I’ve just been writing a letter to a German painter whom I met on a long trip outdoors last February; some readers may recall my dispatches from Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, writes Damien Enright.

Jeff Gordinier has lunch with Massimo Bottura, the man voted the number one chef in the world.

Nigel Rolfe’s work has become stiller, more focused and internal as he’s aged, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Jacqueline Stanley tells Alan O’Riordan about the legacy of her late husband Campbell Bruce, former professor of fine arts at NCAD

THE Artist’s Eye, at the Glucksman Gallery in Cork, is a photographic exhibition that features artists in front of the camera.