Potential new names for the Department of Arts: Smacc, Cacs, Scam and – my favourite – DoSac
Rebrand to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport is an artless move that speaks volumes
Armando Iannucci
The Ballad of Wallis Island: ‘Anyone can hypothetically write Carey Mulligan into their little thing. She was top of our list’
Tim Key and Tom Basden’s new film has been almost two decades in the making. It’s well worth the wait
Magic movies: The 25 best comedies of the past 25 years – in reverse order
From Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 years
There’s a reason why Ireland hasn’t produced a Donald Trump or a Nigel Farage yet
The far right in Ireland is run by the charismatically challenged. If someone capable of stringing a sentence together emerges, that political calculus will change quickly
Dr Strangelove in Dublin review: Steve Coogan gives a bravura performance, but the play around him falls a little flat
Armando Iannucci and Seán Foley’s production of Stanley Kubrick’s political satire leans into broad physical comedy
‘Watch your step’: Steve Coogan takes Patrick Freyne backstage at Dr Strangelove
The comic actor is playing four parts in the new stage version of Stanley Kubrick’s film, which comes to Ireland in 2025
Alexander Skarsgard: Filming The Northman in Ireland was ‘months in the mud’
The Swedish actor stars in a new Viking epic full of revenge, nudity and Nordic berserkers
Andrea Riseborough: ‘I was shredding a duck and I had a moment of clarity’
She left the Chinese restaurant for Rada to become one of her generation’s best actors
Ben Whishaw: ‘I don’t find acting helps my social anxiety’
The actor talks about his off-stage shyness and his latest role in This Is Going to Hurt
‘Succession? I thought, I don’t want to write for a load of white men who are evil’
A career working on Succession, Veep, The Thick of It and other hit TV shows has given Georgia Pritchett a taste for finding the humanity in even the worst characters
Joanna Scanlan: ‘I felt like an embarrassed child running behind the elite pack’
Actor talks about Footlights, teaching, sage advice from doctor and new film After Love
State Funeral: A remarkable portrait of the aftermath of Stalin’s death
Review: This fascinating and invaluable found-footage film is worthy of its title
If the film's great, who cares if it's faithful to the book?
When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming
Twist: Lena Headey is ruthless. Michael Caine is barely awake
Film review: Sky makes a complete pig’s ear of a street-hustler take on Oliver Twist
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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