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The comic actor is playing four parts in the new stage version of Stanley Kubrick’s film, which comes to Ireland in 2025
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TV Baftas 2022: Social issues take spotlight at inclusive ceremony
Pleas to save Channel 4 took centre stage on Sunday night amid uncertainty over future
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Neither Jake Humphrey nor Rangnick’s men could lift pundit’s spirits on glum night
Emer McLysaght: No home improvement show is too bonkers for me to watch
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Paul Rudd is the world’s sexiest not-very-Irish man
People Magazine named him ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. An Irish connection was swiftly unearthed
Paul Howard: Ten things I’ve learned writing Ross O’Carroll-Kelly
I have changed Ireland in one small way – causing the demise of the name Ross
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Tribunals have been held for lesser matters than Uefa’s woeful scheduling
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Soldier’s songs and the War of Independence
Rebel songs were an integral part of the culture of Republicanism in the early 20th century
Steve Coogan: ‘Come Out, Ye Black and Tans is two fingers to the British’
‘The whole history between the British and the Irish runs through me’, says Coogan
Bombshell review: This film doesn’t have an idea in its pretty little head
Despite its three Oscar nominations, Bombshell isn’t as smart as the women it depicts
I was Boris Johnson’s boss: he is utterly unfit to be British prime minister
The Tory party is about to foist a tasteless joke upon the British people. He cares for nothing but his own fame and gratification
Meghan Markle shock: Stilettos aside, she looks like a woman who’s just had a baby
Prince Archie’s mum – the baby’s name has been revealed – looks refreshingly natural
Alan Partridge is England’s man of the moment
Series review: Alan Partridge, the new Emperor of England, knows he’s naked
John Cooney thriving on opportunity among the sons of Ulster
Ruan Pienaar’s departure proved to be key as scrumhalf made move to Belfast from Connacht
Come Out Ye Black and Tans: Think you know what it’s about? You probably don’t
It has been on Alan Partridge and a Brady’s ham ad. So what does the rebel song mean?
Alan Partridge singing Come Out, Ye Black and Tans both awkward and hilarious
BBC One viewers treated to a stirring rendition of the rebel song on the ‘This Time with Alan Partridge’ show
Local radio layoffs continue to loom for real-life Alan Partridges
London Letter: Leave-veering audiences to lose out to capital’s output
This Time With Alan Partridge: A wicked study in prejudice and panic
‘Guess who’s back in the big time?’ he gloats in hilarious first episode of new show
Alan Partridge spams 20,000 BBC colleagues
Chatshow host, returning to present ‘This Time’, gives out his BBC email address
‘Famous and Fighting Crime’: A bit too much like a human fox hunt
Channel 4’s questionable show sees celebrities join officers responding to emergencies
Alan Partridge returns to the BBC in time for Brexit
Presenter’s shambling persona is perfect for our political moment, says Steve Coogan
Liverpool’s sloppiness against Arsenal will give rivals hope
While a 5-1 victory looked impressive, how good, really, were Jürgen Klopp’s side?
I’m a Celebrity 2018: Noel Edmonds vs the hunks, honeys and diamond geezers
The Deal or No Deal presenter promises pure TV gold in the jungle
TV View: Sky Sports exposed by Leicester helicopter crash
The channel queasily struck names from the list of possible casualties, as if playing bingo
The Eagles’ ‘Greatest Hits’ is music for people who do not really like music
Album is now top-selling album in US after overtaking Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’
TV: Uncontrollable giggles aplenty on Gone to Pot
ITV documentary follows vintage TV stars on their cannabis-fuelled journey of discovery
Doing Trump with a funny voice, the danger is he just becomes a clown
Armando Iannucci, one of the most feared satirist's in the business, takes on Stalin in a comedy of terrors
Steve Coogan wins phone-hacking damages
Mirror Group ordered to pay damages to celebrity in relation to 62 published articles
‘Snakes vs Iguana’ named TV moment of the year at Baftas
Watch the thrilling sequence that brought David Attenborough one of two TV 2016 Baftas
Rylan is proof that reality TV works and the hero we all need
He might look a Freddie Mercury hologram but Rylan Clark-Neal is far better than the frigid format of quiz show Babushka
'I laughed out loud at Mrs Brown's chat show. In The Irish Times. Near where Fintan sits'
All Round to Mrs Brown's is the kind of programme it's possible to love and hate at the same time
Oliver Callan casts a wry eye on US election comedy show
Our own media has questions to answer about coverage of the last election
Nigel Farage: from Brexit hero to Donald Trump’s little helper
Opinion: Nigel is thrilled to play Danny Glover to Donald Trump’s Mel Gibson
TV View: ‘Beef’ Johnston is Sky’s face of normality in golf’s elite world
Faldo gives the impression he’s rushing off to his bigger earner on another network
Patrick Marber: ‘I’ve never had a good idea I didn’t immediately regret’
He’s worked on Alan Partridge, adapted Fifty Shades of Grey, and is evangelical about ‘deliciously evil’ vaping. But when it came to tackling August Strindberg, Patrick Marber says his ‘infidelity might be an act of love’
Spectre review: James Bond back on form, but...
Tension between innovation and tradition ultimately pulls latest 007 episode to pieces
Can the new Ford Mondeo Vignale hit the premium spot?
Vignale is aimed at Audi and BMW drivers, but the price is not so tempting
Let the shop come to you: an online personal stylist for men
Enclothed.co.uk combines the convenience of online shopping with sartorial assistance
Changing careers: ‘I panicked only slightly when I handed in my resignation letter’
I bought a house, then moved out. Marched against austerity. Tried to get thin. Had a romance. Finally, I packed in my legal career and moved to Norwich to do a master’s in creative writing
That’s entertainment: our bumper TV, film and music roundup
Brian Boyd and Emma Somers root through a bumper crop of TV, film and music to find gift ideas for the loved one who thinks they’ve seen it all
Back in the R.O.I – Fifty years on, the Fab Four are still causing a stir in Dublin
Celebrating 50 years since The Beatles played their only Irish gigs, the Dublin Beatles Festival takes place this weekend with tribute bands, exhibitions, plays, interviews and more
Armando Iannucci on Veep: ‘Washington seems to have confessed it’s all true’
Iannucci brilliantly captured British politics with ‘The Thick of It’ and now he’s doing the same in the US with ‘Veep’. Despite this, he thinks politics is immune to his satire
Boyfriend Kyle takes a gamble on Molly as Roses stay on message
Impervious to irony, and terrifying in their positivity, the Roses still impress
Tennis needs the money to flow down hill
Players outside the top are struggling to play the game professionally due to prize money
Sky’s latest laugh with its comedy commitment
Sky’s first ever head of comedy, Lucy Lumsden, talks about the serious business of funny
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