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The Muppet Show on Disney+: The humour is largely terrible – but isn’t that the point?
Television: This one-off reboot is faithful to the 1970s original, when there was no high concept, and Sabrina Carpenter provides the perfect opening night guest
Gabriel Tallent on the ‘soul-destroying agony’ of his first book tour, and his ‘less violent’ second novel
Tallent’s debut My Absolute Darling, hailed as a ‘masterpiece’ by Stephen King, catapulted him into fame without warning
Send Help review: Trash this classy doesn’t come along often enough
Sam Raimi’s genre-skipping desert-island satire gives Rachel McAdams room to be charming, vicious and unsettling in equal measure
My Father’s Shadow review: An intimate family portrait and a deceptively sprawling portrait of Lagos
Akinola Davies jnr’s film quietly marries personal and national histories in Nigeria
The Music Quiz: What is the title of the forthcoming Courtney Love documentary?
Plus: Which film director designed the cover art of Don’t Be Dumb, the new album by A$AP Rocky?
Into the Weeds by Lydia Davis: Smart insights on writing
For a book-length lecture, Davis was invited to speak about why she writes
Kevin Bakhurst: ‘For many years the level of presenter pay at RTÉ got a little bit out of control’
Director general disagrees with Claire Byrne’s claim of ‘editorial nervousness’ at broadcaster
‘Let’s get to it!’ Claire Byrne wheels out the big guns for her first day back at Newstalk
Radio: Former RTÉ host anchors station’s rejig, Anton Savage brings faintly rakish charm to breakfast; The Hard Shoulder gives Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman welcome extra time
The Killarney man behind Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy win: ‘It was a real joy’
From rap to opera, Irish talent was celebrated at the 2026 awards ceremony
Lord of the Dance show at 3Arena to go ahead despite earlier cancellation
Michael Flatley granted injunction by High Court in Belfast to allow 30th-anniversary show to be staged in Dublin
Who is Bad Bunny? Only the ‘King of Latin Trap’ and next weekend’s Super Bowl headliner
The Puerto Rican star is one of the biggest artists in the world
US TV host Savannah Guthrie’s mother was likely abducted, Arizona sheriff says
Nancy Guthrie, who has limited mobility, was last seen by her family on Saturday
Morfydd Clark: ‘Hamlet is about the suffering of many to make a few people very wealthy. That felt painfully relevant’
The Welsh actor on playing Ophelia in a new modern-day take, how bilingualism has shaped her, and the evergreen relevance of Shakespeare
Best new music books: Bowie, Boston and the Scatman’s Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop
Recent 10th anniversary of David Bowie’s death saw the publication of numerous books about him
Secret Genius on Channel 4: A boring brain gymkhana, and no Irish even made the cut
Television: While it’s heartening to see those who were told they won’t amount to much receiving a pat on the back, the actual format is 50 shades of sleep-inducing
