jackson on music, justice and the legacy of Alice Coltrane.

Artist and filmmaker, Mikhail Karikis tells us about some of the sweet things in his cultural diet.

Working with artists such as composer, Owen Pallet, harpist, Mary Lattimore, pianist Kelly Moran and nature recorder, Chris Watson, Christopher Weingarten is exploring the market for "artisanal" white noise with his Fuzzzel app.

An unpublished masterpiece by Down-born star of the 20th century British musical world, Hamilton Harty, gets an overdue outing.

Pianist and composer, Brian Jackson on songwriting with Gil Scott Heron, and his initiation into the musics of Alice and John Coltrane. (Part 2 of 2)

Pianist and composer, Brian Jackson's long term collaboration with Gil Scott Heron left behind some of the 1970s most enduringly potent political music. (Part 1 of 2)

Tokyo-based AI influencer IMMA on some of her favourites in film, music, podcast, food and scent. Possibly.

Ballina prepares to enjoy Brian Irvine's all-comers Totally Made Up Orchestra; Paddy Woodward on the pursuit of endless spring; the fluttery sound world of the Middle Ages; and Róis finds the fun in traditional approaches to death.

Award-winning Belfast composer Brian Irvine's super scratch orchestra The Totally Made Up Orchestra invites all comers to join in making some beautifully free music. Join the band by signing up at www.ballinafringefestival.ie

A journey into medieval sound, with historian Prof Philppa Byrne, who has been trying to summon the sonic atmospheres of lost worlds.

A new collection of music and found sound from Róis called "Mo Léan" offers the ancient musical practices of keening the kiss of life.

Paddy Woodworth's latest selection for inclusion on the Naturalist's Bookshelf is what you might call a sleeper, at least for Paddy: Tim Dee's Greenery "Journeys in Springtime"

Artist, activist and Slow Touring advocate, Lie Ning on some of their favourites in watching, listening, tasting and smelling.

Trombone virtuoso Filippo Vignato dreams of architectural improvisation; percussionist Evelyn Glennie improvises to the poetry of Raymond Antropbus, Lie Ning cooks up sustainable pop; and How to make friends with an Irish Bog.