Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival returns from Friday 23rd to Monday 26th October, bringing four days and nights of macabre adventures to the city. Among this year’s programme is Blood, Guts & Black Pudding: A Toast to Ireland’s Oldest Food, an event exploring the history of blood in Irish cooking and the traditions at risk of being lost. Taking place on Monday 26 October, author Kate Ryan, whose book Blood, Guts & Black Pudding was described by Darina Allen as “an inc