Maureen Dowd: Once more unto the breach for Britain and France
Hundred Years’ War still raging in the French and British Embassies in D.C.
Tiger King, season two: A lazy cash-grab sequel that has nothing to say
TV review: Millions of subscribers bayed for more Joe Exotic content. Netflix found a way
Prince Philip: Irascible, possibly unfaithful – and, since The Crown, so incredibly glamorous
Netflix’s hit royal drama has shaped how millions think of the late duke of Edinburgh
Christopher Plummer never hid his dislike of The Sound of Music
Nobody combined charm and menace better than the late Canadian Oscar-winning actor
Gabriel Byrne: ‘Dublin prepared me for Hollywood. I was ready for the bulls**t’
The actor on his struggle with fame, the sexual abuse he endured, and the new Ireland
Netflix’s Rebecca: The new Mrs de Winter isn’t a patch on the first one
Review: The film is so lathered in superficial gloss the subtexts struggle to breathe
Trusting the advice of experts and politicians amid this pandemic
Hague Letter: ‘I needed to know before I took a potentially lethal risk, is it safe?’
Kirk Douglas obituary: Ragman’s son who became a Hollywood superstar
Actor known for celebrated films like Spartacus and Paths of Glory died aged 103
Robert Eggers on bringing Robert Pattinson to The Lighthouse
In 10 years no movie has attracted such a buzz at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes
Jack L: On My Culture Radar
The singer on a Stephen Fry podcast and why The World at War should be mandatory viewing
Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96
Artist was best known for work with opera singers and on Shakespeare plays
Albert Finney obituary: Charismatic actor who never gave in to the establishment
Finney, who married gruff charisma with technical precision, turned down a knighthood
Sale of Belfast’s Havelock House marks end of broadcasting history
UTV had already said goodbye to its home of 59 years after moving to new studio
Where the Heart Is: The peace of living alone after 30 years of marriage
Artist Janet Pierce divides her time between Portugal and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre gate lodge
Oh! What a peculiar film! Anti-war classic comes to west Cork
Richard Attenborough’s son will visit Skibbereen for ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’ screening
On TV this weekend: Ethan Hawke, Gino D’Acampo and Tracey Ullman
Frankie Boyle goes to Russia ahead of the World Cup, plus the final of Britain’s Got Talent
Rise of the standing ovation still runs foul of English theatre etiquette
London Letter: ‘It’s disgusting and it has to be stamped out. Standing ovations are un-English’
My life, my muse and a gentlemanly master chef
How the late Tony Booth changed my life more than anybody who ever came through my office door
The strange death at the heart of CIA's shadowy MK-Ultra programme
Errol Morris’s pioneering documentary goes from intrigue to psychological consumption
Hollywood glamour adds huge value at London auctions
Vivien Leigh and Audrey Hepburn memorabilia hit record highs
Tragedy of Thomas MacDonagh’s family left orphaned after Rising
The children of the Easter Rising leader paid dearly for the price of Irish freedom
Veteran actor best known for ‘Last of the Summer Wine’
Obituary: Peter Sallis. Born February 1st 1921; died June 2nd, 2017
John Hurt: A brilliant actor who ‘never lost his sense of adolescent mischief’
Honorary Irishman was among the cleverest actors of his (or any other) generation
John Hurt obituary: Open-hearted and hysterically funny
In later years his face developed creases like the famous ‘lived-in’ face of Samuel Beckett
‘There’s a whole group of black actors who won’t do Othello’
American actor Peter Macon is playing Othello for the fourth time in the Abbey’s new production, and his love-hate relationship with the ‘problematic material’ is what keeps him coming back
David Cameron finds favour with rhetorical defence of finances
British prime minister’s words had a sympathetic audience in fellow Conservatives
Veteran British actor known for his resonant voice and brooding presence
Frank Finlay: August 6th, 1926 – January 30th, 2016
For ITV’s 60th birthday, it wants a ‘U’ and a ‘TV’ please, Bob
The commercial television network that broke the BBC monopoly is getting on a bit
‘Minder’ star George Cole dies aged 90
Actor best remembered for playing the camel-coated villain Arthur Daley
Last of a famous Dublin theatrical costumier family
Peadar Bourke: September 14th, 1926 - April 10th, 2015
Sri Lanka: the ultimate tea break
From ancient Buddhist temples to colonial-era tea plantations, there’s a warm welcome in Sri Lanka’s beautiful hill country
The Voices: pills, thrills and empathy for a serial killer
Marjane Satrapi has directed an almost indescribable film that oscillates between horror and comedy. It is a strange mixture of Hollywood sheen with a rare moral complexity
Lights, camera, action as UTV Ireland gets ready to launch
The new channel aims to be ‘unmissable’, but is facing stiff competition from RTÉ and TV3
Earthy star of stage and screen and one of Beckett’s favourite performers
Billie Whitelaw: June 6th, 1932 - December 21st, 2014
Pat Kenny back ‘on the road’ for UTV Ireland launch documentary
Broadcaster says television viewers more open to channel-hopping than radio listeners
Redemption song: what’s eating Tommy Lee Jones?
The actor and director has been in fiery form of late. His latest film, a feminist take on the high plains yarn, stars Hilary Swank as a brave frontierswoman. But don’t dare call it a western
Baseball legend who hits home runs on the page
‘New Yorker’ writer Roger Angell is the game’s undisputed poet laureate
Significance of Galway’s comeback will be apparent only after the replay
Kilkenny broke unwelcome new ground by losing a big lead but have their opponents a convincing second act?
Hand ligament damage rules Robbie Henshaw out of Argentina tour
Craig Gilroy or Andrew Conway the most likely candidates to profit from the Athlone prodigy’s misfortune
Stage fright: the monster that scuppers the tour
Adele has it bad. So does Barbra Streisand. And Kate Bush got help with hers to enable her to get back on stage after 35 years
Broadcasting boss braves business south of the Border
Group chief executive of UTV Media John McCann is confident he can make a success of its new TV channel in the Republic
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