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Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s sons team up for new song Primrose HillJames McCartney’s acoustic ballad, co-written with Sean Ono Lennon, draws from a childhood vision in ScotlandBy Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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Bill Frisell: Orchestras – Guitarist, trio and ensembles become one multifaceted whole By Philip Watson
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Pierce Brosnan to play Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle in new film Actor will star in Giant, an upcoming biopic of British fighter Prince Naseem HamedBy Donald Clarke
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Hubert Butler Essay Prize announcedBooks newsletter: Borris and West Cork festival line-ups; Banagher Brontë Festival; Open Mic for Gaza; Write by the Sea; John McGahern exhibition; Commonwealth and Jhalak prizesBy Martin Doyle
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US comedy giant Conan O’Brien declares Ireland ‘quite the ride... for a ginger’Television: Irish-American presenter is very funny in the Irish episode of his travel show, especially when searching for BonoBy Keith Duggan
Angela Scanlon to take over Graham Norton’s weekend Virgin Radio UK showMeath native joins Ryan Tubridy on station’s roster of Irish presentersBy Ellen O’Donoghue
The Full Irish Hidden Camera Show understands the craic must be baited, captured and solemnly clubbed to deathPatrick Freyne: Frequently it seems as if those ‘duped’ by Doireann Garrihy, Carl Mullan and Donncha O’Callaghan are playing along, much as you would indulge the tomfoolery of a childBy Patrick Freyne
Mammoth review: wistfully hilarious trip back to the boorish and misogynistic 1970sTelevision review: Mike Bubbins’s creation is a giggle-fest that pokes fun at the decade that political correctness forgotBy Ed Power
Pete Waterman: ‘Rick Astley walked away with a cheque for £5m, which is pretty good for an apprentice’Musical I Should Be So Lucky celebrates the 1980s hits that Waterman and his colleagues Mike Stock and Matt Aitken made with Kylie Minogue, Bananarama, Mel & Kim and moreBy Tara Brady
Hilary Fannin: ‘You’re faced with something so mad – maybe you’re going to die’Last year the former Irish Times columnist’s work on her new play, for Rough Magic and the Abbey, was interrupted by a double cancer diagnosisBy Patrick Freyne
In pictures: The winning entries for this year’s Texaco Children’s Art competitionMethodist College Belfast student Charley Bell takes home €1,500 top prize for ‘exceptionally well executed’ colour pencil portraitBy Jade Wilson
Smut Press’s goal? To ‘champion work that might not get published elsewhere – maybe a bit risqué or provocative’What’s Next For?: Jack Scollard and Jordan Hearns on their publications that showcase queer artistsBy Una Mullally