As queen of live events, in 2026 I will compel all gigs to specify stage times
Cultural new year’s resolutions revolve around one radical idea: we don’t have to live like this
Lily Allen
Music: 84 gigs to catch, including The Cure, CMAT – and one with €690 tickets
The biggest live events of the year ahead, from Emmylou Harris in January to Interpol and Bloc Party in November
Best music in 2025: Irish Times critics choose the albums and acts of the year
From CMAT to Chappell Roan, and Maria Somerville to Rosalía, women have ruled the industry this year
Trinny’s Irish right-hand man: ‘School was tough. I was bullied and had undiagnosed dyslexia’
John Corcoran, the Dublin-born chief make-up artist for Trinny Woodall, on his character traits, happiest moment, and his fixation with songs and clothes
The Music Quiz: What are Lily Allen’s middle names?
Plus: Who co-directed the forthcoming Billie Eilish concert film, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour?
Stranger Things has turned us inside out and upside down. Is the best yet to come?
Geeks were already going mainstream before the sci-fi franchise landed, but the love letter to nerd culture took the trend to another level
Lily Allen announces Dublin show for June 2026
Gig comes as Lily Allen’s acclaimed album West End Girl has racked up millions of listens on Spotify
Róisín Ingle: I told the world to leave me alone, and it did. Wow
I desperately needed some distraction, and found it in new music from Taylor Swift, Lily Allen and Bressie
Lily Allen’s confessional art
New album ‘interrogates sociological changes in traditional relationships’
No, Lily Allen, we were never meant to know this much about one another
The centuries-deep tradition of the artist trading in metaphor is gone, as Allen breezily lyricises about her infidelitous husband’s bag of sex toys
Lily Allen’s new album is racking up millions of listens and hitting a nerve with women everywhere
Millennials and Gen X-ers haven’t been as united on social media since Wagatha Christie became a courtroom drama
Lily Allen and David Harbour’s ‘weird and wonderful’ Brooklyn townhouse for sale for €8m
Lily Allen and David Harbour bought the five-bed home after they got married in 2020
Lily Allen: West End Girl review – Unflinching account of doomed relationship is a tough listen
A pop album is not the most suitable conduit for the singer’s grim portraits of the break-up of her marriage
As abortions triple, when will we admit that reluctant repealers were profoundly wrong?
We collect statistics on where abortions happen in Ireland and under what part of the legislation, and little else. We have zero interest in knowing why women have them
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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