Pete Briquette: ‘My DNA test said I’m 99% from a particular part of Ireland’
The bass player of The Boomtown Rats on the band’s creative process in Ibiza, his annoyance at political leaders, and his biggest personal regret
Stephen Rea
Caroline Grace-Cassidy on fate: ‘Let’s all believe that our World Cup place is meant to be’
The author on her new Christmas novel; her hopes of it becoming a Hallmark movie; and her belief in fate
Timothy O’Grady: ‘You feel miserable most of the time when you’re writing’
O’Grady discusses his fourth book, Monaghan, working on Stephen Rea’s memoir and the current political climate in the US
‘People forget that Brian Friel was a radical’
Des Kennedy, head of the Everyman, is directing Making History, about Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, as the first production in the Cork theatre’s Everyman Made series
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
April 6th-11th: including Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now; Grace; Reunion; and Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood
Prime Target review: Saltburn meets The Da Vinci Code in tremendously silly technothriller
Television: Leo Woodall of One Day fame joins Stephen Rea in this riotous romp that has the courage to take itself seriously and never once winks at the camera
The Guide: Dara Ó Briain, Lisa O’Neill, TradFest and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
January 18th-24th, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Amitav Ghosh: ‘Ireland is where the British created all their colonial methods, it’s where they tried it out first’
Acclaimed Indian writer Amitav Ghosh’s new work explores how the climate crisis has its roots in European colonialism
The Ban: What did barring Sinn Féin voices from the airwaves do to political culture?
Roisin Agnew on her new film, which is being screened as part of the IFI Documentary Festival 2024
The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
May 18th-24th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Krapp’s Last Tape review: Stephen Rea invites us to applaud the tape recorder – but the triumph is his
The actor had the forethought to record Krapp’s early tapes 12 years ago. What a pleasure to see, and hear, the result in the intimacy of Project Arts Centre
Krapp’s Last Tape: The acting greats who have taken on Samuel Beckett’s one-man play
Stephen Rea is about to join an illustrious line-up that includes John Hurt, Michael Gambon and Patrick Magee
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
January 6th-12th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
2024 on stage: 20 plays, operas and dance works to see over the next 12 months
Stephen Rea brings Krapp back home, Hamilton comes to Dublin and Irish National Opera stages Salome
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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