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American billionaire launches from desert site in West Texas and lands safely on earth

It is not the dull frontier the Amazon founder somehow makes it seem

Take a work of art out of its normal context and it can be like seeing the expensive T-shirt you splashed out on at Brown Thomas screwed up on the floor in the discount corner at TK Maxx. Is it still desirable? Does it hold its value?

From Malin to Mizen, here’s a selection of more than 80 festivals throughout the country for the year ahead

From Pussy Riot to Netflix and Jeff Koons’s €42 million dog, our critics choose their best and worst of the past year

Tomorrow, Culture Night will take over towns and cities across the country with a huge range of free events, so here’s a small selection. For full listings, see culturenight.ie

The Taming of the Shrew is a ghastly play but, like much else at Kilkenny Arts Festival, it’s handled with wit and made wonderful

The visual art of Bob and Roberta Smith – aka Patrick Brill – is political, humorous and all about empowering the spectator