How did 'Lost' lose the plot?PresentTense/Shane Hegarty: This week's episode of Lost ended with one of its better twists in some timeSat Mar 24 2007 - 00:00
Risks of keeping an open mindPresentTense: A couple of months ago, I wrote about guardian angels - how much they're on call these days and how keen they…Sat Mar 17 2007 - 00:00
This is not about the North. HonestPresent Tense: A few years ago someone in RTÉ was telling me how delighted the station was with Prime Time's ratingsSat Mar 10 2007 - 00:00
McSalad? We don't give a tossPresent Tense: In 1999, a bright spark in McDonald's product development division had a fine ideaSat Feb 24 2007 - 00:00
But, yes we are happyPresentTense: 'But, are you happy?" asks Labour's new ad sloganSat Feb 17 2007 - 00:00
Microscopic fish in a small pondPresentTense: If you watched the Meteor awards, broadcast on RTÉ2 on Sunday night, you might have seen that one prize was announced…Sat Feb 10 2007 - 00:00
Microscopic fish in a small pondPresentTense: If you watched the Meteor awards, broadcast on RTÉ2 on Sunday night, you might have seen that one prize was announced…Sat Feb 10 2007 - 00:00
This is television's golden agePresent Tense: Will you watch tomorrow night's Celebrity Big Brother final? Yes? Then you, sir, are an idiot.Sat Jan 27 2007 - 00:00
No pagans? We don't believe itPagans have been excluded from the Government's dialogue with faith groups, writes Shane Hegarty.Sat Jan 27 2007 - 00:00
Chronicler of famous crisesJournalism: New Yorker essays show how great journalism can be when it is allowed to breathe.Sat Jan 20 2007 - 00:00
How YouTube is making historyPresentTense: A newspaper this week explained to its readers that "the YouTube craze first came to prominence [ in Ireland…Sat Jan 20 2007 - 00:00
How to lose the yoof votePresent Tense: Ógra Fianna Fáil is to host - as one report put it - political "speed dating".Sat Jan 06 2007 - 00:00
Playing with powerPresentTense: We know the world has turned a little topsy-turvy when even computer game consoles encourage physical exertion…Sat Dec 30 2006 - 00:00
The chosen fewPresentTense: Congratulations. Time magazine made you Person of the Year for 2006Sat Dec 23 2006 - 00:00
A wicked way with wordsPresentTense: Merriam Webster, the dictionary publisher, has been running a poll on America's word of the yearSat Dec 16 2006 - 00:00
Running down the tunnelPresentTense: There won't be spectators at tomorrow's Dublin Port Tunnel runSat Dec 09 2006 - 00:00
Can blogs beat papers to a pulp?Present Tense: Two weeks ago, I wrote about how the British papers have been engaged in a "wallchart war", throwing out free…Sat Dec 02 2006 - 00:00
The warm embrace of technologyPesentTense: Humanity has finally reached the point in its evolution when a person can stand miserably on a train somewhere …Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
Reputation restoration: the fight against online defamationUnlike in the print world, what's posted on the internet today does not become tomorrow's fish paperSat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
At the top of the chartsPresentTense: Who could have predicted that Britain's newspaper wars of the early 21st century would centre on pictures of cheese…Sat Nov 18 2006 - 00:00
Turn on, tune in, opt outPresent Tense: You may have heard of Second Life, the online world in which people wander about in avatar formSat Oct 28 2006 - 01:00
Pioneers of patents pendingPresentTense: As The Irish Times moves office, it may allow us answer at least one of the great mysteries surrounding the old…Sat Oct 14 2006 - 01:00
A pain in the JackassPresent Tense: There's a film playing in the cinemas at the moment called Dirty SanchezSat Sept 30 2006 - 01:00
The night the city turned towards culture - especially in Temple BarFriday night in Temple Bar and - for a few hours anyway - people were walking into art galleries rather than pubsSat Sept 23 2006 - 01:00
You can't zip up the webPresent Tense: Maybe you've heard it. Maybe you've read about it. Maybe you're wearing the T-shirtSat Sept 16 2006 - 01:00
Oddness on a loopFiction The story of how Tom McCarthy's Remainder made it into the mainstream has captured as much attention as the plot contained…Sat Sept 16 2006 - 01:00
Bright side of the moonPresent Tense: At the beginning of the week a spaceship about the size of an average washing machine thumped into the surface…Sat Sept 09 2006 - 01:00
Erase and rewindPresentTense: In my local cafe during the week, the manager was cursing the CD playerSat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Sweet stench of successPresentTense: The Beckhams launched their his'n'hers perfumes this weekSat Aug 26 2006 - 01:00
A baby boom industryPresent Tense: Readers of this column under the age of two may be aware of the Baby Einstein series of DVDs and booksSat Aug 19 2006 - 01:00
Really wheely heelsPresentTense: Dunnes Stores has banned the use of Heelys in its shops, recent in-store incidents having convinced it that there…Sat Aug 12 2006 - 01:00
Send in the robotsPresentTense: There's a man in British Telecom whose job is to predict the future - using technology, of course, not tarotSat Aug 05 2006 - 01:00
Blog and be damnedPresent Tense: There was a quite delightful celebrity spat this weekSat Jul 29 2006 - 01:00
From must-have to must-binWhat's the story with 'made to break': If you have ever suspected that things just aren't made to last anymore, it will be …Mon Jul 17 2006 - 01:00
It's gone blankety blankPresentTense: Maybe you were feeding the baby in the middle of the nightSat Jul 15 2006 - 01:00
A Dublin revolutionarySeventy years after the start of the Spanish Civil War, veteran Bob Doyle tells Shane Hegarty about the role the Irish played…Tue Jul 04 2006 - 01:00
In the age of the metrosexualSociety: Harvey C Mansfield opens with a punchy anecdoteSat Jun 17 2006 - 01:00
Simpsons too late to big screen?Can The Simpsons Movie rejuvenate a flagging show?Sat Apr 08 2006 - 01:00
Maggots, songbirds and other acquired tastesTravel: In Sardinia, there is a speciality cheese that you won't find on any restaurant menu or in any shopSat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
Detective on a book caseCrime: To the canon of quirky detectives Ian Sansom has added Israel Armstrong - naive and bookish, gullible and neurotic, and…Sat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
Horror through a child's eyesChildren's Literature: When is a children's book for children? Or rather, when is a children's book also written for adults?Sat Jan 28 2006 - 00:00
Media steering clear of Third World storiesIf it happens in the United States and it makes good television, then it must be the big news story of the day, writes Shane …Sat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Poll says owning home more important than parenthoodIrish adults believe it takes a lot of money to be wealthy and that owning a home is more important than having children, according…Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
LooseLeavesGoogle to reboot online books project: In the face of potential lawsuits, as well as a wave of criticism from within the publishing…Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00
Crimes against fashionSociety: It has become commonplace that whenever a dictator is deposed, assassinated or invaded by the country that put them…Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Going for the gag reflexShort Stories: Recently, Chuck Palahniuk has taken to throwing severed hands into the audience at readingsSat Aug 13 2005 - 01:00
Hold on tight to your (€115m) dreamsWinning a fortune in a lottery is many people's fantasy, but sudden riches can have nightmare consequences, writes Shane Hegarty…Sat Aug 06 2005 - 01:00
The symphony scores againRTÉ's new series, The Symphony Sessions, promises to bring classical music, and composer Donnacha Dennehy in particular, to a…Sat Aug 06 2005 - 01:00
When I watched 'Star Wars' 21 times . . .Memoir: Jonathan Lethem's most recent novel, the Impac Award-shortlisted The Fortress of Solitude, featured a New York kid struggling…Sat Jul 23 2005 - 01:00
