<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/feed-culture/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:16:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Bodily Fluids by Liam Hughes: Medical memoir aims to entertain but lacks nuance]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/bodily-fluids-by-liam-hughes-medical-memoir-aims-to-entertain-but-lacks-nuance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/bodily-fluids-by-liam-hughes-medical-memoir-aims-to-entertain-but-lacks-nuance/</guid><description><![CDATA[Retired cardiologist’s dedication is evident but the tone of this book is at times problematic]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:49:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E2UBUEBL3NEIBI7SP5YTXSZCHM.jpg?auth=49caec7786961a38943668b4759f38fed8b2f4145132b6eb8ba8fd7a512b2294&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Healthcare writers share the immense privilege of being granted access to the lives of patients facing illness and death. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Doctor taking senior man's blood pressure]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">monkeybusinessimages</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dermot Kennedy: ‘I was freaking out about my voice. I did two weeks where I didn’t speak’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/04/dermot-kennedy-i-was-freaking-out-about-my-voice-i-did-two-weeks-where-i-didnt-speak/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/04/dermot-kennedy-i-was-freaking-out-about-my-voice-i-did-two-weeks-where-i-didnt-speak/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadine O’Regan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dermot Kennedy is one of Ireland's most successful music artists, with hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify and two sold-out gigs coming up at the Aviva, but naturally shy, and 'a bit of a loner' at heart, he finds touring hard. His new album is a declaration of allegiance to his home in Rathcoole in Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:58:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IIXBATS6U5F3HJT4WAPX7VRJ6Y.jpg?auth=ce40f1703f7e8a0d3564333af8823774d3ccbcd3d78511b57336dcb77c3366e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dermot Kennedy at Ballinskelligs Abbey, Co Kerry: 'Being such a homebird can be difficult. There’s varying levels of how much of yourself you’re willing to give away.' Photograph: Silken Weinberg]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Dermot Kennedy]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert: An epic journey into the unknown]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/04/keith-jarretts-koln-concert-an-epic-journey-into-the-unknown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/04/keith-jarretts-koln-concert-an-epic-journey-into-the-unknown/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Watson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The pianists Maki Namekawa and Thomas Enhco are re-creating the jazz star’s fabled improvisation at the National Concert Hall in Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7RBP5BND7JEEVNKJ7VZGXVS5CY.jpg?auth=1b87e288ebbc5ed63ff87a4f8fa0b7ff58e78ce46bbb50398b9c327c6f25982a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Keith Jarrett. Photograph: Wolfgang Frankenstein]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ticket culture music April 2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ An early contender for most ambitious Irish novel of the year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/el-by-thaddeus-o-buachalla-an-early-contender-for-most-ambitious-irish-novel-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/el-by-thaddeus-o-buachalla-an-early-contender-for-most-ambitious-irish-novel-of-the-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Declan Burke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Equal parts Flann O’Brien and Dan Brown, EL is a novel of impressively epic sweep]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:49:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RLHJOBY7XJDQPA6SNOXS3PXP6E.jpg?auth=59b0ca1686694debc4891aceb8a1bd1cc17db28f46a1a2c56caa63ebe4966c79&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Thaddeus Ó Buachalla, author of EL: Irish fiction needs more of this kind of risky, absurdist mischief-making ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Thaddeus Ó Buachalla]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communion by Jon Doyle: A genuinely idiosyncratic way of describing the everyday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/communion-by-jon-doyle-a-genuinely-idiosyncratic-way-of-describing-the-everyday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/communion-by-jon-doyle-a-genuinely-idiosyncratic-way-of-describing-the-everyday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Sweeney Byrne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Novel has a meandering quality and a subtlety in terms of what’s actually happening that proves a bit too subtle]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4LR6ZFLLJALBLUREGOEJJIVIE.jpg?auth=ec663fa5b0ec02af913007f77ecf2f5eb046a5b39760f86379356bfefb7f48cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jon Doyle: an 'exquisite way with words', and 'mastery of the small details that place you in the setting. He has a genuinely idiosyncratic way of describing the everyday without that usual agonised striving for originality.']]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley: More extraordinary writing about ordinary lives]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/the-palm-house-by-gwendoline-riley-more-extraordinary-writing-about-ordinary-lives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/the-palm-house-by-gwendoline-riley-more-extraordinary-writing-about-ordinary-lives/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helen Cullen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So engaging it will be read in one sitting]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SEAZ2KY7KBDAZK5OATTLUYYEIA.jpg?auth=bedf09025f7928904d0b0dd8ed33dd24835bd7de0c1f9e4932f8edd5b0ce5ccb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gwendoline Riley's pristine soars in The Palm House]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Gwendoline Riley]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe: Mastery of timing makes this investigation a page-turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/london-falling-by-patrick-radden-keefe-mastery-of-timing-makes-this-investigation-a-page-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/london-falling-by-patrick-radden-keefe-mastery-of-timing-makes-this-investigation-a-page-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Levitin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Yorker writer’s drive to get to the truth again brings impetus to ask ‘just one more thing’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:26:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BM6QRVZ7OBCE3HPMCTZVZAXCH4.jpg?auth=45e98a59adb53c040f6687a76371beeb338586267590e164630d9074c0797f35&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe attends the 85th Annual Peabody Awards for storytelling at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, in June 2025. Photgraph:y Jon Kopaloff/Getty ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[The 85th Annual Peabody Awards - Arrivals / Cocktails]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jon Kopaloff</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr Hoo and Other Stories: No judgment in these barrister’s tales united by literary mastery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/mr-hoo-and-other-stories-no-judgment-in-barristers-tales-united-by-literary-mastery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/mr-hoo-and-other-stories-no-judgment-in-barristers-tales-united-by-literary-mastery/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éilís Ní Dhuibhne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A number of the stories in John O’Donnell’s collection focus on people who run foul of the law, an area in which the author has expertise]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3NXUE3POWJG2LDDKTZMCGAMU54.jpg?auth=4d2d8897f690d77e0a18a22db9f26e8e94d447a6eb41270818fd135813c644db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author John O'Donnell: 'Deep compassion for humanity and an understanding of human foibles']]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[John O'Donnell author]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich: Intriguing, vital and often funny]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/pythons-kiss-by-louise-erdrich-intriguing-vital-and-often-funny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/pythons-kiss-by-louise-erdrich-intriguing-vital-and-often-funny/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Sweeney Byrne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Maybe Minnesota helps make this writer great]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QCTLQ4DE3WRAJEBRLE2POYYPKM.jpg?auth=28aac1f2de89bdd5f3d54c508bd83f1d6414e751d48946064890e0fe0c9e0421&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Louise Erdrich has been described as one of the great American writers and her latest collection, Python's Kiss, shows why. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[FRANCE-LITERATURE-AWARDS-FEMINA]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Thomas Samson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: Easter Blessing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/04/poem-of-the-week-easter-blessing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/04/poem-of-the-week-easter-blessing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Iggy McGovern]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Iggy McGovern]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:03:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4RLOGIG2BVKBJDPH3WMJZUYQ7Q.jpg?auth=e1371bcd57af1430665f26acc5eca77b7ebfe22a7a8094eb8c3a440d4e4adafe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iggy McGovern: Easter Blessing. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frank Miller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author Jan Carson: ‘I Googled what would happen if you drained Lough Neagh’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/04/author-jan-carson-i-googled-what-would-happen-if-you-drained-lough-neagh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/04/author-jan-carson-i-googled-what-would-happen-if-you-drained-lough-neagh/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author’s fourth novel, Few and Far Between, is inspired by a politician’s madcap scheme ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DR3RQUCEKFACFKLCN64VNPS5FQ.jpg?auth=f338dc2f0e64ab8714cf2561f78ac95b3f55e4eb04175e547cff34a404b7e96e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jan Carson: 'This novel deliberately blurs the line between fact and fiction.'
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill 









]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[JAN CARSON]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In brief: Leo XIV: An Augustinian Life in Context; The Sky Is Not Enough; The Dice Was Loaded from the Start]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/in-brief-leo-xiv-an-augustinian-life-in-context-the-sky-is-not-enough-the-dice-was-loaded-from-the-start/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/04/in-brief-leo-xiv-an-augustinian-life-in-context-the-sky-is-not-enough-the-dice-was-loaded-from-the-start/</guid><description><![CDATA[Reviews of works by Brian Heffernan; June O’Sullivan; and David Annand]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:37:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DTUPOS3WRRXCVAS5GF3RB4OL3Y.jpg?auth=574ece9bfb2ff43e26b43c0caa6f309ab923be548a1a5e6ceadd03d51606e803&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV in St Peter's Square in The Vatican. Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE-AUDIENCE]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Filippo Monteforte</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Young Offenders on BBC One: Lowbrow gags sitting neatly between Benny Hill and Mrs Brown’s Boys]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/03/the-young-offenders-on-bbc-one-lowbrow-gags-sitting-neatly-between-benny-hill-and-mrs-browns-boys/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/03/the-young-offenders-on-bbc-one-lowbrow-gags-sitting-neatly-between-benny-hill-and-mrs-browns-boys/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: The cast is outstanding, Cork looks great – what a tragedy this can’t aspire to more than old-school British sitcom in a Cork jersey]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JC4FQ3ZAERCE5OZJ3RHTLRSVD4.jpg?auth=dfd0c71ce8314bbc59de17359fd616649deb546f381b00887ab7cd909e215cad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Young Offenders: Conor (Alex Murphy) and Jock (Chris Walley) have chemistry and their northside accents are authentic. Photograph: BBC]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Young Offenders]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tuesdays with Morrie author Mitch Albom: ‘I make a conscious choice to be hopeful. That’s not always in vogue’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/04/03/tuesdays-with-morrie-author-mitch-albom-i-make-a-conscious-choice-to-be-hopeful-thats-not-always-in-vogue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/04/03/tuesdays-with-morrie-author-mitch-albom-i-make-a-conscious-choice-to-be-hopeful-thats-not-always-in-vogue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With a new Irish production of the stage show based on the book, Albom’s autobiographical story is still finding new audiences]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:27:59 +0000</pubDate><category>Stage</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CGRYZTX6LBBWTDULY7OTMZZ3VQ.jpg?auth=8cfd26a1827165ba478de1a1f5419cdb542e81a31ccb418b7153c7639ca1ce56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie: ‘It was a class, a last class in life’]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ticket culture stage theatre books April 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[James McAvoy: ‘I’m 75% Donegal. We’re so similar yet so different. I think the difference is independence’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/03/james-mcavoy-im-75-donegal-were-so-similar-yet-so-different-i-think-the-difference-is-independence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/03/james-mcavoy-im-75-donegal-were-so-similar-yet-so-different-i-think-the-difference-is-independence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The actor and California Schemin’ director on accents, X-Men and the thorniest issue in Scottish politics]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCIGIJI5YVGNBKS5QMTRQ6ZXZY.jpg?auth=e004f178f9b85aab57a7a3f91e7b331cdcdc703b8fc7c4f0d0c74345c39118a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James McAvoy: 'I think I’m a storyteller. If I want to tell a story about independence I’ll make a film about it.' Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ticket culture film April 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gareth Cattermole</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spending a penny has become very expensive indeed: Drivetime investigates €6m loos]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/03/spending-a-penny-has-become-very-expensive-indeed-drivetime-investigates-6m-loos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/03/spending-a-penny-has-become-very-expensive-indeed-drivetime-investigates-6m-loos/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mick Heaney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Radio: Newstalk host Andrea Gilligan discusses a topic rarely aired in public, which is surely illuminating for male listeners]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZWOVI3PBBDGTLGOGU6W6PV3G4.jpg?auth=c72b55e0f3e2e8ab87a27ff0b23685c999c0e6e968eee9430bed2673ca69e8ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Radio 1: Drivetime hosts Katie Hannon and Colm Ó Mongáin. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ticket culture radio review November 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne: Is U2’s new EP Easter Lily almost ... cool?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/03/u2s-new-ep-easter-lily-review-an-endearingly-honest-questing-record-thats-almost-cool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/03/u2s-new-ep-easter-lily-review-an-endearingly-honest-questing-record-thats-almost-cool/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The band offer us a record about friendship, faith, art, meaning and, appropriately for Easter, death and the possibility of rebirth]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YP4GMOCW4FD4XJ4U3IBERHPO7M.jpg?auth=b1bceb5c8b06ada42421aff70b457bf27ebf035d90294e2dd54d91511fa13554&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Easter Lily, the new U2 EP, is released on Good Friday]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[U2 Easter Lily EP (embargoed to Fri, April 3 at 5am)]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonesuch by Francis Spufford: Distinctly Narnian in timbre – pure story of the richest kind]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/03/28/nonesuch-by-francis-spufford-distinctly-narnian-in-timbre-pure-story-of-the-richest-kind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/03/28/nonesuch-by-francis-spufford-distinctly-narnian-in-timbre-pure-story-of-the-richest-kind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Part of the game of Nonesuch is to restore the reality of the second World War to a Narnian story of magic]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:59:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZDT3PMOXUOY6V5GJWCMXJ3XHKQ.jpg?auth=db4b9ce63e497be4de42202bcbed00738578ede4386d9d7744f71f6f6cec168a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Francis Spufford is that rare thing: an intelligent storyteller. Photograph: Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Movie Quiz: Who missed out at this year’s Oscars?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/03/the-movie-quiz-who-missed-out-at-this-years-oscars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/03/the-movie-quiz-who-missed-out-at-this-years-oscars/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus: Which class of Italian professional lands back in cinemas this week?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y4MKPHNZMFAGTMUM3DBPCDM7XY.jpg?auth=642e61e9321d447925e772f3033d322fb166f8798bc9ba5fe550b3b6f6e9325b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[What actor was controversially left off the awards in memoriam section. Photograph: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[82nd Annual Academy Awards - "Meet The Oscars" New York]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew H. Walker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dermot Kennedy: The Weight of the Woods review – A landslide of dude dirges]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/04/03/dermot-kennedy-the-weight-of-the-woods-review-a-landslide-of-dude-dirges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/04/03/dermot-kennedy-the-weight-of-the-woods-review-a-landslide-of-dude-dirges/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Irish star’s album is a missed opportunity. As the wonderful Turnstile makes plain, he should be making more indie rock with a pep in its step]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E5ZXMFFD3FHD3CPRW65ESGP654.jpg?auth=fbb405a924dc930e48162cae4b934655a01dc48fa53b95312c7272271c8a6f9e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dermot Kennedy. Photograph: Silken Weinberg]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture music album review April 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>