Mandy Patinkin: ‘Ukraine needs people to pay attention. I’m finished being afraid’

The Homeland star talks about writing music, praying with his dog and acting at 69

50 scary films to watch at Halloween

Scare yourself silly with this list of everything from classic films to modern hits

Follow the Michelin star to the Burren’s foodie riches

With the Wild Honey Inn’s Michelin win, attention is on the Burren and its food producers

What’s your county’s claim to fame?

A cure for leprosy? The Connemarathon? The home of Botox, or Viagra? Birthplace of the MGM lion? Whatever its claim to fame, know your county’s bragging rights

The next big thing? Not doughnuts

It’s tempting to imitate what’s already popular but that’s not progress

Jennifer O’Connell: Lovesick 19-year-olds, take it from me. He's probably not The One

Carrie Fisher's gawky reminisce of falling in lust with Harrison Ford brings back mortifying memories

The unbreakable lightness of being Kimmy Schmidt

As the second season of Tina Fey's critically acclaimed Netflix comedy launches today, the cast talk big laughs, bad tempers and accidentally peeing on your co-star

How novel: books about books and the joy of reading

Books goes meta-fictional and multi-story with our list of mega tales about telling tales

Review: The Congress

The perfect children’s film: a Western with aliens, Moses and true love

Few things inspire children more than movies, so what are the favourite childhood films of actors, directors and producers at the Cinemagic festival?

Jack the Giant Slayer