FilmBlue proves the warmest colour as 10-minute lesbian sex scenes pull in the plauditsBy Donald Clarke
FilmColin Farrell: “Lothario! There’s a nice word for a slut. Imagine what they’d say if I was a woman”By Tara Brady
MusicJohn Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony; Short Ride in a Fast Machine; HarmonielehreBy Michael Dervan
CourtsO’Brien claims Ganley acting spitefully in taking phone licence case against himBy Mary Carolan
Crime & Law‘Something opened up in one of them’: how three decades of slavery came to an end for an Irish woman and two others in LondonBy Mark Hennessy
Asia-PacificVillage after village, hour after hour, people gather for ritual of distributionBy Peter Murtagh
IrelandLarkin was within rights to make his ‘unacceptable’ proposals about the past, says RobinsonBy Gerry Moriarty
Middle EastUnder the constant shadow of explosions, citizens try their best to lead normal livesBy Michael Jansen
OireachtasESB pensions row will have no impact on sales of the semi-state’s assets - HowlinBy Marie O’Halloran
OireachtasAs troika departs, Fleming says no need for Labour to take on FG clothes and sell State assetsBy Marie O’Halloran
FoodWho wants techno turkey? Celebrate Thanksgiving with Le Galaxie and Planes, Trains and AutomobilesBy Aoife McElwain and Oisin Davis
EconomyCoalition’s choice of way forward broadly applauded but warning given as to risksBy Arthur Beesley
Food‘I pity vegetarians in the same way I pity virgins, teetotallers and men who are not interested in sport’
PoliticsMaking ‘clean break’ from Troika was right course, Kenny saysBy Harry McGee and Suzanne Lynch
Middle EastOld foreign policy advice to speak softly and carry a big stick will do for IranBy Patrick Smyth