The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet years, it’s growing again
The fact is the film was beautiful, earnest, poetic and sublime. But that’s not what I saw in the moment
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
Nick Cave: Interplay between singer and instrument-bashing foil Warren Ellis helps to drive this spectacular show
November 9th-15th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Radio: Ciara Kelly hears differing takes on Trump victory while Kieran Cuddihy meets jubilant Maga fans in New York
In honour of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert at Dublin’s 3Arena next week, a special quiz on the ‘grand lord of gothic darkness’
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway all feature in candid portraits taken by the Radiohead bass player between 2003-2016
From Paul Mescal in Gladiator II and Cate Blanchett in Disclaimer to Nick Cave at 3Arena and Brian Maguire at the Hugh Lane
Ahead of the 18th Bad Seeds studio album, Cave shares expansive thoughts on grief, the ‘angel’ Shane MacGowan and the beauty of the world
After a series of minimal and experimental albums, The Bad Seeds are back in all their rollicking glory
The Dublin post-punk band’s leader on the malign influence of smartphones, his disappointment in Nick Cave and his horror at anti-immigration protests in Finglas
Jack Antonoff is a top-flight producer of the likes of Lorde, Lana Del Rey and St Vincent. He’s also very keen to talk about the recently departed Pogues singer
Town turns out to welcome singer home for the last time as wife Victoria Mary Clarke delivers eulogy
Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst; Season of The Witch: The Book of Goth by Cathi Unsworth; and The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth by John Robb offer different and fascinating insights into a musical subgenre with literary roots and a long reach
Rite & Reason: All the emotional tones of the original psalms are in his music
Hugh Linehan: Gene Simmons and Nick Cave represent two very different strands of musical conservatism
Reforming the Senior Cycle to allow for more continuous assessment has suddenly become a lot riskier thanks to this pioneering piece of AI
Singer-songwriter examines lyrics produced by chatbot, calling it ‘a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human’
Second family tragedy for Bad Seeds musician whose son Arthur died in 2015
Tenth album from the Californian giants is about as welcome as nuclear endgame
A major refurbishment has been carried out at the former hangout of spies and rockstars
Second album from Dublin composer and songwriter Daniel Fitzpatrick, aka Badhands
TV review: The BBC show is still a triumph of style over plot but it hasn’t lost its swagger
Authors and critics choose the books that have moved and impressed them this year
The dark US pop poet John Murry lives in Ireland. And he’d like a hand with a personal matter
Plus: The lure of dark money in Myanmar; and the remarkable How to Be a Refugee
The English singer fulfils a long-held desire to draw on the works of Byron, Keats, Shelley et al
Victorian estate owned by Swiss family will continue to operate as boutique hotel
If you hate everything now and you will escape future accusations of hypocrisy
The singer can’t remember intensive care. ‘I was in a very dark place – presumably, it was death’
Donegal singer reclaims the era-defining Radiohead album from the boring blokes
The singer says the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl Christmas duet is ‘under attack’
After the pandemic, she will hug her family and ‘get absolutely merry, because I don’t normally’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Get the latest news, analysis and match reports from the M6N and W6N championships
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
