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Paul McCartney on loving John Lennon, the Beatles break-up and his Irish family
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Donald Clarke: The enduring appeal of the greatest TV show ever made
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Hawks & Doves, Michael Portillo’s Irish history lesson, crackles with melodrama
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The former prince of the Nazi regime, who still defends his father
Philippe Sands tells the tale of a leading Nazi whose son denies his father’s criminality
‘After Blackadder, for the first time in my life it was dead easy to get in the door’
Tony Robinson on Baldrick, lockdown, his socialism and why he doesn’t miss acting
Nicholas Parsons, Just A Minute host and ‘broadcasting giant’, dies aged 96
Graham Norton and Stephen Fry among those to pay tribute to veteran broadcaster
Terry Jones was the John Lennon of comedy
The Monty Python founder had the idea of dropping punchlines for an absurdist style
Jack L: On My Culture Radar
The singer on a Stephen Fry podcast and why The World at War should be mandatory viewing
‘Your throat hurts. Your brain hurts’: The secret life of the audiobook star
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Gay Byrne unleashed tsunami of dialogue on unready Irish church
Broadcaster never thought of himself as theologian but he enhanced communion
David Mitchell: ‘The internet and the smartphone have been a disaster for civilisation’
Peep Show star is ‘depressed’ by Brexit but tries to focus on the ‘greatest aim’ of being funny
Cork solicitor’s tweet linking space shuttle to Roman chariots goes viral
‘Threads don’t get any more glorious than this’ – comedian Stephen Fry praises story
Brexit-fearing Edinburgh festival artists say no thanks to sterling
Festival director Fergus Linehan says artists want to be paid in euros or dollars instead
‘Science does not try to undermine religion – religion is simply irrelevant to science’
Opinon: Let’s not fool ourselves. I wish religion had been an ally of science – usually it was an opponent, and in most of the world it still is
Words made flesh: Why author events are the new hot tickets
The growth of spoken-word festivals reflects our hunger for real-life experiences
Tony Slattery: Something happened when I was very young. A priest. I was eight
His appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? in the 1990s made the son of Irish immigrants a comedy star. Then his life fell apart
Riyadh Khalaf: ‘Homophobia begins from a lack of education’
Youtuber’s videos about growing up gay in Ireland have racked up 45m views. Now he’s written a book
Loneliness a significant problem for many of us
Deepening relationships may be more beneficial than creating lots of new ones
Ronnie O’Sullivan compiles 1,000 career century breaks
He becomes first player to reach landmark on way to winning Players Championship
Matt Haig: How to survive in this age of anxiety
The author on the benefits of stripping back to the ‘acoustic version’ of life
A farewell to Dublin’s Screen and the rest of the old-school arthouse cinemas
Whatever name the building was known by in its lifetime, it was always a city landmark
Thinking about a holiday in 2019? Here are 30 great ideas
Where to go, when to book and what to do for your upcoming trips this year
The best of Eileen Battersby, from Tolstoy to Paul Simon
Our late literary correspondent on Darina Allen, Martin Amis, Nigel Kennedy and more
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Ireland rugby hero Peter O’Mahony and Boyzone on the Late Late, Nicole Kidman joins Graham Norton and Michael Parkinson chats to Ray D’Arcy
Happy little Zzzzzs with Bob Ross
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