Kitten Caboodle – Frank McNally on Covid, Cats, and TS Eliot

An Irishman’s Diary

Dubliner in Philadelphia: The DJ who fills the airwaves with new Irish acts

‘I used to joke that I was the only Irish person in Philly I knew that didn’t own a pub. It’s only a slight exaggeration’

‘I moved to New York with a guitar and $200, and ended up playing with Bowie’

For guitarist Gerry Leonard, the city itself has been his ‘biggest teacher’

Robbie Williams: 'At least two times I went out in Ireland and woke up in London'

The singer has just announced a live date in Dublin's Aviva Stadium next year. Here, he recalls his hedonistic years and why he changed his mind and finally gave family life a go

Leonard Cohen’s quest for something higher

Cohen turns 80 soon, and the shelves will be heaving with newly published books about the poet of pop, which take in everything from his Jewish upbringing to the tryst behind the song So Long Marianne

Word for Word: How a classic crosses over into song