Alan Gilsenan: ‘I would have had a dreamy, artsy-fartsy notion that a united Ireland would be great’
In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean
A handful of billionaires and a million artists in penury: big tech’s effect on culture, and what you can do about it
Hugh Linehan: This is my last Ticket column. I’ve seen huge changes over my 25-year involvement with the section. But there’s cause for optimism
Jeff Bezos has made a sacrificial offering of the Washington Post. A once-great newspaper is dying in darkness
The paper’s billionaire owner has said its opinion pages will in future support and defend ‘two pillars: personal liberties and free markets’
As it turns 100, meet the most reliable New Yorker you’ll ever encounter
The illustrious magazine remains rooted in the principles and traditions of print journalism. There is surely a lesson there
The Arts Council is about to enter a world of pain. It could be even worse for the artists it’s meant to help
Loss from abandoned €7m computer project could have a knock-on effect on cultural organisations
Arts Council demands high standards of cultural organisations. It failed to meet them itself
A new IT framework will have seemed a good idea to many in the arts, but much went wrong in its implementation
Derelict Dublin: Too often, it feels like a place designed by people who despise its inhabitants
But the place I walk through every day is also full of opportunity and life. It is, in its own way, quite beautiful
The Irish musical slammed by the White House as an ‘insane’ waste of $70,000
‘As an American taxpayer I don’t want my dollars going towards this crap,’ Donald Trump’s press secretary told reporters
Ireland’s cultural sector was hoping for an inspiring choice of Minister. It got Patrick O’Donovan
New Minister has inherited two pressing issues. His record doesn’t instil confidence
Donald Trump’s week: ‘manifest destiny’, overseas expansion and planting the American flag on Mars
Alongside the aggression, sarcasm and triumphalism, there were hints of the techno-imperialism that has recently been added to the Maga mix
US culture is making a U-turn. Be prepared to feel the illiberal backlash in Ireland
The past few months also illustrate how shallow the diversity agenda has been, particularly in the corporate world
‘Meta sees me as a golden goose.’ How Zuckerberg’s AI creations went rogue and gave the game away
Facebook and Instagram have pulled the plug on AI avatars Grandpa Brian and Liv but their successors will soon flood our lives with lies on a hitherto unimaginable scale
Dismayed by pop culture’s shift towards Trump? Then you might be one of the people to blame
Progressive principles held an iron grip on big-budget US entertainment in Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Did that serve those principles well?
One of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films was made free to watch on YouTube. It’s a sign of the trouble movie studios are in
Warner Bros’ experiment with Barry Lyndon and Michael Collins is a sign of its contortions as it tries to reshape itself to modern viewing habits
Jeff Bezos might not be to blame, but Amazon’s Prime Video has made a mess of a Christmas classic
The streamer’s cut version of It’s a Wonderful Life is an abomination – but perhaps not a woke bowdlerisation of the original