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Ah tis yourself Flea, we haven’t seen you in a while. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty Images Red Hot Chili Peppers at 3Arena: everything you need to know
  • Music
  • Louise Bruton
  • September 20, 2017, 09:24

Stage times, security and ticket availability

Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina: Every person has a choice – now is the time to break out Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina: Every person has a choice – now is the time to break out
  • Books
  • Lynn Enright
  • September 21, 2017, 09:10

‘Riot Days’ is not so much your typical memoir as the work of an original thinker

Nicole Krauss: end of a marriage is ‘terrifying but the freefall is exhilarating’ Nicole Krauss: end of a marriage is ‘terrifying but the freefall is exhilarating’
  • Books
  • Catherine Conroy
  • September 21, 2017, 10:14

The bestselling writer on autobiography, being part of a literary power couple with Jonathan Safran Foer, and what happens when it all falls apart

TileStyle is new Associate Partner of the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards TileStyle is new Associate Partner of the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
  • Stage
  • September 21, 2017, 08:00

The company has signed a three-year deal with the prestigious arts awards event

Irish State neglects its writers but exploits their fame Irish State neglects its writers but exploits their fame
  • Books
  • John McCourt
  • September 20, 2017, 21:39

Government uses Yeats, Joyce, Beckett and Heaney as its calling cards while doing little to bolster their memory or preserve the places they portray

A Fringe play that lets you choose your own plot, and a sharp take on autism A Fringe play that lets you choose your own plot, and a sharp take on autism
  • Stage
  • Mick Heaney
  • September 21, 2017, 09:35

Two plays that are tricky and smart in very different ways

First They Killed My Father: Angelina Jolie does it again First They Killed My Father: Angelina Jolie does it again
  • Film
  • Tara Brady
  • September 21, 2017, 08:00

This Cambodian tale shows Jolie is perfectly capable of tackling geopolitical complexities

The best offbeat romcom of the year? The best offbeat romcom of the year?
  • Film
  • Tara Brady
  • September 21, 2017, 12:35

Writer-director Ildikó Enyedi mines female aloofness for both comedy and sadness in On Body and Soul

On screen: the joy, the passion and the pain driving Ireland’s entrepreneurs On screen: the joy, the passion and the pain driving Ireland’s entrepreneurs
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Borg Vs McEnroe: a smashing match made in heaven Borg Vs McEnroe: a smashing match made in heaven
  • Film
  • Tara Brady
  • September 21, 2017, 09:15

This dramatisation cleverly demonstrates that the two weren’t so different after all

Latest Film

Canadian director Denis Villeneuve loves his rotten fruit. Photograph: Ettore Ferrari/EPA Denis Villeneuve defends Rotten Tomatoes

The Blade Runner 2049 director welcomes the site’s influence, as a new study says it doesn’t affect the box office

Barry Keoghan at the premiere for “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” at the Toronto International Film Festival. Photograph: Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images Oscars countdown starts here. And the Irish are in the race
Director Martin McDonagh’s ‘Three Billboards’ has received strong reviews since its premiere. File photograph: Warren Toda/EPA McDonagh wins People’s Choice Award at Toronto film festival
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Géza Morcsányi and Alexandra Borbély in On Body and Soul On Body and Soul

 
Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe Borg Vs McEnroe

 
Sareum Srey Moch in First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers First The Killed My Father

 
Taron Egerton, Colin Firth and Pedro Pascal, in Kingsman: The Golden Circle Kingsman: The Golden Circle

 

Latest Music

Wild Youth Rock and pop gigs of the week: from Wild Youth to Ennio Morricone

As the Italian composer bows out of live shows, expect drama, tears, hugs and bouquets

Angela Dorgan, head of First Music Contact and organiser of the annual Hard Working Class Heroes festival. Photograph: Ruth Medjber ‘The artist needs to know there isn’t just one path. It’s not just: do a Hozier’
Peter OReilly, Benjamin Russell and Christopher Cull in Benjamin Britten’s opera ‘Owen Wingrave’. Photograph: Frances Marshall Britten’s opera stumbles from the small screen to the live stage
  • Morrissey attacks media on new single Spent the Day in Bed
  • Rostam: An interview with an ex-Vampire
METZ: Strange Peace

 
Chelsea Wolfe: Hiss Spun

 
Van Morrison: Roll with the Punches

 
Antonio Sanchez: Bad Hombre

 
The Killers: Wonderful Wonderful

 
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Latest Books

Maria Alyokhina’s new book, “Riot Days”, outlines the inhumane conditions she experienced during her 21-month stint in a Russian penal colony. Photograph: Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina: Every person has a choice – now is the time to break out

‘Riot Days’ is not so much your typical memoir as the work of an original thinker

Nicole Krauss. Photograph: Getty Images Nicole Krauss: end of a marriage is ‘terrifying but the freefall is exhilarating’
Highlights from the Yeats and family collection to be auctioned by Sotheby’s at a special showing at the RHA in Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Irish State neglects its writers but exploits their fame
  • The invisible girl: an Irish YA novel about homelessness
  • John Ashbery: snatching joy from the poetry of defeat
Atlas of the Irish Revolution is mammoth and magnificent
A Life of My Own by Claire Tomalin: a fascinating and startling read
The Wardrobe Mistress: Theatrical triumph from a master of English Gothic
A book tailor-made for the Prefab Sprout fanatic

TV & Radio

Nadine Coyle performs on stage with her dancers at G-A-Y Heaven on September 16, 2017 in London, England. Photograph: Jo Hale/Redferns Yes queen: why Nadine Coyle is a joy to watch at Work

In an age when every pop star is perfectly polished, Coyle is a wibbly wobbly wonder

Star Trek: Discovery Patrick Freyne picks the best TV shows on the way for Autumn
Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates debut on TV3's 'The Tonight Show' 0:39 Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates debut on TV3's 'The Tonight Show'
  • The Tonight Show: TV3’s replacement for Vincent Browne picks up after shaky start
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers at 3Arena: everything you need to know

Stage

Birdy’s quest for a diva saviour at the Peacock The best theatre to see this weekend

It’s the handover period between Dublin festivals this week as the Dublin Fringe Festival begins to wind up and the Dublin Theatre Festival starts to ramp up. Here’s a small selection of the changing stages

Broken Crow’s Levin and Levin. Photograph: Marcin Lewandowski Levin and Levin review: A whirlwind history that obscures its strengths
Launch the new partnership between TileStyle and the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards were (from left): Laurence Mackin, Arts Editor of The Irish Times; Ruth McCarthy, marketing manager at TileStyle; and Gerard McNaughton, retail director of TileStyle. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw TileStyle is new Associate Partner of the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
  • A Fringe play that lets you choose your own plot, and a sharp take on autism
  • Triple Threat: has the Fringe lost its ability to shock?

Art & Design

CU3 Culture Night: four trails to follow on Friday

From wellness to weirdness and family-friendly fun, we’ve got you covered

Paul Henry, Dawn, Killary Harbour, 1921, Courtesy Ulster Museum Jack B Yeats v Paul Henry: two visions of Ireland
Our Limerick crime comic: ‘I wanted to do something Irish’
  • Gothic follies and ghostly films – this week’s art highlights
  • JP Donleavy, the artist: mad planets and strange fish

Unthinkable

Some animals raised for food have better lives and deaths than others. Photograph: Reuters/Ilya Naymushin A new way of thinking about animal welfare

Unthinkable: Eating the odd beef steak may be more ethical than living off eggs and fish

‘Mainstream games are more moral than most other media, partly because of their interactivity.’ Photograph: Getty Images Playing video games? No, I’m doing philosophy
A Europe-wide basic income ‘would provide our national welfare states with a common floor’. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg A plan to save Europe: Pay every EU citizen a ‘Eurodividend’
  • Why poorly-designed cities are bad for your mental health
  • Paul Ricoeur: The philosopher behind Emmanuel Macron

Michael Viney's Another Life

Wasps seem to follow population cycles of their own. Illustration: Michael Viney The wasps plundering resources for native ecosystems

Wasp species common to Ireland are making much trouble for insects and birds in New Zealand

Mweelrea: the first autumn flood in the mountain river snatches at sand on its curve to the waves, mixing old grains with freshly worn ones. Illustration: Michael Viney Sands of time start to run out: what our building frenzy is doing to seas and lakes
The lion’s mane jellyfish. Illustration by Michael Viney Jellyfish with sting that closes beaches
  • ‘Small bodies swaying with the vigour of their chewing’
  • Michael Viney: Is starry stonewort a native species that knows its place?

Heritage

Pope Pius XI (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, 1857-1939), photographed in February 1922. File photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images Uncovered 1924 paper reveals nuncio’s bias against Irish republicans

Vatican emissary satisfied Terence MacSwiney hunger strike ‘seems not supported’

Museum manager Niall Bergin looks over the last stages of the installation of new exhibition Hunger Strike: Ireland 1877-1981 at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin. The exhibition charts the use of hunger striking in Irish political culture during pivotal moments in our history. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien The long history of the Irish hunger strike
Dig-out reveals skeleton in Smithfield
  • Amateur sleuthing helps solve the mysteries of old Irish photos
  • Proposal to remove Tuam plaque to Confederate soldier rejected

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Wild Atlantic Way: 10 great Donegal destinations Wild Atlantic Way: 10 great Donegal destinations

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1 Ah tis yourself Flea, we haven’t seen you in a while. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty Images Red Hot Chili Peppers at 3Arena: everything you need to know
2 Nicole Krauss. Photograph: Getty Images Nicole Krauss: end of a marriage is ‘terrifying but the freefall is exhilarating’
3 The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful review: Sticking it to the man
4 King Street King Street in Kingston, Jamaica, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Welcome to Sligoville: The story of the Irish in Jamaica
5 Highlights from the Yeats and family collection to be auctioned by Sotheby’s at a special showing at the RHA in Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Irish State neglects its writers but exploits their fame
6 CU3 Culture Night: four trails to follow on Friday
7 Angela Dorgan, head of First Music Contact and organiser of the annual Hard Working Class Heroes festival. Photograph: Ruth Medjber ‘The artist needs to know there isn’t just one path. It’s not just: do a Hozier’
8 The core relationship is that between Larry Marley (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor), a thoughtful republican prisoner, and Gordon Close (Barry Ward), a stressed guard ‘Maze’ review: more like the ‘Great Escape’ than we had any right to expect
9 New co-hosts Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates The Tonight Show: TV3’s replacement for Vincent Browne picks up after shaky start
10 Maria Alyokhina’s new book, “Riot Days”, outlines the inhumane conditions she experienced during her 21-month stint in a Russian penal colony. Photograph: Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina: Every person has a choice – now is the time to break out
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Shelved: a selection of books by Irish women writers. Might some of these names figure in the final 12?
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JP Donleavy at his home, Levington Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, in 2014. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times JP Donleavy 1926-2017: A life in pictures
Podge Cronin and Ruaidhi Gallagher from Skibbereen in Co Cork cheer on the dance-off at Electric Ireland's Throwback Stage. Photograph: Cody Glenn/Sportsfile Electric Picnic Day 2
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