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While he may not make the wine, John Malkovich is very involved in the project John Malkovich: ‘I know what I like, and I do what I like’
  • Drink
  • John Wilson
  • July 12, 2020, 06:30

The actor on wine-making in Provence, a love of pinot noir and why he couldn't name his wine Dangerous Liaisons

Forget bulging muscles; strength is all about nerves Forget bulging muscles; strength is all about nerves
  • Fitness
  • Gretchen Reynolds
  • July 12, 2020, 06:01

Study shows gaining strength alters our central nervous system

A whole bowl of Creole – and don’t skimp on the shrimp A whole bowl of Creole – and don’t skimp on the shrimp
  • Food & Drink
  • Lilly Higgins
  • July 12, 2020, 06:00

The sauce can be made ahead of time and the prawns added and cooked before serving

How to make a raspberry shortcake How to make a raspberry shortcake
  • Food & Drink
  • JP McMahon
  • July 12, 2020, 05:45

Raspberries need little more than some sugar and cream. This shortbread is a great way to show them off

My marriage is boring and polite. How do I make my husband interested in me? My marriage is boring and polite. How do I make my husband interested in me?
  • Health & Family
  • Roe McDermott
  • July 12, 2020, 00:00

‘It is all mundane conversation: dinner options, TV options, nothing personal’

The Happy Pear twins: ‘It’s the first book we’ve done without topless shots’ The Happy Pear twins: ‘It’s the first book we’ve done without topless shots’
  • Food & Drink
  • Marie Claire Digby
  • July 11, 2020, 07:00

Stephen and David Flynn, poster boys for plant-based eating, on ditching the ‘silliness’

Paul Flynn: This seafood dish might be a little controversial Paul Flynn: This seafood dish might be a little controversial
  • Food & Drink
  • Paul Flynn
  • July 11, 2020, 06:30

I put Cidona in my mussels dish. So should you

Our new restaurant critic’s first review Our new restaurant critic’s first review
  • Restaurant reviews
  • Corinna Hardgrave
  • July 11, 2020, 09:31

This new restaurant serves flavour-packed food that leaves no doubt about the skill in the kitchen

No-fuss deconstructed cheesecake: a wonderful simple treat No-fuss deconstructed cheesecake: a wonderful simple treat
  • Food & Drink
  • Vanessa Greenwood
  • July 11, 2020, 06:10

This cheesecake can be as rustic or as elegant as you like

Native woodland: An ideal investment that will grow Native woodland: An ideal investment that will grow
  • Life & Style
  • Manchán Magan
  • July 11, 2020, 06:00

One Change: Planting 10 acres with native trees could earn you €2,660 for the next 15 years

Into the Badlands: fans seek weird, wonderful props in monster sale Into the Badlands: fans seek weird, wonderful props in monster sale
  • Fine Art & Antiques
  • Elizabeth Birdthistle
  • July 11, 2020, 06:00

Auction in Co Laois features over 100,000 items connected to popular TV series filmed in Ireland

'It takes me right back to my childhood': the kitchen kit foodies treasure forever 'It takes me right back to my childhood': the kitchen kit foodies treasure forever
  • Interiors
  • Ali Dunworth
  • July 11, 2020, 06:00

Kitchen gadgets can build up quickly but some items are too precious, or useful, to give away

It’s time to end the Airbnb effect on Dublin’s housing supply It’s time to end the Airbnb effect on Dublin’s housing supply
  • Homes & Property
  • Frank McDonald
  • July 11, 2020, 06:00

Comment: Now is the time to recover the Dublin housing stock lost to tourism

West Kerry Brewery making the most of lockdown West Kerry Brewery making the most of lockdown
  • Drink
  • John Wilson
  • July 11, 2020, 06:00

Brewery has created new small-batch beers: a red ale aged in madeira cask and festive IPA aged in Dingle Whiskey bourbon barrels

Sean Moncrieff: The thing about freedom is that it isn’t free Sean Moncrieff: The thing about freedom is that it isn’t free
  • People
  • Sean Moncrieff
  • July 11, 2020, 06:00

The people who rallied against lockdown, against wearing masks, don’t seem to get this

Our Columnists

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Ross O'Carroll-Kelly -

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘You see, the 50-person limit has made Mass tickets a hot commodity’

Fionnuala Fallon Fionnuala Fallon - Gardening Correspondent

This jewel of a gravel garden needs weeding just once a year

Padraig O'Morain Padraig O'Morain -

It’s good to have illusions about yourself

Rosita Boland Rosita Boland - Senior Features Writer

During lockdown I did not bake, teach myself anything or read a book

Homes and Property

The wind dictated everything in relation to the property, from the siting of it to the type of doors and windows the house has. This Connemara coastal home will blow you away
  • Homes & Property
  • Alanna Gallagher

Contemporary cottage outside Clifden used local materials to shelter it from the winds

Des Doyle in the gravel gardens of Lavistown House. Photograph: Richard Johnston This jewel of a gravel garden needs weeding just once a year
A collection of over 100,000 random objects from the Into the Badlands television series will be offered in over 6,400 lots at the Sean Eacrett auction at The Heritage Hotel Golf Club in Co Laois. Into the Badlands: fans seek weird, wonderful props in monster sale
  • 'It takes me right back to my childhood': the kitchen kit foodies treasure forever
  • It’s time to end the Airbnb effect on Dublin’s housing supply

Food & Drink

While he may not make the wine, John Malkovich is very involved in the project John Malkovich: ‘I know what I like, and I do what I like’
  • Drink
  • John Wilson

The actor on wine-making in Provence, a love of pinot noir and why he couldn't name his wine Dangerous Liaisons

Shrimp Creole A whole bowl of Creole – and don’t skimp on the shrimp
An older way of enjoying raspberries was to combine them with fresh curd. How to make a raspberry shortcake
  • The Happy Pear twins: ‘It’s the first book we’ve done without topless shots’
  • Paul Flynn: This seafood dish might be a little controversial

Health and Family

Researchers with the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University decided to teach two female macaque monkeys to lift weights, and the researchers watched what happened to their nerves. Photograph: iStock Forget bulging muscles; strength is all about nerves
  • Fitness
  • Gretchen Reynolds

Study shows gaining strength alters our central nervous system

Spend half an hour before bed each night asking each other the questions you haven’t asked in years or maybe never asked. File photograph: Getty My marriage is boring and polite. How do I make my husband interested in me?
Illustration: Digital Vision/iStock/Getty ‘At night I would go to my room to quietly drink.’ Irish women and addiction
  • Monster or machine? Everything we know about coronavirus after six months
  • Johnny Depp trial: The hidden benefit of celebrity domestic violence allegations

Abroad

Nora Dempsey with her dad Jim Dempsey, partner and son I watched my dad’s funeral by webcam from France
  • Nora Dempsey

Reading the messages left on RIP.ie helped me to grieve for my father from afar

Many international borders remain closed to overseas visitors, and governments are still advising against non-essential travel. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times Have your say: Were you planning to emigrate this year?
Orla McMahon: “Things are very intuitive here. Your wants are all fulfilled.” ‘My rent here is so low it’s a joke’
  • Melbourne lockdown: ‘It’s dawning how serious the outbreak is again’
  • ‘A new lockdown in Melbourne has shattered our spirits’

One Change

A woman rides her bike, in Bogota, Colombia, where the government is closing 120km of streets to car traffic. Phototgraph: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images Covid-19 crisis could mark turning point in progress on climate change
  • Life & Style
  • Manchán Magan

One Change: We may be at the beginning of a new era with changes starting to happen

How to save energy, water and money with one minute
The atmosphere is enjoying a break in air travel pollution. Photograph: Getty Images Skies without planes: what it means for the environment
  • We need to talk about toilet roll
  • Time to put pressure on our banks to stop investing in fossil fuels

Fashion

Dubliner Sean Byrne will graduate as a fully fledged haute couturier in October. Style notes for a fashionable summer
  • Fashion
  • Deirdre McQuillan

A monthly miscellany of news, views, people and topics in fashion

‘There is no greater liberation,’ says one woman who binned her bra in lockdown. Illustration: iStock/Getty/ITPM The death of the bra: Will lockdown’s great lingerie liberation last?
Avoid the werewolf look: beard care takes time and effort. Photograph: iStock Suffering from Covid-19 beard? Here’s how to tame it
  • Hero products from Irish black-owned beauty brands
  • The affordable hair range that works with any shampoo and conditioner

Travel

Gary Cahill, food and beverage director at the Shelbourne, serving coffee in the Lord Mayor’s Lounge. Photograph: Alan Betson Vacation once again: A night at a campsite, a five-star hotel and a full-Irish B&B
  • Ireland
  • Rosita Boland

Irish Times journalists sample the post-lockdown tourism experience

Anne Holohan: ‘We’re a family of four, and no, we won’t be traveling abroad. It’s not worth the risk to ourselves and to everyone around us. It’s not such a sacrifice to holiday in Ireland!’ Readers on overseas travel: ‘I am responsible enough to go and manage the risk of Covid’
Passengers at Dublin Airport this week. Photograph: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin Covid-19: Will you travel abroad for a holiday this year?
  • ‘I am the only person in the pool.’ A postlockdown stay at a landmark Dublin hotel
  • 12 family getaways in Ireland this summer

Motors

The ESB has announced that it’s going to introduce pricing for its network of slow 22kW electric car chargers ESB adds pricing to its slower chargers for electric cars
  • Motors
  • Neil Briscoe

Electric car drivers will now pay 29c per kilowatt to charge their cars

The new car is billed as an SUV coupé, a format that has had mixed success in European markets, but has proved to be a hit in Asia Audi adds third all-electric car to its line-up
Seat’s first all-electric car will be sold under its Cupra sub-brand from next year New all-electric car adds further surge to Seat’s product offensive
  • Taxis under pressure to switch to electric
  • Land Rover lookalike Ineos Grenadier revealed

Outdoors

Choughs. Illustration: Michael Viney The declining choughs of Dursey island need decision makers’ help
  • Michael Viney

A beefed-up, independent National Parks and Wildlife Service would be just the ticket

Juvenile Yellow Wagtail What is this bird? It crashed into my kitchen window. Readers’ Nature queries
Buff-tip moth This insect looks a like twig when resting – what is it?
  • Super grass: the arching, architectural forms of wild meadows
  • What is this jellyfish with nasty-looking stingers? Readers’ nature queries

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Ronan puts a caller on hold to answer another one of his phones. ‘Mass tickets,’ he goes. ‘Buying or selling?’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘You see, the 50-person limit has made Mass tickets a hot commodity’
  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • July 11, 2020

It seems young Ronan is doing a line in black morket tickets for Masses and church services

‘There’s, like, ten or fifteen people just staring at us with their mouths wide open. It’s a look I remember well from my rugby days’ ‘That’ll teach him to challenge the Rossmeister to a mickey-swinging contest’
‘There’s, like, ten or fifteen people just staring at us with their mouths wide open. It’s a look I remember well from my rugby days’ ‘I’m the same as you. I hate it when other people are good at stuff that I’m not good at’
  • ‘We give our children everything they ask for, if that makes us bad parents – guilty as chorged’
  • She saw a goy in a white coat and shouted, ‘Hero!’ And he was like, ‘Er, I work in Kiehl’s’

People

Armed protesters take part in an “American Patriot Rally”, organised by Michigan United for Liberty, demanding the reopening of business in Lansing, the capital city of the state. Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images Sean Moncrieff: The thing about freedom is that it isn’t free
  • People
  • Sean Moncrieff

The people who rallied against lockdown, against wearing masks, don’t seem to get this

Hazel Chu, the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson Hazel Chu: ‘The Green Party needs new leadership and a system overhaul’
Ronan puts a caller on hold to answer another one of his phones. ‘Mass tickets,’ he goes. ‘Buying or selling?’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘You see, the 50-person limit has made Mass tickets a hot commodity’
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  • Ennio Morricone obituary: Composer whose soundtracks elevated films

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Ronan puts a caller on hold to answer another one of his phones. ‘Mass tickets,’ he goes. ‘Buying or selling?’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘You see, the 50-person limit has made Mass tickets a hot commodity’
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