Florence and the Machine – Everybody Scream review: A fantastically eerie album informed by personal trauma
Florence Welch emerges from a hurricane of angst with perhaps her finest and certainly her stormiest record to date
Will Anderson of Hotline TNT on pulling the plug on Spotify - and having no regrets
Any risk of the indie band becoming invisible is debunked as they continue to win new fans with their dreamlike alternative pop
Hector OZ/NZ review: Not original but comfort telly that hits the spot more than it misses
Television: At no point is Hector in danger of doing anything original or surprising (the odd fusillade about politicians aside)
Is there life in The Witcher after Henry Cavill’s exit?
Showrunner Lauren Hissrich believes, as with James Bond, the character Geralt is bigger than any one actor portraying him. Can Liam Hemsworth avoid becoming the franchise’s George Lazenby?
Down Cemetery Road review: Emma Thompson stars as an eccentric detective, but this show feels dead on arrival
Television: Illustrious cast wasted on Mick Herron adaptation with an implausible plot and an obnoxious lead character
Haunted Dancehall: This is a hipster’s National Ploughing Championships
This is the National Ploughing Championship for hipsters
Celebrity Traitors: so much celebrity and so little sleuthing talent says it all about fame
Television: If ever you wanted a reminder that even mildly famous people are nothing like the rest of us, Celebrity Traitors has proved it
Heat My Home on RTÉ One: Welcome to income redistribution, Irish style
Television: This is less aspirational programming and more like a foray into a fantasy of unaffordable upgrades
Lily Allen: West End Girl review – unflinching account of doomed relationship is a tough listen
Songs are grim portraits of living through disaster but a pop album is not the most suitable conduit for such heavy emotions
Katie Ball of Just Mustard: ‘I don’t know if being the centre of attention comes naturally. I keep doing it anyway’
Despite signing to the ultra-hip Brooklyn-based label Partisan, the introverted band have decided against leaving their hometown of Dundalk
Nobody Wants This review: Quickfire banter and high wattage stars mark latest Netflix series
This is not a comedy anyone would need to spend the rest of their lives with – but a solid second series confirms there is no need to break things off just yet
Gogglebox Ireland review: Traitors’ Paudie and son Andrew settle in as armchair TV critics
Television: Addition of Traitors stars might give ratings a bump, but after 10 years the show’s format is a little staid
Leonard and Hungry Paul review: Droll Dublin dramedy narrated by Julia Roberts is Normal People for nerds
Adaption of Rónán Hession’s book puts real Irish life on the screen without any compulsion to call attention to itself
The Last Dinner Party: ‘People think they have the right, because they’re anonymous, to say the most awful things
The chart-toppers have released their second album, From the Pyre, which channels the uneasy spirit of the classic 1973 folk-horror movie
Irish actor Ruth Codd ‘murdered’ in Celebrity Traitors after taking aim at Jonathan Ross
She didn’t go quietly either, squaring up to the veteran broadcaster at the second round table















