Culture

Answer Eoin Butler’s 100 questions correctly and you could win an overnight stay for two

Study of an insufferable table-tennis prodigy is an intelligent entertainment as generously stuffed as the greatest 19th-century novel

The actress stars in Joachim Trier’s acclaimed Sentimental Value, which is an awards-season favourite

Journalist with the Economist explores our relationship with this ‘zero-sum’ asset: you either have it or you don’t

The singer-songwriter’s streak of earnestness elevated him beyond other hitmakers of the day

Anne was incredibly posh. Very beautiful. Fiercely opinionated. Hugely ambitious for her work and her legacy

Musician dies ‘following a short illness’, statement from family spokesperson says

Series which began in 1985 concludes with 31 writers contributing essays on Co Antrim

Eoin Ó Broin and Mal McCann pay tribute to the Dublin Corporation chief housing architect who built 17,000 homes for the city’s poor

Mary was convinced the inn keeper had turned them away because they were from Nazareth

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, anyone? What about Arnie in Jingle All the Way? It doesn’t matter: Christmas movies are the audiovisual equivalent of snow in a can

December 20-26 Highlights: Including How to Cook Well at Christmas, Ireland’s Fittest Family Final, Keys to My Life Christmas special and Westlife 25 at the Royal Albert Hall

Julian Assange, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Martin Scorsese feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of December 19th, 2025

New books by Marissa Meyer, Nikita Gill, Joelle Wellington, Hannah Marshall and Xixi Tian

The stars of Hamnet, Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-tipped film, talk Shakespeare, acting and growing up in different Irelands