Will the lithium shortage put the brakes on electric-car plans?
Experts say greater reliance on hybrids, rather than EVs, could be better for planet
George Miller
Film director
Cher at the 3Arena review: Big voice, big wigs and workplace-inappropriate costumes
Dressed like the dominatrix madam of a reasonably-priced bordello, Cher wowed Dublin
Lenny Abrahamson: ‘I was offered some very high-profile prestige movies’
The Dubliner on the exhausting success of Room, anti-Semitism and his ghostly The Little Stranger
Black and white is the new black for feature films
Both Fury Road and Logan are getting re-releases in monochrome form
Oscars 2016: Donald Clarke ranks the best picture nominations
Mainstream entertainments such as Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant jostle with independents including Brooklyn and Room
Una Mullally's alternative Oscars night predictions
While awards season can be unpredictable, there are certain things you can also be damn sure will go down on the night of the Academy Awards
Oscars 2016: Donald Clarke predicts the nominations
There are more mysteries and imponderables this year than over the past decade
Catherine Deneuve adds glamour to low-key Cannes Film Festival
Opening film obscure, but the 68th festival has much to offer, writes Donald Clarke in Cannes
Mad Max 4: ‘The film you couldn’t kill with a stick’
Interview: The French were the first to see Mad Max as a western on wheels, says director George Miller. Forty years later, he’s back in Cannes with the explosive fourth part, Fury Road
US Swimming sexual abuse scandal continues to grow
Truth of decades of abuse is seeping out with more than 100 coaches banned
Veteran lawmakers call time on serving in ‘obnoxious’ US Congress
America Letter: traditional solutions are not succeeding in overcoming wide Congress’s ideological divisions
Route des Princes fleet may miss weather window
French sailors eye round Ireland speed sailing record
Underground Time, by Delphine de Vigan, translated by George Miller
This Impac-listed novel about a bullied office worker will strike a chord if you’ve ever been the victim of workplace back-stabbing
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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