The Irish Times

Queen of Denmark hired to design set on new Netflix film

Margrethe II to add adaptation of Karen Blixen’s fantasy novel Ehrengard to her screen credits

Wed Sept 01 2021 - 09:49

Ken Early: England’s Premier class intent on creating their own history

Southgate’s squad full of players who play with, compete against and learn from world’s best

Sat Jul 10 2021 - 06:00

Danes tend to keep it low-key – but not this summer

Heightened sense of emotion and camaraderie in Denmark similar to wartime spirit

Tue Jul 06 2021 - 13:53

Into the light – An Irishman’s Diary on Harry Clarke

Dublin-born stained-glass artist died 90 years ago this week

Mon Jan 04 2021 - 18:59

Eighteen Irish panto productions for all the family to watch this season

Pantomimes and family shows have gone online – or even switched to a drive-in format

Thu Dec 03 2020 - 10:00

Anger grows as theatre sector asks why it’s not allowed to open

Reopening of cinemas but not theatres described as ‘inconsistent and illogical’

Wed Dec 02 2020 - 16:50

Danish police investigate after ‘racist fish’ is scrawled on Little Mermaid statue

Copenhagen police say they consider the daubing of the landmark to be vandalism

Fri Jul 03 2020 - 16:23

Every Christmas the children’s books come down from the attic

The book bag, like our eldest, is turning 18 this December

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 06:05

Nobody saw it coming ... 10 reasons Frozen became the highest grossing animation ever

Sly feminism, a jerk of a prince, and a tune adored by girls, boys and karaoke drunks

Mon Nov 18 2019 - 14:57

Illustrators who refuse to be left out of the picture

Fed up of her work going uncredited in children’s books, Sarah McIntyre decided to act

Wed Mar 13 2019 - 06:00

Pantomime: Two snowy leading ladies to kick off the new year

The Tivoli’s Snow White, and Gaeity’s Snow Queen are fabulously reworked classics

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 05:00

Children’s books: what were the standout titles of the year?

Peter Donnelly’s ‘The President’s Cat’, Louise O’Neill’s ‘The Surface Breaks’ and more

Thu Dec 06 2018 - 05:00

Kate Bush: The Heathcliff, Peter Pan and Othello connections

From Shakespeare to Emily Bronte, literature has featured strongly across her 10 albums

Mon Dec 03 2018 - 05:00

Exhibit A – An Irishwoman’s Diary on the Ballydehob Museum of Treasures

Mon Apr 16 2018 - 00:01

Behind the scenes at Gate Theatre's 'The Red Shoes'

Selina Cartmell’s dark version of the fairytale has just opened at the Gate Theatre. Here’s how the story of dance and destruction took shape

Mon Dec 11 2017 - 05:00

‘I love it when things go wrong’: Ryan Tubridy gears up for the toy show

RTÉ’s Christmas showcase will have a nautical theme this year inspired by The Little Mermaid

Fri Dec 01 2017 - 06:19

Nigel Slater: My dearest memory is of making mince pies with my mum

The food writer on his beautiful new book, his season’s reading and how to winter well

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00

Serena and Venus Williams reach Australian Open final

Melbourne final to be a family-affair after Lucic-Baroni and Vandeweghe are beaten

Thu Jan 26 2017 - 08:34

Flaubert’s travel diary goes up for auction for €600,000

The handwritten book reveals the Madame Bovary author’s literary struggles, and is part of an auction cache that includes first editions of works by Goethe and the Marquis de Sade

Mon Nov 07 2016 - 11:36

Let me out of my coffin . . . I’m alive!

Premature burial was an understandable fear in centuries past. It happened.

Sun Oct 30 2016 - 18:00

Princess Charlotte: the secret powers of her Co Galway rattle

Willow toy made in An Spidéal, Co Galway has made the princess’ official toybox list

Mon May 02 2016 - 19:57

How Patrick Lafcadio Hearn travelled around the world for 150 years, before making his mark in Waterford

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, who is perhaps better known in Japan than the country he was born in, is finally getting the recognition he deserves thanks to Tramore’s new memorial gardens

Tue Jun 23 2015 - 18:34