How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) review: It’s aha-mazing to have him backTelevision: Steve Coogan, who has played Partridge since the 1990s, seems more comfortable than ever being back in Alan’s boat shoesFri Oct 03 2025 - 15:05
Why have Boyzone decided to re-form – and why now?The 1990s boy band are performing a farewell concert in London in June 2026 Fri Oct 03 2025 - 06:00
Five stars for Taylor Swift’s new album: Travis Kelce at the heart; as is disdain for fellow starThe Life of a Showgirl: Actually Romantic lyrics take aim unnamed pop star who called Swift a ‘Boring Barbie’Fri Oct 03 2025 - 05:01
Silent Hill f video game review: Brilliantly compelling and a worthy addition to gaming’s creepiest canonThe new game still fantastically unsettling – cranking up the dread to the point where it borders on unbearableTue Sept 30 2025 - 16:36
Blue Lights review: Superior Belfast thriller comes down with a bad case of Love/Hate syndromeTelevision: BBC show is in danger of becoming another generic cop caper, with a side-serving of Dublin gangland sensationalismTue Sept 30 2025 - 12:30
The Trial of Richard Satchwell review: The story of an innocent woman who became the victim of a violent husband Television: Tina Satchwell was murdered in 2017 by her husband, but the case was not upgraded to a murder investigation until 2023Mon Sept 29 2025 - 21:55
The Walsh Sisters review: Disappointing adaptation has a weird attitude towards middle-aged womenTelevision: You have to wonder if there was a budget issue, as several scenes appear to have been shot on the Fair City setSun Sept 28 2025 - 22:27
Olivia Dean: ‘Why do I have to be in distress to make good music? Why can’t I just be happy?’For the newly chart-topping singer, love is not a slurpy indulgence but a call to arms in a hate-filled worldSun Sept 28 2025 - 05:22
Sprints: All That Is Over review – Irish postpunks go thermonuclear in songs of unfiltered furyKarla Chubb and co follow up the spectacular Letter to Self with an irresistible wrecking ball of a sequelFri Sept 26 2025 - 12:25
The Hack review: Great story of the British tabloid phone-hacking scandal is let down by wackinessTelevision: David Tennant was one of the celebrities whose phone messages were illegally hacked, which might explain the fervour he brings to the showThu Sept 25 2025 - 16:08
Slow Horses review: Dour, dumpy and depressed, is this the broken Britain of spy dramas?Television: It says a lot about Britain that it’s now represented by wisecracking underdogs rather than a mercurial womaniser such as James BondThu Sept 25 2025 - 12:02
House of Guinness on Netflix: Like Succession with shillelaghsTelevision: Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, shows his understanding of Ireland under colonialism is rudimentary at bestThu Sept 25 2025 - 10:58
Traitors Ireland finale: A tense and thrilling conclusion to a spectacular first seasonWho of Nick, Ben, Oyin, Vanessa and Kelley will leave Slane Castle with the prize pot?Tue Sept 23 2025 - 21:32
Traitors Ireland contestant Faye: ‘When everyone’s coming at you, it’s hard not to take it personally’Television: Faye was ‘taken aback’ when branded a ‘mean girl’ while Wilkin reveals he did not understand the series formatTue Sept 23 2025 - 14:02
The Traitors Ireland: There are twists to come as things go insane in SlaneKnives are out among the faithfuls in Monday’s episode, while the back-stabbers have a wobbleMon Sept 22 2025 - 22:30
Traitors Ireland evictee Joanna left ‘heartbroken, devastated’ by online backlashShe is second contestant to criticise toxic online comments relating to RTÉ reality gameshowMon Sept 22 2025 - 18:02
David Bowie was right: this German pop professor is a geniusMichael Rother, the musical maverick behind Neu! and Harmonia, is an antidote to the cynicism of the modern music industryMon Sept 22 2025 - 10:35
Joy Crookes: ‘England has a way of screwing people over constantly’Mercury-nominated singer Joy Crookes on colonialism, resilience and regarding Sinéad O’Connor as her musical godmotherMon Sept 22 2025 - 05:13
Traitors Ireland review: Things take a nasty turn as another falls at the roundtable Television: With Paudie gone, the few remaining faithful turn on one another and it’s horrible to watchSun Sept 21 2025 - 22:30
Patti Smith: ‘After the Taylor Swift song, what made me happy was that kids were buying Dylan Thomas books’The 78-year-old poet, artist and musician on the 50th anniversary of Horses, rock’n’roll as revolution and the first time she heard U2Sat Sept 20 2025 - 05:28
NewDad: Altar review – Irish rock’s godfathers of glum reign supreme on brilliant second albumJulie Dawson’s dolorous voice is the magic ingredient, as it was on Madra, the Galway band’s debut long-playerFri Sept 19 2025 - 04:52
Black Rabbit on Netflix: A grungy US drama about a dingy upmarket city restaurant? Come again?Television: Jude Law and Jason Bateman play odd-couple brothers whose adventures in hospitality go disastrously awryThu Sept 18 2025 - 18:00
Jimmy Kimmel profile: Who is the TV host at centre of Charlie Kirk controversy?TV host placed on indefinite leave by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments, prompting debate on whether the land of the free is becoming a dystopia Thu Sept 18 2025 - 17:28
Who’s Building Ireland review: A quirky take on housing crisis with a snapshot of rising racism hereTelevision: Candid stories from immigrant construction workers are refreshingly honest and cut through the nonsense that can make living here such a struggleWed Sept 17 2025 - 22:30
The Morning Show review: The most absurd high-end drama in the history of television returnsAn upgraded cast, allusions to real-world events and sheer excessiveness are all part of the appeal in series four of this Apple TV+ drama Wed Sept 17 2025 - 19:00
Traitors Tuesday review: A thrilling conclusion to a bizarre episodeTelevision: The blows fall as the contestants struggle to decide whether Paudie or Vanessa is the most suspiciousTue Sept 16 2025 - 22:30
The Traitors cut loose: Paudie’s son Andrew lifts lid on hug-gate - ‘he was being pure cute’ Television: Patrick, former casino manager and restaurateur, says he was never so stressed in his lifeTue Sept 16 2025 - 18:47
The Traitors Ireland: Stakes have never been higher as Paudie draws the line at huggingIn another ludicrously gripping instalment, the psychological torture cranks up for freshly recruited ‘faithful slayer’ Nick Mon Sept 15 2025 - 22:30
The Traitors Ireland: Most dramatic round table yet as third traitor in a row gets the bootWith the grand final to take place in just over a week, can the faithful continue their winning streak?Sun Sept 14 2025 - 22:30
King Princess: ‘Harry Potter is a queer story: it’s about choice and difference. JK Rowling is a demon’The Brooklyn musician on her new album Girl Violence, wealthy Titanic relatives and acting opposite Nicole KidmanSun Sept 14 2025 - 05:13
The Traitors Ireland: That RTÉ is operating on a relative shoe-string budget is obvious The Traitors Ireland differs only from other versions in that the contestants are a mite swearier and the budget is visibly lowerSat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Ed Sheeran has just released an album. Why didn’t he want The Irish Times to hear it?On Play, Ed Sheeran returns to his day job of churning out annoyingly catchy bangersFri Sept 12 2025 - 12:06
Glúin Z on TG4 review: Down-with-the-kids doc could have worked harder at avoiding clichesTelevision: Glúin Z is sharpest when discussing Ireland’s apocalyptic accommodation situation, but the property crisis doesn’t just impact Gen ZThu Sept 11 2025 - 21:15
Stranded on Honeymoon Island review: Dating show makes Love Island look like Mastermind Even by the tawdry standards of reality Television, Davina McCall’s new show is painful watching. This is pop culture rock bottomWed Sept 10 2025 - 22:00
Traitors Ireland review: The biggest bloodbath on RTÉ since Ryan Tubridy’s Toy Show F-bombTelevision: The second Traitor is unveiled, leaving a conclave of oneTue Sept 09 2025 - 22:30
Only Murders in the Building season five: Far from turning stale, this is one of the best seasons yetTelevision: Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short return for more deadpan skeweringTue Sept 09 2025 - 10:09
The Traitors Ireland review: Faithful remain guileless, while Traitors turn on each otherAfter banishing yet another innocent, the Faithful are proving inept at unmasking the Traitors in their midstSun Sept 07 2025 - 22:33
Saint Etienne on bowing out: ‘Some of the things people said got me crying. You don’t realise the impact you’ve had’Sarah Cracknell and co are going out on a high with their 13th album. They talk about Britpop, their labelmates Kneecap and Gen Z’s strange yearning for the 1990sSat Sept 06 2025 - 05:15
The Paper on Sky Max & Now: Domhnall Gleeson pulls off deadpan droll in US Office offshootTelevision: US local news may be on its uppers, but American cringe comedy is on the mendFri Sept 05 2025 - 06:00
Dev - Rise and Rule review: Chatty, well-made series fails to decode Éamon de ValeraTelevision: David McCullagh is chummily informal and in command of the facts, but even he can’t unpick the enigma that is de ValeraWed Sept 03 2025 - 22:30
Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend review – After Espresso, this decaf album desperately lacks buzzSabrina Carpenter’s ambitious LP lacks the sense of fun that crackled through Short n’ SweetWed Sept 03 2025 - 16:05
The Traitors Ireland: RTÉ’s parlour game kicks off with an addictive opening episodeTelevision: Siobhán McSweeney presides over a made-to-measure version of the international social-deduction hitSun Aug 31 2025 - 22:30
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age: ‘It requires a certain amount of brinkmanship to not die. And some of us will die’The frontman has certainly come closer than many. He opens up about mortality, how he tried and failed to quit music, and the ‘very complex and multilayered junkie’ Mark LaneganSun Aug 31 2025 - 05:36
Hozier doesn’t go full Bono, but there’s plenty of politics in epic Electric Picnic performance Hozier has pivoted into thunderous soul-pop that blazes like a glitterball strapped to a bulldozerSat Aug 30 2025 - 11:49
Chappell Roan review: good luck to the rest of the Electric Picnic line-up following this performanceOne of festival’s largest ever crowds witnesses typhoon of pop performanceFri Aug 29 2025 - 22:13
Thursday Murder Club review: The weak link here, sadly, is the greatest James Bond of allTelevision: A hollow page-turner adapted for film with all the zing of a lesser season of Inspector MorseFri Aug 29 2025 - 06:00
CMAT: Euro-Country review – Dunboyne Diana’s new album delivers joy and sadness in the same heartbeatCiara Mary-Alice Thompson’s excellent third album will make you want to cry and dance all at onceThu Aug 28 2025 - 11:09
Irish Nurses in the NHS review: A wave of women who were Ireland’s loss and Britain’s gainTelevision: The 30,000 Irish-born nurses that once worked in the NHS have been relatively overlookedWed Aug 27 2025 - 23:30
The Terminal List - Dark Wolf review: This series is fun and much smarter than it needs to beTelevision: Dark Wolf is loud and noisy and not for everyone, but packs undeniable punchWed Aug 27 2025 - 13:51
Wolf Alice: The Clearing review – Indie royalty go off target in shot at the mainstreamEven Ellie Rowsell’s velveteen vocals can’t rescue the band’s unapologetic attempt to ape Fleetwood MacWed Aug 27 2025 - 05:10
