Patrick Freyne on the manosphere influencers who shaped him from Charlie Haughey to Magnum PI
Louis Theroux’s latest documentary has me thinking about the golden age of male role models – the 1980s and 1990s
Cillian Murphy: ‘It was one of the greatest weeks of my life. I haven’t talked about it much’
The star of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man has been heavily involved in its soundtrack – as music has always been the actor’s most profound inspiration
Ray D’Arcy: ‘I’ve lost my job and my mother. What’s going to happen next?’
The broadcaster says he thought ‘the sky would fall in’ if he left RTÉ, but his departure has been an ‘enforced liberation’
Britain has had enough of experts and royals. It’s now a celebritocracy
On some level I feel like maybe it’s okay if Danny Dyer runs everything. Looking at the world right now, there are definitely worse political systems
‘School could be quite cruel. Songs were a saviour for me’: Philip King on music, film and the essentiality of the arts
In the week he brought Foo Fighters to Kerry, the man behind Other Voices says the Irish State cannot just pay lip service to the arts’ centrality
Patrick Freyne: The Muppets’ body horror might seem extreme, but children need to learn
Miss Piggy and Babs Windsor – aka Sabrina Carpenter – are clearly in love
Foo Fighters turn St James’ Church, Dingle, into the world’s smallest stadium
The American band made St James Church of Other Voices fame feel like the smallest stadium in the world
Basic Income for the Arts is now permanent. But for artists who apply, the money is not
Campaigners say the cyclical scheme is ‘a decent start’ but want it expanded. Others are unsure ‘how sustainable it is to support every artist in the country forever’
Patrick Freyne: If I could marry a TV show, I’d choose this one about a bearded man
From a warm, funny series about connection to the embodiment of cuddly evil, these are the recent(ish) shows I’ve liked most
Lord of the Flies: Adolescence writer Jack Thorne’s experiment in free-range parenting
Speaking of strange islands, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s less famous brother Charles has a documentary on Prime Video
Lisa McGee on her new Netflix mystery comedy: ‘A messed-up cousin of Derry Girls’
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast stars Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne as three friends investigating another’s death
Elon Musk met John Collison for a pint. Here’s what happened
The conversation is mainly about Musk but still relatively revealing about Collison’s worldview. These are my takeaways
Lord of the Dance at 3Arena: The whole Celtic kitschen sink plays out under Flatley’s watchful eye
This story of a simple dance aristocrat’s battle with dark forces could almost be a metaphor for creator Michael Flatley’s recent court travails
What do the women want? Nice frocks, good sex and, as Nicola Coughlan knows, one more key element
Thankfully, the Irish Bridgerton star is engaged in a psy-op to bring down the sexy empire from within
Patrick Freyne: The Beauty asks big questions. What if sexy people got so hot they exploded?
Ryan Murphy’s show has the shape of satire while never making it entirely clear what’s being satirised