Culture

Marian Keyes, Sarah Webb, Oliver Callan and actor Conor O’Donnell are among the ambassadors for this year’s event

Plus: In one-hit-wonder Charlene’s 1976 hit, I’ve Never Been to Me, which French city does she say she’s visited?

Compelling book argues convincingly that the 1997-2007 government was not a continuation of Thatcherism

Documentary accompanies Yours Eternally, a song featuring Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia

Longlist features two books first published in their original languages more than 30 years ago

Broadcast containing N-word remained on BBC iPlayer overnight before coverage was taken down

Robert Carradine, a member of the famed acting family, died by suicide

Don’t be surprised if Guy Ritchie’s new series catapults the young Cork actor into being Ireland’s next acting superstar

‘Film-maker of the senses’ on his apocalyptic, Oscar-nominated sensation and being a ‘freak’ in Spain

This biography of the right-wing media celebrity is timely, informative and highly readable

Television: Absorbing first episode of three-part series explores ominous possibility that AI isn’t so much stealing our jobs, as our souls

Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson was heard shouting several times during the ceremony

Franz Ferdinand may be arty, and a little arch, but Alex Kapranos and co are certainly not aloof

Theatre: Well-considered physical performances as concrete cell becomes allegorical farmland

Large paintings dominate the show, and the exhibition space itself, a former Franciscan church, accommodates them with ease