Richard Osman: ‘The worst thing in the world is someone telling you they’re writing a novel’
The star of quiz show Pointless on his new novel, being on telly, and why class is crucial
Downton Abbey: Chaos, charm and an orgy of happy endings
Review: The familiarity of it does little to dull the appeal
After Life: Ricky Gervais’s obnoxious new comedy isn’t funny
Review: His character dabbles in heroin, befriends sex workers and assists a suicide
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: as bland as mashed potatoes
Review: It’s polite, tweedy and so anaemic you feel the urge to feed it a pint of Guinness
Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie
‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies
Domhnall Gleeson on Peter Rabbit: `It's Peadar . . . What’s ‘rabbit’ in Irish?'
Behind the scenes at the making of the film version of the Beatrix Potter’s book – and keeping lookout for an appearance by Julian Assange
Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Charles Dance return to the Gate for Michael Colgan’s farewell programme
The starry line-up features work by Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel and Harold Pinter
John Hurt obituary: Open-hearted and hysterically funny
In later years his face developed creases like the famous ‘lived-in’ face of Samuel Beckett
Breda O’Brien: US struggles to find an honest candidate for president
The best bet seems to be a car salesman and professional magician
The BFG review: It's no catastrophe, but it's no E.T.
Steven Spielberg directs Roald Dahl’s classic tale which is playing out of competition in Cannes
London honours Samuel Beckett with plaque at former home
‘Staying in this town gives me little pleasure’, author said of city in 1934 letter to cousin
Downton Abbey ends on a happy note in swansong episode
Spoiler alert: Irish television viewers say goodbye to the Crawleys in Christmas finale
'Belle' director on women film-makers and how the zeitgeist rules cinema
Director Amma Asante's acclaimed new film is inspired by the true story of a mixed-heritage daughter of a British Royal Navy admiral
Gate Theatre makes its German debut with two Samuel Beckett productions
Audiences at the Ruhrfestspiele festival identify with Michael Gambon and Barry McGovern’s takes on absurdity
'Vast’ numbers should protest Dublin incinerator, says Irons
Noted actor says people 'Ireland-wide’ should defy establishment of Ringsend waste facility
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