Alison O’Connor and Tara Flynn take a scalpel to some of the week’s stories with Kathy Sheridan

#MeToo seems in danger of dissolving into futile, inter-generational warfare between people who are supposed to be on the same side. What a shame

The actor knows all about standing up for his principles. Can he take that to Westminster?

Kevin Myers is sacked only now but had said far worse about the Catholic Church

Jenni Murray’s claim that trans women are not real women saw her given a warning by her employer the BBC

Women's writing for Women's Day: Caitlin Moran, the best-selling feminist, talks to Una Mullally about trying to be unfamous and why the future of politics is female

Denying a platform to those who disagree with you drives dissent underground

Today’s alt-righters and SJWs have far more in common than they care to know

Men with testosterone deficiency can also experience hot flushes due to andropause

How to be Man: Anthea McTeirnan counts the ways why we love men

Men can also go through a hard time in their 50s but doctors do not blame a male menopause

Fear of the follicle is rampant in the pages of lifestyle magazines

About 36% of people younger than 40 years have at least one tattoo

From her roles on The Fast Show to acerbic interviewer Mrs Merton, the comedian had a memorable way with words

This debut novel is a razor-sharp, mordantly funny look at self-induced starvation

Political beardies of the election? The bookish Gerry Adams and maritime James Reilly

The average time it took a man to approach a woman in a bar directly related to the height of their heel

Oisín Tymon wrong to claim “lazy Irish c***” remark was ethnically motivated

Twin relics of an age of bogus sophistication have finally started to move with the times

The influential author – now 76 – has chosen the restoration of an Australian rainforest as her personal legacy project. The passion she puts into it is familiar from ‘The Female Eunuch’, as is her provocative approach