Rebel Notes: A timely take on republicanism and music, from The Wolfe Tones to Kneecap, via Alan Partridge
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‘Watch your step’: Steve Coogan takes Patrick Freyne backstage at Dr Strangelove
The comic actor is playing four parts in the new stage version of Stanley Kubrick’s film, which comes to Ireland in 2025
TV Baftas 2022: Social issues take spotlight at inclusive ceremony
Pleas to save Channel 4 took centre stage on Sunday night amid uncertainty over future
TV View: Scholes sticks a pin in United’s balloon of hope
Neither Jake Humphrey nor Rangnick’s men could lift pundit’s spirits on glum night
Emer McLysaght: No home improvement show is too bonkers for me to watch
Tinie Tempah’s Extraordinary Extensions? Healy Rae’s Cow Shed? I’m in
Paul Rudd is the world’s sexiest not-very-Irish man
People Magazine named him ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. An Irish connection was swiftly unearthed
Paul Howard: Ten things I’ve learned writing Ross O’Carroll-Kelly
I have changed Ireland in one small way – causing the demise of the name Ross
TV View: Why do we feel we have been caught offside by kick-offs at the same time?
Tribunals have been held for lesser matters than Uefa’s woeful scheduling
Life from the age 40 until your first hip-replacement is actually rubbish
Review: BBC’s Us tells chilling truths about what happens to relationships in the autumn of life
Soldier’s songs and the War of Independence
Rebel songs were an integral part of the culture of Republicanism in the early 20th century
Steve Coogan: ‘Come Out, Ye Black and Tans is two fingers to the British’
‘The whole history between the British and the Irish runs through me’, says Coogan
Bombshell review: This film doesn’t have an idea in its pretty little head
Despite its three Oscar nominations, Bombshell isn’t as smart as the women it depicts
I was Boris Johnson’s boss: he is utterly unfit to be British prime minister
The Tory party is about to foist a tasteless joke upon the British people. He cares for nothing but his own fame and gratification
Meghan Markle shock: Stilettos aside, she looks like a woman who’s just had a baby
Prince Archie’s mum – the baby’s name has been revealed – looks refreshingly natural
Alan Partridge is England’s man of the moment
Series review: Alan Partridge, the new Emperor of England, knows he’s naked
John Cooney thriving on opportunity among the sons of Ulster
Ruan Pienaar’s departure proved to be key as scrumhalf made move to Belfast from Connacht
Come Out Ye Black and Tans: Think you know what it’s about? You probably don’t
It has been on Alan Partridge and a Brady’s ham ad. So what does the rebel song mean?
Alan Partridge singing Come Out, Ye Black and Tans both awkward and hilarious
BBC One viewers treated to a stirring rendition of the rebel song on the ‘This Time with Alan Partridge’ show
Local radio layoffs continue to loom for real-life Alan Partridges
London Letter: Leave-veering audiences to lose out to capital’s output
This Time With Alan Partridge: A wicked study in prejudice and panic
‘Guess who’s back in the big time?’ he gloats in hilarious first episode of new show
Alan Partridge spams 20,000 BBC colleagues
Chatshow host, returning to present ‘This Time’, gives out his BBC email address
‘Famous and Fighting Crime’: A bit too much like a human fox hunt
Channel 4’s questionable show sees celebrities join officers responding to emergencies
Alan Partridge returns to the BBC in time for Brexit
Presenter’s shambling persona is perfect for our political moment, says Steve Coogan
Liverpool’s sloppiness against Arsenal will give rivals hope
While a 5-1 victory looked impressive, how good, really, were Jürgen Klopp’s side?
I’m a Celebrity 2018: Noel Edmonds vs the hunks, honeys and diamond geezers
The Deal or No Deal presenter promises pure TV gold in the jungle
TV View: Sky Sports exposed by Leicester helicopter crash
The channel queasily struck names from the list of possible casualties, as if playing bingo
The Eagles’ ‘Greatest Hits’ is music for people who do not really like music
Album is now top-selling album in US after overtaking Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’
TV: Uncontrollable giggles aplenty on Gone to Pot
ITV documentary follows vintage TV stars on their cannabis-fuelled journey of discovery
Doing Trump with a funny voice, the danger is he just becomes a clown
Armando Iannucci, one of the most feared satirist's in the business, takes on Stalin in a comedy of terrors
Steve Coogan wins phone-hacking damages
Mirror Group ordered to pay damages to celebrity in relation to 62 published articles
‘Snakes vs Iguana’ named TV moment of the year at Baftas
Watch the thrilling sequence that brought David Attenborough one of two TV 2016 Baftas
Rylan is proof that reality TV works and the hero we all need
He might look a Freddie Mercury hologram but Rylan Clark-Neal is far better than the frigid format of quiz show Babushka
'I laughed out loud at Mrs Brown's chat show. In The Irish Times. Near where Fintan sits'
All Round to Mrs Brown's is the kind of programme it's possible to love and hate at the same time
Oliver Callan casts a wry eye on US election comedy show
Our own media has questions to answer about coverage of the last election
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