The loneliness of the long-distance Punner – Frank McNally on writers and running

An Irishman’s Diary

Golden Globes 2022: Belfast wins best screenplay in discredited awards

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the Irish

Confusion at Cannes as Spike Lee reveals Palme d’Or winner too soon

French director Julia Ducournau’s serial killer odyssey Titane wins top honour

I am a running addict. If I miss a few days the withdrawal symptoms are real

I can slide sweetly into a parallel universe where everything feels effortless and worries disappear

Translated fiction round-up: Perspectives from the Egyptian revolution, a Murakami collection and more

Reviews: Distant Sunflower Fields, The Story of a Goat, The Fool and Other Moral Tales, The Republic of False Truths, First Person Singular, Heaven

Nobel Prize in literature 2020: who will win after after years of scandal?

Experts are predicting a cautious choice this week after last year’s divisive award to Peter Handke

Armchair travel: Look east and discover Japan from home

Experience the Land of the Rising Sun from the comfort of the couch, with these films, cultural tours, documentaries and recipes

Curzon Home Cinema: vivid selection of films to rent online

Art house classics rub shoulders with Palme d’Or winners and critically acclaimed works

Legging It – Frank McNally on the Japanese obsession with running in relays

Two Irish authors shortlisted for Bad Sex in Fiction award

Julian Gough and William Wall join Haruki Murakami as nominees for ‘worst sexual description’ of 2018

Cork Film Festival: An early taste of awards season certs

Hot tips: Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, David Lowery’s The Old Man and the Gun

Asian cinema lights up Cannes but Star Wars gets the fireworks

There was plenty of Hollywood bling – and anger – at this year’s festival but new movies from Hirokazu Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi were quieter highlights

Cannes 2018: Bada bing! Travolta brings the Mob to the red carpet

Cannes diary: Protests against Gaza killings and racism also take centre stage

Cannes film festival: the class acts of 2018

Despite a dispute with Netflix and films not being ready in time, the competition is one of the funkiest, least creaky in years