‘Kill them Reacher!’ I shout. He makes them crunch and squelch, and I laugh myself sick
Patrick Freyne: Diminutive Scientologist Tom Cruise no longer plays Jack Reacher
Noomi Rapace: ‘I’ve always revolted against cuteness and the need to be likable’
Actor on the ‘trauma’ of making Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and her unsettling new film Lamb
Jane Campion: ‘If New Zealand can be Middle Earth, it can be Montana’
The director’s new film is a powerful study of masculinity set on a ranch in the 1920s
Fond farewell for former State pathologist John Harbison
‘Returning to stardust, he will be bathed in the light of Jupiter’s rare marriage with Saturn’
Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right now
There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can
‘I don’t like Jack Reacher that much’: Lee Child and fellow crime writers on their creations
John Connolly, Sarah Paretsky, Michael Connelly and more on a sometimes love/hate relationship
Matt Williams: I’ll say a few rugby prayers that Gus Pichot pulls off a miracle
Bill Beaumont’s success would show rugby’s old order and northern hemisphere dominance
The Honjin Murders: Classic Japanese murder mystery
Book review: Seishi Yokomizo’s ‘locked room’ thriller is translated into English
Fighting arts: Tell me about . . . Wing Tsun
Main focus is self-protection: It enables a weaker individual overcome a larger assailant
Haloed Fellow Well Met – Frank McNally on GK Chesterton’s claims to sainthood
An Irishman’s Diary on the English novelist who was a ‘friendly enemy’ to Shaw
Could Sherlock Holmes’s true nemesis have been a mathematician?
That’s Maths: New book suggests Arthur Conan Doyle based Moriarty on George Boole
Art and craft: how beer packaging got creative
Beer labels once lacked any originality. Now they showcase design and personality
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he now uses it for heroin
Benedict Cumberbatch plays privileged but miserable uppercrust addict Patrick Melrose
Sherlock Gnomes: Fun film, pity about Johnny Depp
Review: It's a gnom com with a PR problem, as allegations hang over its lead actor
A bad scented candle can linger for weeks but this Irish-made one smells lovely
Marian Keyes and her Sudden Wild Enthusiasms: Anuyou candle
TV this weekend: Attenborough on eggs and Geldof on the ‘Late Late Show’
The Ray D’Arcy show will discuss consent in wake of Belfast trial while Aidan Gillen plays Dave Allen
Thirty-one great things to do with kids over the Easter break
Make like an Easter Bunny and hop along to some of the great breaks and days out on offer
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland has just saved the UK from the madness of a hard Brexit
If the UK mirrors customs union, why bother leaving EU in the first place?
Audible offers free Sherlock Holmes audio books to new users
Collection on Amazon-owned platform is nearly 72 hours and is narrated by Stephen Fry
Harry Potter turns 20: The boy who changed books forever
JK Rowling’s series became an unprecedented force which still has an effect
Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king
The King Arthur actor discusses why he won't be making a claim to be king of the Geordies any time soon, and how his bromance with Guy Ritchie set the pace for the ‘Lads of the Round Table’
Why are so many current art exhibitions fascinated by the occult?
The present age of anxiety has triggered a new interest in the paranormal
Obituary: Colin Dexter
Mystery writer whose detective, Morse, pursued clues in 13 novels and the TV series starring John Thaw
Students set off from Dublin for Jailbreak charity fundraiser
Participants will have 36 hours to reach a secret foreign destination revealed in a series of clues
The future of sex for Irish women
The internet and advances in technology are enabling Irish women to explore their sexuality, but what does this mean for sexual equality, and what does the future hold?
New technology allows you to mimic anyone’s handwriting
Web log: New software scribbles some Sherlock
‘I was having such severe vision issues, that I could not recognise my wife from 5m away’
Bruce Len was diagnosed with corneal ectasia which is caused by failed laser vision correction
How is a lack of intern places impacting our medical students?
Medical students need to listen to many normal chests and tap many healthy knee reflexes to know what is the norm
Would Sherlock Holmes be a coke addict today? It’s an interesting question
US opioid sales quadrupled from 1999-2010, but there can serious side effects even when taken as directed
Loch Ness monster discovery turns out to be lost film prop
Marine robot located object from Billy Wilder movie while exploring Scottish lake
Web Log: The future of books is serialised
The Pigeonhole iOS app combines serialised novels with a book club format
TV preview: top shows to look out for in 2016
A crucial Rebellion, a new Fall, another Catastrophe – the most promising new and returning TV shows will push the envelope while offering something for every taste
Roddy L’Estrange: Twists and turns on a not so great Dublin bike ride
A short-cut turns out to be the long way home for Vinny Fitzpatrick and some ‘friends’
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