The way we were: 1960s Ireland in a moral viceWhen TV soaps were seen as a social threat and kitchen skills were part of the Inter CertSat Dec 10 2016 - 06:00
Online idiots of the far right and hard left turn on their ownToday’s alt-righters and SJWs have far more in common than they care to knowTue Dec 06 2016 - 13:08
How to buy a television without being bamboozled‘Home entertainment’ offers a dizzying array of choice, depending on budget and, er, tasteFri Dec 02 2016 - 06:00
Gold Circle members brassed off by Aer Lingus changesNew AerClub frequent flyer programme is based on money spent and not airmiles flownMon Nov 28 2016 - 05:20
Brian Boyd: Goodbye and good riddance to the nonsense of homeopathyUS law will hopefully also spell the end of aromatherapy, reiki and mindfulnessWed Nov 23 2016 - 12:27
Skyr’s the limit for traditional Icelandic yoghurtUN report ranks Iceland at the top of the list of healthiest countries due to its dietThu Nov 17 2016 - 04:29
Brian Boyd: Liberal Snowflakes resort to ‘voter shaming’ over Trump victoryThe people who punched the ballot for Obama in 2008 and 2012 (a good vote) but this time punched for Trump (a bad vote) are now being asked to explain themselvesFri Nov 11 2016 - 11:24
Leonard Cohen: the key songs and what they meanFrom his 1967 debut album to the final recordings, here are 10 of Leonard Cohen’s best songs and lyricsFri Nov 11 2016 - 10:41
Brian Boyd: Why do US politicians seek celebrity endorsements?Research shows the rich and famous alienate more voters than they recruitTue Nov 08 2016 - 01:00
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy review: Like an Irish ‘Great Gatsby’ by way of ‘Ripping Yarns’Paul Howard’s biography of the Guinness heir Tara Browne – fan of fast cars, modern jazz and recreational drugs – is a masterpieceSat Oct 22 2016 - 05:00
I’m with the T-shirt: how a punk band invented a design classicRamones top is still a fashion staple, 40 years on, underlining the power of good designFri Oct 14 2016 - 00:07
Brian Boyd: Clinton’s running mate does not know his Irish American historyTim Kaine talked about the how the Irish had suffered in America; but this needs to be put up against what the Irish inflictedThu Oct 06 2016 - 12:08
Why we should stop worrying and start loving the KardashiansWe cannot ask whether the armed hold-up of Kim Kardashian is newsworthy in a time and a place when the Kardashians are, in fact, the newsMon Oct 03 2016 - 19:30
Brian Boyd: What is with Donald Trump and those ties?Coverage of big, swinging ties drowned out by inconsequential political reportageTue Sept 27 2016 - 18:47
Coffee pods: ‘better than instant’ but they’re not the real thingIt can’t be long before offering a guest a Nespresso will be tantamount to offering him/her a bottle of Smithwicks or a glass of LiebfraumilchTue Sept 27 2016 - 06:30
U2: how well do you know the band?The band have been together for four decades, but have you been paying attention to their exploits? Test your Bono-ology and knowl-Edge with these 10 questionsThu Sept 22 2016 - 12:33
Brian Boyd: Brangelina break-up could benefit the worldBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the forefront of celebrities taking on intractable global problemsThu Sept 22 2016 - 12:22
U2 hit 40: The ‘drummer seeks musicians’ note that started it allAuditions for the ‘Larry Mullen Band’ were held on September 25th, 1976, in the drummer’s kitchenWed Sept 21 2016 - 16:00
Conversations about Irish identity activate my gag reflexThough I read ‘Peig’, appreciate Red Lemonade and say ‘fillum’, national identity means nothing to meMon Sept 19 2016 - 00:00
Cured: The Tale Of Two Imaginary Boys review – no inside story hereFormer member Lol Tolhurst’s account soars when talking about the Cure’s early daysSat Sept 17 2016 - 05:00
Starbucks should be run out of Ireland - never mind Howth....and they can take their Frappuccinos with themWed Sept 14 2016 - 13:25
OMG! Journalism gets emotionalIs it a race to the bottom or just giving people what they want?Wed Sept 07 2016 - 13:45
Everything you need to know about hygge: the Danish recipe for happinessIt’s turning your home into ‘nest’ – lock your phone away in a sustainably harvested wood box, invite your friends around and banish anything annoying or emotionally overwhelmingTue Sept 06 2016 - 10:37
If you need me to talk to Apple, I know a guy there. TimIreland is in a spot of bother with Apple but it could all be sorted out with a good chat, says Brian BoydFri Sept 02 2016 - 08:00
The original Cosby: a murderous swindler who makes Electric Picnic seem tameStradbally’s first lord of the manor was given his Irish property by Queen Elizabeth I as a reward for his enthusiastic suppression of the nativesThu Sept 01 2016 - 17:00
Electric Picnic: Bourgeois, Overpriced, Clique-ridden and TweeThe music festival hasn’t even started and already I feel like I’ve been to it 10 times this week aloneThu Sept 01 2016 - 11:13
Mrs Brown’s Boys – the best of sitcoms, or the worst?Brian Boyd: I’d rather throw myself on top of a funeral pyre than watch Mrs Brown’s Boys. But the programme wasn’t commissioned with bitter cranks like me in mindWed Aug 24 2016 - 13:38
Purple Reign review: the first word on PrinceMick Wall has done his research for this biography, delivering a rounded portrait of the Paisley Park star, but it falls short of being a definitive accountSat Aug 20 2016 - 05:46
Brian Boyd: Why Olympic fitness fads shouldn’t send us rushing to the gym‘If we continue down this health probe road, we are faced with the appalling vista of a Donald Trump live colonoscopy on our TV screens’Fri Aug 19 2016 - 12:20
It’s time to call a halt to celebrity cuppingGwyneth Paltrow has consciously uncoupled from her Goop lifestyle publicationSat Aug 13 2016 - 15:51
Are over-40s really working too many hours? Not necessarilyAn Australian study suggests a three-day week is best once you’re past your 30s. It’s not that simple, say Irish expertsSat Aug 13 2016 - 06:00
The Irish bar is dead, long live the Irish barAs traditional Irish hostelries in US decline, Nu Irish Bars are gaining momentumThu Aug 11 2016 - 16:00
The Boomtown Rats play the racecourse – at long lastThey were the shows that never happened. Now, nearly 40 years after Bob Geldof’s band were meant to play at Leopardstown, the group are finally taking to its stageThu Aug 11 2016 - 06:00
We owe debt to Brazilian runner denied glory by IrishmanIreland must honour promises made to Vanderlei de Lima after 2004 OlympicsWed Aug 10 2016 - 09:37
David Bowie’s art collection shows the stars know their stuff – mostlyRock musicians know what to buy, but even U2 can make a mistake on valuesFri Aug 05 2016 - 11:00
U2 announce world tour, hint new album nearly readySongs of Experience could be released as soon as September or OctoberThu Aug 04 2016 - 08:58
Brian Boyd: The naked body is a powerful thingThat we now live our lives through camera phones and Instagram filters means the human body has never before been so centre stage.Wed Aug 03 2016 - 01:54
Brian Boyd: Why I sometimes pretend that I am not Irish on my holidaysWhat we have to endure from ill-informed foreigners is tantamount to a hate crime in today’s languageWed Jul 27 2016 - 02:19
The joy of doing nothingIt says something about the supersaturated, always-connected world we live in that some of us find the idea of doing nothing distressingSat Jul 23 2016 - 03:00
Why Bob Geldof’s Primark moment was a Rat TrapThe bad man used ‘F-word’ at a rock festival and people needed counsellingFri Jul 22 2016 - 13:34
Brian Boyd: The petulant adult-children of Generation Snowflake have a pointFor all their daft Pollyanna nonsense, at least they realise that people really do matterWed Jul 20 2016 - 01:00
Spare a thought today for the whitest man alive'Those people who have seen me naked avert their eyes for fear of snow blindness'Tue Jul 19 2016 - 10:00
Scandinavian design – so lovely it takes your mind off murderEntire magazine articles have been given over to tracking down the interior design wonders from BorgenFri Jul 15 2016 - 11:00
Brian Boyd: They shot my friend four times for writing about what mattersA few days after he wrote about the 100 wealthiest people in Russia someone in a Lada with tinted windows shot Paul Klebnikov deadWed Jul 13 2016 - 08:50
Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ video: Kanye work out who’s real?Everyone from Donald Trump and Bill Cosby to Taylor Swift and Rihanna seems to share a bed in the hip hop star’s controversial videoFri Jul 01 2016 - 15:30
Serial podcast: Don’t forget who the real victim isIn the enduring success of the most listened to podcast, Hae Min Lee’s voice has been lostFri Jul 01 2016 - 08:49
Icelandic fans are like an Ireland tribute act, only betterThe sooner we come to terms with the reality that we are no longer the small European island everyone is talking about the betterThu Jun 16 2016 - 10:12
The Ponzi Man by Declan Lynch review: magnificent Grand Guignol horrorA gambler’s morality tale has a similar emotional pull to the best of John le CarréSat Jun 11 2016 - 01:00
Want tragic? Then visit the VIP area of an Irish music festivalBrian Boyd: If you must go to a music festival . . . please keep it to yourselfWed Jun 08 2016 - 01:00
