In All’s Fair, I genuinely worry that Kim Kardashian might be flammable
The output of Ryan Murphy, who thinks subtlety is for cowards, now resembles children’s programming but real sexy like
Patrick Freyne’s guide to the biggest horror TV shows, from Stranger Things to Sesame Street
Including the attractive conformists of Wednesday’s posh private school, the paranormal Baywatch spinoff and the Joanna Lumley show that scarred an Irish child for life
What is ‘Six Seven’ and why is the world currently obsessed with this latest online trend?
The viral phrase from a 2024 rap track has children shouting in unison — and leaving adults utterly lost
A Syrian artist who took refuge in Dublin: ‘Picasso came to this life to open a door. I hope I can open a door’
Manar Mervat Al Shouha, who fled civil war, prefers to talk through her paintings, but she has much to say about her fears for Syria, Irish people’s indirectness, and how ‘the feeling of time’ is similar in both countries
As a culchie, I know culchies. Here’s my definitive guide to culchie culture, aka culchure
Dublin Jackeens will quake as a new series of The 2 Johnnies’ Late Night Lock In takes over our TV screens
Carl Kinsella on living with OCD: ‘It’s like having a puppet regime installed in your head’
The columnist and author on relating more to Generation X than his own age group, taking extended breaks from everyday life, and his existential dread of tech billionaires
Leaving Gaza for Ireland: My soul is there. My memories are there. My cat is there
Dr Mohammed Abu Mughessib, who has lived in Gaza for 25 years, has been accepted for an MSF advisory job based in Ireland
Heather Humphreys gives it welly as she rallies rural support
Candidate says she could ‘still milk a cow’ if she had to as farmers share concern over issues facing them
I don’t want to see Victoria Beckham chatting over coffee. I want to see her in a rocket to space
There’s definitely a fascinating documentary to be made about the Beckham family. Maybe next time
Pillow Queens: ‘When we’re seeing trans friends’ rights being taken we absolutely let the music take a back seat’
Irish band reflects on what makes them different, feeling a ‘new energy’ and how their work has resonated with people
Songs and jokes for Catherine Connolly at presidential fundraiser
The Connolly Céilí in Temple Bar is a multi-generational affair attended by people with tattoos, keffiyehs and anoraks
The Celebrity Traitors is clearly ripped off from Traitors Ireland: A Nation Once Again
Perfidious Albion has, in fairness, assembled quite a crop of celebrities - though Claudia Winkleman is no Siobhán McSweeney
Beyond Charlie Kirk: The political US influencers you may not have heard of
We live in siloed information ecosystems where an ideological figure who has the ear of the US president can be unknown to huge chunks of the population
Today I will discuss House of Beamish. I think I remember the plot from history class, but we were all quite drunk
Much like Downton Abbey, House of Guinness is best treated as a delightful hallucinatory cheese dream
The Morning Show is just like real life. Who hasn’t slept with a tech billionaire?
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s show is an enjoyable but chaotic mess that makes a compelling argument for tearing the Fourth Estate to the ground












