Moncrieff Highlights

Author Anthony Horowitz has revealed that he writes a letter to his wife with details of how his book ends, just in case he gets hit by a bus before finishing it.The novelist doesn’t want to leave his readers in suspense if anything happened to him, and confessed to this habit. So, what other weird and wacky writer superstitions do authors follow?Bestselling novelist Liz Nugent joins Seán to discuss.

Whether you blame them for the black death, or you just think they’re a bit gross, rats don’t have a fantastic reputation among us humans.And maybe that’s part of the problem.In an effort to rehabilitate the image of the humble rodent, PETA have written to the Cambridge dictionary asking for them to change the definition of “Rat”...Jennifer White from PETA joins Seán to discuss.

If you’ve spent any time on the internet, you may have noticed that emotional intelligence is in short supply, and apparently only 36% of us actually qualify as emotionally intelligent.It seems an unlikely solution, but could AI help us to empathise better with our fellow humans?MarieToft is a Generative AI Thought Leader and Consultant and Founder of Emotionise AI. She joins Seán to discuss.

Are misinformation and body shaming continuing to cause problems for women and their menstrual cycle? Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh, Doctor and Columnist with the Irish Independent, has been writing about her thoughts on this in the newspaper and she joins me now…

Teeth are all anybody is talking about these days when it comes to TV and film, thanks in part to the fascination with Aimee Lou Wood in The White Lotus... but, for many years, we have seen actors get a set of false teeth and transform into new characters.Remember Mike Myers in Austin Powers and Jonah Hill in Wolf of Wall Street?The man behind those teeth is Leading Dental Technician and creator of SPFX Teeth, Gary Archer. He joins Seán to discuss.

Life has a funny way of working out, but if you’ve just been dumped, lost your job and have nowhere to live, things can feel pretty miserable.Aoife Dunne came to terms with the grief of losing her mother and built a loyal following online sharing the highs and lows of navigating life in your late thirties when you’re still just figuring it out...She joins Seán to discuss.

As the weather improves, many people will be digging out their summer whites. But, how do you revamp these garments to make them look as good as new, after spending last summer sweating in them?Joining Seán to discuss is Laura de Barra, author of ‘Garment Goddess’...

Alarming price increases in both chocolate and butter are having a major impact on the baking and chocolate industry in Ireland…Joining Seán to discuss this is Graham Herterich, AKA the Cupcake Bloke, owner of The Bakery in Rialto…

It's been a bumper season for sightings of the Eurasian Hoopoe on Ireland’s south coast, an exotic bird with a pink mohawk.Joining Seán to discuss the sightings is Paul Connaughton, an Ornithologist who sits on the Irish Rare Birds Committee…

While the ongoing pedestrianisation of many towns and cities around Ireland since the pandemic often brings benefits, it can put a toll on retail businesses. One particular street in Dublin City, Drury Street, has exploded in popularity over the past two years, leading to large crowds of people congregating.Joining Seán to discuss this is Clare Grennan, co-owner of Irish Design Shop…