‘Watch your step’: Steve Coogan takes Patrick Freyne backstage at Dr Strangelove
The comic actor is playing four parts in the new stage version of Stanley Kubrick’s film, which comes to Ireland in 2025
Peter Sellers
Down and out in New York: How did this Irishman know my name?
‘Thanks, Mike,’ he said. I stood there, bewildered, wondering what it was that I’d just witnessed
Patrick: Excellent absurdist comedy set in a nudist colony
Review: This is an absolute original that should launch a starry career
Britt Ekland: 'The Bond girl of my era exists no more'
The Swedish actor on her marriage to Peter Sellers and life as a Bond girl
Bafta awards: Two Irish stars lose out to Renée Zellweger for best actress
Saoirse Ronan in running for Little Women, while Jessie Buckley competed for Wild Rose
London’s exclusive Masterpiece fair to draw collectors from across the globe
Art and antiques spanning several thousand years to be offered for sale at high end Chelsea fair
Armageddon time: how Stanley Kubrick made us laugh at the annihilation of the human race
Re-issued in cinemas next week some 55 years after its initial theatrical run, Dr Strangelove is arguably the most improbable comedy ever made
Spike Milligan, recipient of awards for contribution to British comedy, but an Irish writer
Taking a look at the life of Spike Milligan on what would have been his 101st birthday
We are about to see the first mission to defend humanity against space
John Holden: Nasa-led expedition is seeking to protect Earth against future destruction
Is Cork still the best place to survive the apocalypse?
When nuclear war loomed in the 1960s, Cork was deemed the safest place to be
Eddie Izzard: I like to think I kicked the trans door open
The actor knows all about standing up for his principles. Can he take that to Westminster?
Entertainer and comedian whose success spanned multiple generations
Bruce Forsyth obituary: born February 22nd, 1928; died August 18th, 2017
Muddy Goodwood is to motorheads what Glastonbury is to music
De facto British motor show sees Mazda unveil its hard-top MX-5 as Bristol brand hints at a return
The Lost Shoe Diaries - Part VI
‘I could remind Roy who I really was. Or I could go along with the idea that I was there to turn down his bed sheets’
Burt Kwouk: Actor transcended Chinese stereotypes as Inspector Clouseau’s foil
Obituary: His roles stretched from Hancock’s Half Hour, to Last of the Summer Wine to Pink Panther, Hammer Horror and James Bond films
‘Pink Panther’ actor Burt Kwouk dies aged 85
British actor appeared in three Bond films and BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine
Geoffrey Rush: ‘I used to be the Fool; now I’m Lear’
20 years after ‘Shine’, the self-effacing Aussie is the youngest actor to have won the elite acting treble of an Oscar, Emmy and Tony
Churchman gave Chinese agents false documents about Pope’s health, trial told
Vatileaks 2 trial in Vatican City court takes bizarre turn
George Martin: the man who helped make the Beatles truly great
All the evidence shows the ‘fifth Beatle’ title was well-deserved
Steve Carell: cool with bright spots
Best known for playing the boss in the US version of The Office, Steve Carell is reprising his turn as the crazy weatherman in Anchorman 2. And yes, he’s just as nice as he seems, writes Tara Brady
Kaija Saariaho: the Finnish composer who lets others play with her work
The composer’s attitude to combining her ballet, which is coming to Dublin, with a video she hasn’t seen was ‘why not?’
Beatlemania: the Fab Four’s Irish concerts, 50 years on
Dublin had already hosted JFK in 1963, but nothing prepared the city for the arrival of four mop-top lads from Liverpool – and the riots and hysteria that followed
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