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Big Thief: ‘Sideways’ songs and hard work leave them poised for the next level

Big Thief: ‘Sideways’ songs and hard work leave them poised for the next level

Not even the divorce of two members or a pandemic could derail the band’s progress

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 05:00
This Is Going To Hurt: A bruisingly real medical drama, brimming with comedy

This Is Going To Hurt: A bruisingly real medical drama, brimming with comedy

TV review: Based on the diaries of a doctor, you’ll be glad you stayed with this – even if you’re squeamish

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 16:16
Late Late Eurosong Special: Only RTÉ could make Eurovision stranger than it already was

Late Late Eurosong Special: Only RTÉ could make Eurovision stranger than it already was

You wonder if you are watching television or are trapped in a waking dream, writes Ed Power

Sat Feb 05 2022 - 11:00
The late Frank Callanan has his final say on Joyce and Ulysses

The late Frank Callanan has his final say on Joyce and Ulysses

TV review: RTÉ’s 100 Years of Ulysses is a fitting swansong for the barrister and scholar

Thu Feb 03 2022 - 23:15
Pam & Tommy: X-rated yuck-fest too silly to be serious

Pam & Tommy: X-rated yuck-fest too silly to be serious

TV review: Disney+ show has the craziness of a Mötley Crüe video, the zaniness of Baywatch

Wed Feb 02 2022 - 12:45
‘I don’t have many friends. Do they just want to be your friend because you’re Janet Jackson?’

‘I don’t have many friends. Do they just want to be your friend because you’re Janet Jackson?’

TV review: Sky’s Janet Jackson works best as a rumination on fame and the toll it extracts

Tue Feb 01 2022 - 11:13
Cate Le Bon was stranded in Wales so she made a lockdown album

Cate Le Bon was stranded in Wales so she made a lockdown album

‘Flipping between despair and optimism’, her sixth album, Pompeii, emerged

Sat Jan 29 2022 - 05:00
Katie Price morphs into Dermot Bannon with hair extensions and a barbie tracksuit

Katie Price morphs into Dermot Bannon with hair extensions and a barbie tracksuit

TV review: Katie Price’s Mucky Mansion sees the return of the ultimate marmite celebrity

Thu Jan 27 2022 - 15:06
The Irish Times Winter Nights Festival: Paul Howard meets a rugby great

The Irish Times Winter Nights Festival: Paul Howard meets a rugby great

At our online festival, Brian O'Driscoll talks about life during and after his rugby career

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 22:55
The Gilded Age – with its kind rich people and racist Irish maid – has nothing to say

The Gilded Age – with its kind rich people and racist Irish maid – has nothing to say

TV review: Julian Fellowes gives Americans a romanticised take on their own history

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 19:00
Damon Albarn’s criticism of Taylor Swift is ‘hopelessly out of date’

Damon Albarn’s criticism of Taylor Swift is ‘hopelessly out of date’

Comment: He wrongly said she didn’t write her own songs – revealing a pop-vs-indie snobbery

Tue Jan 25 2022 - 13:24
Black Country, New Road’s tale of triumph unfolds in the shadow of tragedy

Black Country, New Road’s tale of triumph unfolds in the shadow of tragedy

Super-charged septet follow up on their ‘utterly mesmerising’ debut by going brighter and bolder

Sat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
Meat Loaf’s ‘warm memories’ of a ‘middle-of-nowhere’ Irish tour that restored his passion for rock

Meat Loaf’s ‘warm memories’ of a ‘middle-of-nowhere’ Irish tour that restored his passion for rock

Career: He sang some of rock’s most enduring hits, faded away, then had a huge 1990s comeback

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 10:48
Ozark returns this week for its final season. Here’s why it’s a must-see

Ozark returns this week for its final season. Here’s why it’s a must-see

Jason Bateman returns as the money-laundering creep in Netflix’s hit crime drama

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 06:00
‘Women whose lives have been ruined by sociopathic creeps’

‘Women whose lives have been ruined by sociopathic creeps’

TV review: Stalking victims must be hyper-vigilant every hour, says Stacey Dooley

Thu Jan 20 2022 - 13:02
Why Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein made such a ghastly pairing

Why Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein made such a ghastly pairing

Review: According to ‘Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile’, she ‘normalised abuse’

Wed Jan 19 2022 - 12:16
Aurora: ‘Enya has been medicine to me my whole life’

Aurora: ‘Enya has been medicine to me my whole life’

The Norwegian singer on new music and why the world needs a more feminine outlook

Wed Jan 19 2022 - 05:00
Dancing With the Stars week 2: Erica-Cody and Jordan Conroy wow the judges

Dancing With the Stars week 2: Erica-Cody and Jordan Conroy wow the judges

Evening pivots from torture to scorcher as sound glitches followed by sizzling entrance

Sun Jan 16 2022 - 21:30
Dancing With The Stars 2022: Everything you need to know

Dancing With The Stars 2022: Everything you need to know

The show returned last week after two years, with some familiar and some new faces

Sun Jan 16 2022 - 06:00
Boy Harsher realised their new album was a soundtrack, so they made a film too

Boy Harsher realised their new album was a soundtrack, so they made a film too

Considering the dystopian pop duo’s film background, their latest album is a nice fit

Sat Jan 15 2022 - 05:00
Ricky Gervais: Britain’s most controversial comedian is actually a softie

Ricky Gervais: Britain’s most controversial comedian is actually a softie

TV review: After Life’s saving grace is the cast of lovable freaks around Gervais

Fri Jan 14 2022 - 06:00
The Apprentice: Alan Sugar fires former Leinster rugby player Conor Gilsenan

The Apprentice: Alan Sugar fires former Leinster rugby player Conor Gilsenan

TV review: The Irish self-described ‘corporate panther’ exits the backstabbing BBC show

Thu Jan 13 2022 - 22:15
Orlando Weeks: ‘I was nervous the strains of parenthood would be too much’

Orlando Weeks: ‘I was nervous the strains of parenthood would be too much’

The Maccabees frontman on fatherhood, new music and life after the band break-up

Wed Jan 12 2022 - 05:00
Couples Therapy: The birthday threesome was a nice gesture, but her heart just wasn’t in it

Couples Therapy: The birthday threesome was a nice gesture, but her heart just wasn’t in it

TV review: This is first-rate curtain-twitcher television. Your inner nosey parker will love it

Tue Jan 11 2022 - 14:40
Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ, meaner and leaner than BBC’s Strictly

Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ, meaner and leaner than BBC’s Strictly

TV review: Jockey Nina Carberry’s natural athleticism carries the day in Episode 1

Sun Jan 09 2022 - 22:51
Brian Friel – Shy Man, Showman: Conventional tribute to an experimental genius

Brian Friel – Shy Man, Showman: Conventional tribute to an experimental genius

TV review: This quietly stirring documentary is a straightforward record of life and career

Fri Jan 07 2022 - 01:00
Screw: Derry Girl Jamie-Lee O’Donnell goes to prison

Screw: Derry Girl Jamie-Lee O’Donnell goes to prison

TV review: Her first big post-Derry Girls project is as prisoner to a so far poor script

Thu Jan 06 2022 - 23:00
Operation Transformation 2022: Should the ‘triggering’ show be decommissioned?

Operation Transformation 2022: Should the ‘triggering’ show be decommissioned?

Eating disorders group seeks ‘more inclusive’ approach. Others just want the show cancelled

Wed Jan 05 2022 - 14:50
‘Donie O’Sullivan: Capitol Man’ could have aired only on Irish TV

‘Donie O’Sullivan: Capitol Man’ could have aired only on Irish TV

TV review: A film on the talented CNN reporter from Kerry felt like two documentaries in one

Wed Jan 05 2022 - 12:25
‘Spouting gibberish to the opposite sex’: Channel 4 borrows the Irish mating ritual

‘Spouting gibberish to the opposite sex’: Channel 4 borrows the Irish mating ritual

TV review: The Language of Love places British and Spanish monoglots in an Andalusian villa

Wed Jan 05 2022 - 06:00
Around the World in 80 Days doesn’t quite take to the skies

Around the World in 80 Days doesn’t quite take to the skies

TV review: The BBC’s bumpy new adaptation of Jules Verne’s book may yet soar

Sun Dec 26 2021 - 19:30
Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special: Hold the double entendres – Agnes gets earnest

Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special: Hold the double entendres – Agnes gets earnest

Brendan O’Carroll is as sincere as he is potty-mouthed in a sentimental special episode

Sat Dec 25 2021 - 22:10
How streaming services have taken sword and sorcery mainstream

How streaming services have taken sword and sorcery mainstream

A decade ago the critics laughed at Game of Thrones but it launched a viewing revolution

Thu Dec 23 2021 - 05:00
Emily in Paris: First it stereotyped the French. Now for the Brits

Emily in Paris: First it stereotyped the French. Now for the Brits

TV review: Emily’s new love interest, is fish and chips and a can of lager in human form

Wed Dec 22 2021 - 06:00
Mare of Easttown lived up to its billing, Succession was 2021’s letdown

Mare of Easttown lived up to its billing, Succession was 2021’s letdown

TV highlights and lowlights of 2021: Television’s tentacles were everywhere

Sat Dec 18 2021 - 05:00
The Witcher: Season two brims with action, adventure and twisting, tentacled nasties

The Witcher: Season two brims with action, adventure and twisting, tentacled nasties

Review: Netflix has sorted out the pacing issues that sucked so much fun out of season one

Fri Dec 17 2021 - 11:05
Irish dancing? It’s all about one-upmanship, says Jean Butler

Irish dancing? It’s all about one-upmanship, says Jean Butler

TV review: ‘Steps Of Freedom: The Story Of Irish Dance’ chronicles the Riverdance effect

Thu Dec 16 2021 - 23:15
Voices of Ireland: Imelda May presents the Carroll’s gift shop version of Irish culture

Voices of Ireland: Imelda May presents the Carroll’s gift shop version of Irish culture

TV review: May is charming but the cliches come thick and fast in this Sky Arts doc

Wed Dec 15 2021 - 12:07
Succession finished on a high after a flabby season. Now it should end

Succession finished on a high after a flabby season. Now it should end

One fundamental truth about the hit show – it’s a comedy until suddenly it isn’t

Tue Dec 14 2021 - 15:14
Kevin Whelan: ‘We were offered this million-dollar contract that we walked away from’

Kevin Whelan: ‘We were offered this million-dollar contract that we walked away from’

The former Wrens songwriter on that band’s messy demise and new project Aeon Station

Mon Dec 13 2021 - 05:00
And Just Like That: Sex and the City sequel redeems itself with a genuinely shocking scene

And Just Like That: Sex and the City sequel redeems itself with a genuinely shocking scene

Contains spoilers ... Episode 1 seems unsure of itself at first. Then it gets our attention

Thu Dec 09 2021 - 12:54
Landscapers: Olivia Colman murder-drama is the ghastliest show this year

Landscapers: Olivia Colman murder-drama is the ghastliest show this year

TV review: A queasy farrago that’s buried its moral compass in the garden

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 22:00
You Don’t Know Me is more than a Sunday night thriller. It’s engrossing, political and real

You Don’t Know Me is more than a Sunday night thriller. It’s engrossing, political and real

TV: Compelling whodunnit draws on the lived experience of black Londoners

Mon Dec 06 2021 - 11:03
Michael C Hall: ‘We’ve tried to lead with the music’

Michael C Hall: ‘We’ve tried to lead with the music’

Dexter star on Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum and shifting from messenger to message

Sat Dec 04 2021 - 05:00
Never come between an Irish person and their 1970s bungalow

Never come between an Irish person and their 1970s bungalow

TV: My Bungalow Bliss turns out to be as bog standard as the homes it sets out to transform

Wed Dec 01 2021 - 22:35
Hawkeye’s been missing the target. At last it’s taking off

Hawkeye’s been missing the target. At last it’s taking off

TV: The least interesting Avenger has finally perked up in Disney+’s small-screen spin-off

Wed Dec 01 2021 - 12:50
Nils Frahm: ‘Spotify and Apple encourage a way of listening that is only half-ass’

Nils Frahm: ‘Spotify and Apple encourage a way of listening that is only half-ass’

Clubbers adore the German musician, as do classical aficionados

Wed Dec 01 2021 - 05:00
‘Joe said he’d kill Rachel if he got away with it’: The capture of an Irish murderer

‘Joe said he’d kill Rachel if he got away with it’: The capture of an Irish murderer

TV: The Case I Can’t Forget calmly charts Joe O’Reilly’s arrest and trial for Rachel Callaly’s death

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 22:35
The Late Late Toy Show review: If you didn’t cry a little, you must be made of Lego

The Late Late Toy Show review: If you didn’t cry a little, you must be made of Lego

It isn’t about the toys or Broadway routines, but it’s the most watched programme in Ireland

Fri Nov 26 2021 - 22:35
The Late Late Toy Show: Everything you need to know

The Late Late Toy Show: Everything you need to know

Don your jingliest, jangliest elf hat. It’s going to be a jungly Late Late Toy Show 2021

Fri Nov 26 2021 - 08:45
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