My Sporting Passion: Rugby has given me more than I ever put into it
Actor Jason O’Mara on a lifelong love affair with the game both as a player and later a supporter
Golden Globes 2021: Who should win, who will win and are any of them Irish?
Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awards
I’m a Michelin inspector. These are the things I’ve missed about restaurants
It’s far more than just the food I’m looking forward to experiencing again after Monday
Learning the ropes: why skipping is the ultimate workout
No longer seen as just a schoolgirl game, fitness aficionados, and that includes men, are discovering the health benefits of the sport
‘Magic Mirror’ that is transforming celebrities’ workouts
Brynn Putnam’s creation allows users to get instant video guidance on their routine
Plucking Up Courage – Frank McNally on the ‘White Feather’ campaign of the first World War
An Irishman’s Diary
Lily Allen: ‘I was pretty brazen with all my behaviour. I just didn’t care’
Fame, failure, assualt, getting high: nothing is off limits in the singer’s memoir
No need to be left behind: Supports are shedding the stigma of being left-handed
Lefties face extra challenges in class but there are many ways to aid their development
The reel Dublin: Best movies about the capital city
Donald Clarke on the best portrayals of the city on film, from ‘The Informer’ to ‘Sing Street’
Met Gala: what is it and who gets to go?
The Met Gala is the most glamorous date on the New York calendar and tickets this year cost $30,000
Truth or Dare: A good, honest, trashy horror
Review: The actors give it their all. There are super squirmy moments. The plot is illogical
Marshall review: You can’t handle the groaning court drama cliches
This clunky Thursgood Marshall biopic still (annoyingly) works a crude magic on the viewer
Mark Strong as Conor Cruise O’Brien: another screen-Irish accent
Fake Irish accents can be atrocious, like Tom Cruise’s, or brilliant, like Kate Hudson’s. But why not just give Irish actors the roles?
Chilcot report: Britan invaded Iraq on ‘flawed’ intelligence
‘The UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted’
Frockwatch: Golden Globes
The drama has migrated from the red carpet, but that might not be such a bad thing
Obama to team with Bear Grylls for climate change TV show
US president to join survival expert in Alaska wilderness to explore environmental change
Ronan Gallagher: a Clare man shooting surfers, squatters and Kate Moss
Gallagher got noticed as a documentary photographer before moving into fashion work for Gucci and other big houses
Fashion forward – the ones to watch and the places to be in 2015
People and places you’ll be hearing more about
Matthew McConaughey's hunk evolution
He was once known primarily as a mahogany beefcake, but a series of thrilling performances has seen Matthew McConaughey’s critical star rise to the very top. The Oscar nominee talks reinvention, rom-coms and running the gauntlet of awards season
Mohsin Hamid: ‘Writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain’
Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist was an international bestseller and is about to hit the big screen, starring Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland and Riz Ahmed. His new novel is called How To Get Rich In Rising Asia. Is it really a self-help book? Or is it a 21st-century Great Gatsby?
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