Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster: Modern horrors presented as thrilling gig theatre
Who can think of a previous play where the Gate Theatre’s audiences danced at their seats?
From Atlantis to Frankenstein, volcanoes have long shaped European culture
One of the most dramatic effects of large eruptions is their ability to affect life on the other side of the world
Greek myths, fairy tales and now TikTok: our enduring love affair with horror
Halloween horror taps into cultural roots going back to ancient Greece via the Romantics
RL Stine has sold 400 million books: ‘And people say kids don’t read’
The Goosebumps author on his rules for writing and the new Fear Street films on Netflix
Code that formed basis of worldwide web for sale as non-fungible token
Proceeds of sale by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the internet, to go to charity
If the film's great, who cares if it's faithful to the book?
When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming
Never mind the Bridgertons, meet England’s first feminist
Unthinkable: Mary Wollstonecraft’s time in Ireland seemed to influence her world view
Can the Covid-19 pandemic help us fix our technology problem?
The history of innovation has plenty of lessons on how to fight the coronavirus crisis and transform our future
Book quiz: ‘A plague on both your houses’ is from which Shakespeare play?
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Put down The Plague, a novel by De Maistre is more hopeful
In lockdown for 42 days in 1794, author finds pleasure ‘in travelling round one’s room’
The Perfect Candidate: Mila Al Zahrani’s acting rescues a film slight on plot
Review: Haifaa al-Mansour returns to Saudi Arabia for a study of the pressures put upon women
Hugh O’Conor: ‘I had to go to Irish college rather than be in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’
The ‘My Left Foot’ child actor does not only act - he’s now a writer and film-maker too
Silicon Valley’s touted ‘utopia’ helped deliver our current dystopia
When the Vatican complains you’re dragging the US ‘back to the past’ , you know you’re in trouble
Synthetic biology leap does not have to lead to monstrous outcomes
These technologies must be kept out of the hands of people who would misuse them
The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: all this year’s nominees
After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories
Netflix commissions new animation from Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon
Nora Twomey, Oscar nominee for ‘The Breadwinner’, will direct ‘My Father’s Dragon’
Frnkstn review: A mutation of man and monster
Michael West’s new version of Frankenstein wonders if the scientist and monster are now one and the same
High Theatre: the critic’s choice of works
Michael West’s Frankenstein adaption and a Wexford man without promise of a future
So you think you know the story of Frankenstein?
‘Frnkstn’, at the Abbey Theatre, reanimates the monster for a new generation
‘They couldn’t look past me as a woman’
Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour on breaking the rules and filming on the streets of Dublin
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
The worst film titles of all time
The upcoming ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ is so bad it's good
Maisie Williams: ‘I really should get a house in Ireland’
The ‘Game of Thrones’ star on her love of Ireland, the problem with stereotypes and her first feminist icon
Chinese surgeon plans first head transplant after corpse success
Ren Xiaoping working on timeframe for first procedure on a living human
Maureen Dowd: Prospect of President Zuckerberg is very scary
Facebook’s Frankenstein moment in US election shows its power to warp democracy
Oscars countdown starts here. And the Irish are in the race
Several films with Irish involvement impressed critics at the Toronto Film Festival
No Filter review: Blurred visions in post-crash Ireland
Orlagh Collins’ debut YA novel gives a snapshot of everything from bankruptcy to first love
Irish Film Board lauds Oscar hits but calls for increased funding
2017 production slate includes films starring Pat Shortt, Cillian Murphy and Elle Fanning
Joe Schmidt turns blood-and-guts Paddies into well-oiled machine
Ireland all about plan, process and performance as they front up to All Blacks again
Artificial intelligence is dead: long live data analytics
We are as far as ever from creating machines with true cognition
A thrillingly intimate 30 minutes with Andrew Scott
He stole the show in Sherlock and is about to break into Bond – but it’s Sea Wall that has had the biggest impact on his work
Léan Cullinan on learning to love rewriting
This week, to mark the end of our How to Write a Book series, we have a daily Q&A with a debut author
Five Go on a Treasure Hunt: Pat McCabe, please bag me a fortune
When asked for this series, in competition with four other bargain hunters, to pick up an old item that could turn a profit, I set out to find a decent rare volume
Brought to Book: Andrej Longo on his literary life
Reviews are essential. I enjoy looking at my book as if I were another person
Benedict Cumberbatch: "I have been the bearer of a few secrets this year"
Benedict Cumberbatch first set hearts aflutter in the BBCs hugely popular Sherlock, which returns on New Year’s Day, and has since made great waves playing Julian Assange, Khan and now, as the voice of Smaug, the dragon in The Hobbit. He has also made a big impact on the world of otters. He talks to Donald Clarke
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