The Irish Times

Armageddon time: how Stanley Kubrick made us laugh at the annihilation of the human race

Re-issued in cinemas next week some 55 years after its initial theatrical run, Dr Strangelove is arguably the most improbable comedy ever made

Sat May 11 2019 - 05:00

Word for Word: How to cope with reader’s block

In the past six weeks, the only book I’ve finished is ‘Pietr the Latvian’ and that clocks in at only 160 generously spaced pages. I’m beginning to feel desperate

Sat Aug 02 2014 - 01:00

In the shadow of the bomb

The most consistent risk of nuclear disaster has come not from warmongering politicians but from computer glitches and human error. A loose wire could have triggered an apocalypse, says Eric Schlosser, the ‘Fast Food Nation’ author, whose new book, ‘Command and Control’, is about the management and politics of nuclear weapons

Sat Nov 02 2013 - 01:00

Radio: Roma kids get a new bogeyman for Halloween. David Norris gets a clean shave

Armageddon, abduction and aliens: amid the scary stories on The Last Word and Drivetime, the senators appearance on The Ray D’Arcy Show to talk about his cancer provided unexpected relief

Sat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00