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Una Mullally: A city’s nightlife is about culture not just decoration

Loss of Tivoli exemplifies erosion of ideas and creativity and replacement by commerce

Sarah Silverman: You can't swear in front of a child but there are school shootings

The actor and comedian tells unpleasant truths in profane language – and gets huge respect

Stephen James Smith: On My Culture Radar

The poet and playwright on ‘The Young Offenders’, Ruth Negga and Galway

A kind of betrayal? ‘Come on guys. Even Gary’s on board now’

This is a man who chose to project himself so recently as the public hammer of Fifa

Nasa, Roscosmos and the reopening of the final frontier

Could Donald Trump’s presidency herald a new era of co-operation in space?

Brian Boyd: Liberal Snowflakes resort to ‘voter shaming’ over Trump victory

The 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 themselves

How fringe are you? 12 shows pitch for your ticket-buying time

As the Tiger Dublin Fringe festival prepares for this month’s event, a dozen of the artists taking part give the low-down on their shows

The 10 best stand up shows on Netflix

Continuing our series of Nettflix selections, here’s 10 of the best comedic performances on the streaming service

Culture Shock: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler walk into a bar. Fill in the punchline yourself

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Robin Williams: So plentiful were his gifts he rarely reached for ‘off’ switch

He always said he was most liberated when doing stand-up – protected by the force field of genius the way he was not when he was ‘Robin Williams’ walking down the street

From tragedy to pop-culture punchline

Reinventing Kennedy to suit books, TV and film has blurred his significance

Out with the old and in with the new for Mario Rosenstock

‘I’m not Mr Right-On, lefty-liberal who believes all Governments are s**t’