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Daniel Craig: Bond 25 is expected to be the last time he play the spy. Photograph: PA

James Bond 25: title and cast to be revealed Thursday

Film
April 24, 2019, 19:16

The 25th Bond film, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, will be Daniel Craig’s fifth outing as 007

Moe Dunford: You look at what’s coming out of Ireland, you realise a bit of anger goes a long way

Moe Dunford: You look at what’s coming out of Ireland, you realise a bit of anger goes a long way

Film
Tara Brady
April 24, 2019, 05:30

Since Vikings wrapped the Waterford actor has been busy making up for lost film time

Avengers: Endgame spends too long wallowing in its own pomposity

Avengers: Endgame spends too long wallowing in its own pomposity

Film
Donald Clarke
April 23, 2019, 22:00

Review: The best superhero films nod at their silliness. This one’s short on fun

Bonding: Sex and life lesson from a dominatrix

Bonding: Sex and life lesson from a dominatrix

TV, Radio, Web
Ed Power
April 24, 2019, 11:30

Review: Netflix’s new micro-dose series sees a dominatrix and a comedian grapple with the wounds of adolescence

The Six Billion Dollar Man is the reboot industry’s latest offering

The Six Billion Dollar Man is the reboot industry’s latest offering

Culture
Donald Clarke
April 24, 2019, 14:00

When is a reboot not a reboot? When it’s a new version of Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer

Tolkien estate disavows forthcoming film starring Nicholas Hoult

Tolkien estate disavows forthcoming film starring Nicholas Hoult

Film
April 24, 2019, 09:57

Lord of the Rings author’s estate says it does not ‘approve of or authorise’ new biopic

Lost Bob Marley live recordings rescued from damp hotel basement

Lost Bob Marley live recordings rescued from damp hotel basement

Music
April 24, 2019, 09:59

Reel-to-reel tapes have been restored and will be auctioned in London this May

What’s new? Irish festivals reveal the state of contemporary music

What’s new? Irish festivals reveal the state of contemporary music

Music
Michael Dervan
April 24, 2019, 05:00

Let’s see how new works and living, Irish and female composers fare in upcoming programmes

Game of Thrones season eight, episode two review – Everyone has death in mind

Game of Thrones season eight, episode two review – Everyone has death in mind

TV, Radio, Web
Peter Crawley
April 22, 2019, 10:30

Review: Forgiving and flirting in Winterfell – and ready to fight to the end, which may be imminent

Pierre Bonnard: The bright palette of a tortured soul

Pierre Bonnard: The bright palette of a tortured soul

Visual Art
Lara Marlowe
April 23, 2019, 05:45

Tate Modern’s a dazzling tribute identifies colour and memory as the two most salient features of the great French painter’s art

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Daniel Craig: Bond 25 is expected to be the last time he play the spy. Photograph: PA

James Bond 25: title and cast to be revealed Thursday

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Avengers: Endgame

Toni Servillo as Silvio Berlusconi in Paolo Sorrentino’s new film, Loro. Photograph: Gianni Fiorito

Judi Dench tries her absolute best in ‘Red Joan’

Dragged across Concrete: Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson

Dragged Across Concrete

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Hozier performs in Dublin. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Hozier nominated for prestigious Ivor Novello award

Irish singer’s ‘Nina Cried Power’ is in the running for a best song prize

Album Reviews

In the End is a smart and stylish farewell for The Cranberries

The Cranberries: In the End

Loyle Carner: Not Waving, but Drowning

Lizzo: Cuz I Love You

Rodrigo y Gabriela: Mettavolution

Glen Hansard: This Wild Willing

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Dr Lucia Gannon: “I have often thought that I put people off their pints, simply by being in the local pub and asking them how they are”

A GP’s work-lifesaving balance: ‘I could not care for others if I was not caring for myself’

All in a Doctor’s Day author on balancing life as a country GP, mother and friend

Book Reviews

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Zoe Levin in Bonding. Photograph: Netflix

Bonding: Sex and life lesson from a dominatrix

Review: Netflix’s new micro-dose series sees a dominatrix and a comedian grapple with the wounds of adolescence

Stage

Ulster American: An escalating farce.

Filthy minds: The best theatre shows this week

Dublin plays host to Ulster American in the Abbey and Spotless in Smock Alley

Art & Design

This painting by Atsushi Kaga is among the works to go under the hammer at the Pallas Auction on May 2nd.

Upcoming art auctions all in a good cause

Works by cutting edge contemporary artists will go under the hammer in coming weeks

Unthinkable

‘There is something new in our day – the way we can express invented identities without the requirement to stand by them.’ Photograph: Photothek/Getty Images

Is technology to blame for spread of ‘unjoined-up thinking’?

Social media ‘invites us to be so many people at once’, says UCC academic Fiachra Long

Michael Viney's Another Life

Illustration: Michael Viney

Poisoned and preyless: obstacles to rewilding Ireland with eagles

Restoring the golden eagle to the west has found the limits to bringing back a carnivore

Heritage

The Mountjoy Square Society said, if properly restored, the building would be an ‘outstanding asset to the area’.

Plan for partial demolition of Big Tree pub in Dublin criticised

Developer wants to change planning permission on 1830s building on Dorset Street

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Immersive technologies: from hype to hyper-performance

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International ARVR Innovate Conference and Expo returns to RDS Dublin on Friday, May 10th and will offer delegates the chance to hear from leading international and domestic speakers

Notre Dame's En Plein Air returns to Kylemore Abbey after inaugural success

Notre Dame's En Plein Air returns to Kylemore Abbey after inaugural success

The second year of En Plein Air is from May 26th to June 5th, as well as the new Live Drawing Salon from June 6th to 9th

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Owen Roe addresses the audience upon accepting his Special Tribute Award at the The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards at the National Concert Hall. Photograph: Aidan Crawley

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