Thursday, Thor’s Day – the god associated with hammer-wielding and also the lesser-known task of the protection of mankind (and yes, someone has so been a-visiting Wikipedia). But there is a link – Upstart too has been wielding a mighty, yet creatively artistic hammer …

2 days to poll day, and as party head butts party head in a last bid for headlines; Upstart is quietly proving itself a good news story. RTÉ’s Arena programme interviewed Kit Fryatt last night; it’s not on the archive yet, but keep checking …

The final poster was posted on Monday. There were many folks involved: the artists creating the work, the printers-a-printing, punching holes, punching the air, ladder wrangling and mind opening. Two-poster putter-upper extraordinaire had this to say: “I think I speak for everyone about the …

Come back Prospero of ‘The Economist’. This quote from an article published Friday 18th 2011: “During a recent trip to Ireland to research a piece on the country’s mood after the crash and EU/IMF bailout, I was struck by what little impact Ireland’s boom …

Onwards and upwards. Mostly upwards. More posters were placed over the weekend, so keep heads high people. ‘Where’s me poster? Where’s me poster?’ has been the subject of many emails. But by today, your work should be seen in full shining glory (maybe even …

Headlines vs Heartlines. Recently, Colm Tóibín argued for Ireland to make our culture, not our economic situation, the message that we send out into the world. Art has the ability to traverse boundaries: Afghanistan, he takes as a case in point – we do …

Before we start at the beginning, let us start in the middle. Upstart has been up-to-ninety since it first got out of the noggin machine and out onto the streets, to stir public imagination.To all who volunteer, submit, slam wrestle, fund raise or simply …