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Dalkey Book Festival: Salman Rushdie among authors announced in line-up
Over the four days, some of the world’s best known literary faces will descend on Dalkey
Jamie Dornan to play Aragorn in new Lord of The Rings movie, The Hunt for Gollum
The new film is due to be released on December 17th, 2027
Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood to host Saturday Night Live UK
Coughlan will front the comedy show on April 25th, alongside Foo Fighters as musical guests
Nicole Kidman is training to become death doula to ‘provide solace and care’ to dying
It 'may sound a little weird', the Australian actor admits
Cholera, ‘night soil’ and the age of stink: Colin Murphy’s Miasma is a tightly structured historical drama
Colin Murphy’s densely researched play, directed by Samantha Cade, centres on rival approaches to tackling disease in 19th-century London
Basic income for arts scheme ‘causing segregation’ and open to abuse, officials told
One artist says housemate is availing of the scheme even though they do ‘not appear to be actively engaged in any creative practice’
Fairness of basic income for arts scheme under scrutiny as new funding round opens
Artists unsuccessful in previous funding express frustration at nature of scheme and monitoring of recipients’ output
Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng: ‘I’m interested in outsiders, that feeling of in-between, and trying to find peace in that’
The Madonna of Asia, Ní Chléirigh-Ng’s new play, is concerned with the dark side of Hong Kong’s golden age of music and film in 1980s and 1990s
After the Shy Girl controversy, where does publishing’s AI problem leave authors and readers?
Publishers risk unwittingly putting out books generated with artificial-intelligence tools. Authors and readers are frustrated, nervous and grasping for solutions
Cannes 2026: Barry Keoghan, Daryl McCormack and Lola Petticrew films win prestige slots
Butterfly Jam and I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning to screen in Directors’ Fortnight. Alexander Murphy’s Tin Castle announced for Critics’ Week
The Music Quiz: Which singer-songwriter will be a London Literature Festival 2026 curator?
Plus: Which ‘ville’ is the birthplace of US country singer Luke Combs?
Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester: a revenge story of Millennials versus Boomers
Function of this genre is to sublimate what Nietzsche called ressentiment, the rage that arises from a feeling of powerlessness
Tributes paid to singer Moya Brennan: ‘Her voice was the signature sound of Clannad’
Celebrated musician won a Grammy and an Emmy during hugely successful career
Moya Brennan’s exceptional voice with Clannad’s sound was unique
The musician’s death has come as a shock to all who followed her and her band, Clannad
Couture director Alice Winocour: ‘Angelina Jolie was a punk when she was younger. She still has that spirit’
The French director immersed herself in the fashion world for her upcoming movie, which stars Jolie as a film-maker who learns during Paris Fashion Week that she has breast cancer


























































































