Culture

Rain does a lot for popular culture. You’ll see a fair bit of it in Wuthering Heights if you check it out

The second half of Emily Brontë’s novel is often left out of adaptations. It deserves its own film

Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of February 13th, 2026

February 15th-19th highlights: including The Tony Blair Story, Yellowjackets, and 56 Days

Miranda Reason’s debut novel, Day of Now, and new books from Sarah Crossan, Sonora Reyes, Amie Kaufman and KL Kettle

The historical novelist on his latest book, White River Crossing; his desire to hobble the tech bros; and his Fermanagh grandfather

‘We’re not cutting the Six One or anything’ says director general Kevin Bakhurst, as some staff talk about the emergence of ‘two RTÉs’ and fear for the future

The Irish actor stars alongside Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation

How ‘values-based realism’ shapes Stubb’s vision of international order

Now three books in, as she says, the author and journalist spent many years as a ‘shadow artist’, circling the thing she loved

This short, smart and bleakly funny novel is fuelled by incredulity at the state of contemporary England

Its more than 1,000 pages require sustained focus and stamina but it should not languish unread on dusty shelves

Moore takes a scholarly and personal deep dive into one of the most excruciating emotions we experience

Biography explores the writings of Italian author who regularly took swipes at the church, the state and, most dangerously, the Mafia

Author takes pains to break down crucial distinctions between peace-loving creed and political Islamism