Marian Keyes: How I brought my Dad back from the dead (sort of)
‘Dad’s still alive!’ said author’s sister when she read first draft of her new novel
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
Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Mention of Honor Blackman’s name will bring smiles to faces of movie enthusiasts
‘I never considered myself a sex symbol’, James Bond, The Avengers actor once said
Don’t judge a book by its coverage
Donald Clarke: BBC’s ‘novels that shaped our world’ list is terrible in a very particular way
Element Pictures: ‘We’re very ambitious and glass half empty people’
Interview: Element Pictures founders are back from the Oscars ‘fishbowl’ with plans for expansion
Why ‘Venom’, a stupid film about a monster, has killed ‘A Star Is Born’ at the box office
The stinkily reviewed ‘Venom’ proves that the right film at the right time still can sell
Urination once again: when will music festivals achieve peeing equality?
They’re now a meeting point for all sections of society, trying to give all things to all people
Patrick: An agreeable kids’ film about a pugnacious pug
Review: Beattie Edmondson inherits a spoilt pooch in this live-action Disney movie
100 books by women you have to read
Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
Bridget Jones of the Blitz: AJ Pearce’s happy war story
Debut novelist AJ Pearce talks about what inspired her to set her novel ‘Dear Mrs Bird’ during the second World War
‘Any chance of a passport?’ asks the Queen while Lars Von Trier takes on Mrs Brown
Patrick Freyne previews this year’s Christmas TV and gives away some plot twists
'Demographically, women are going to take over the world quite soon. So, enjoy'
Women's writing for Women's Day: Caitlin Moran, the best-selling feminist, talks to Una Mullally about trying to be unfamous and why the future of politics is female
New Bridget Jones book out in October, Helen Fielding says
‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ will recount the heroine’s ‘bumpy journey into motherhood’
Not Working by Lisa Owens review: a gem of a debut
Quick-witted and sharp-tongued, lovable and flawed, Claire is a super narrator that readers will easily connect with, a smarter Bridget Jones
So what’s hot and what’s not this week?
We’re confused by the latest iphone but loving Calvin Klein bikinis
What literature makes of the food we eat
There’s more to food than gourmet meals or comfort eating as it permeates our language, literature and daily lives
“Who will be the next female President of Ireland?” - it’s Question Time on The Women’s Podcast
This Saturday, marks 25 years since Mary Robinson was elected president. Which woman will be next?
Jennifer O’Connell: Worried about gun violence? Have a lollipop
There are many things I love about living in the US, but my children having to do a drill ‘in case a crazy person ever breaks into our school’ isn’t one of them
Innovation must address the big social challenges
Renowned thinker Charles Leadbeater believes we should focus on ‘frugal’ innovators solving real-world problems
Bridget Jones and me: 51 and in slimming knickers
I admire Helen Fielding’s nous but I never much bought into Bridget’s world
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