TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
Highlights include In Time, Van der Valk and A Day in May
Kate Bush
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have broken a chart record with Rein Me In. You know the one. Don’t you?
The song has surpassed a 73-year-old record for longest stay at number one. Blame the death of the monoculture for the fact people haven’t heard (of) it
Hundreds of Kate Bush ‘Cathys’ dance in Fairview Park for Wuthering Heights Day
Fundraiser for Women’s Aid is inspired by video for musician’s 1978 hit single
‘My sister was, like, you don’t have to fit in – you’re weird, and it’s okay that you’re weird’
The triple Grammy winner Cécile McLorin Salvant makes music that’s restlessly experimental and entirely her own
New arguments against abortion surface in a ‘retro’ Kieran Cuddihy Liveline show
Radio: When the Liveline host revisits reliably contentious subjects, he’s not just indulging in nostalgia
‘Shane MacGowan had wine in one hand and vodka in the other’: Alan Stivell’s Celtic revival
The towering figure in French folk music, who revived the Celtic harp, is touring Ireland this week
Gone aground: Cian Flaherty on the centenary of a Waterford shipwreck
Guessing it was a ship in distress, he roused his family to get help and hurried into the storm
Stranger Things-induced nostalgia for the 80s doesn’t tally with my memories
For many of us, the 1980s in Ireland were painted in 40 shades of drab
Stranger Things has turned us inside out and upside down. Is the best yet to come?
Geeks were already going mainstream before the sci-fi franchise landed, but the love letter to nerd culture took the trend to another level
M3gan 2.0 review: An absolutely terrible and woeful sequel
The original film’s beautifully simple concept has been jettisoned for this spaghetti of confusion
I was 12. I remember the burn of the floor on my bare feet as my dad climbed up a drainpipe to save me
How a young educator gave a child refuge by introducing her to the healing power of writing
Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Leo Varadkar has to get halfway up a mountain with Lyra before he lets his guard down
Television: A former taoiseach and a Cork popstar make for a curious couple on this South African survival challenge
Songwriter Tamara Lindeman: ‘It’s scary. We all know Elon Musk is climate-informed. He’s not Trump. He’s not a madman’
For the Weather Station singer-songwriter, whose music is deeply concerned with the state of the planet, the Maga new world order represents a chilling departure from normality
Music books round-up: from George Harrison’s blues to Kate Bush’s songbirds
501 Essential Albums of the ’90s is US-centric; while Further Adventures in Record Collecting: Dust & Grooves Vol 2 is wonderful if eye-wateringly expensive
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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