Review: It's a gnom com with a PR problem, as allegations hang over its lead actor

Collection on Amazon-owned platform is nearly 72 hours and is narrated by Stephen Fry

The present age of anxiety has triggered a new interest in the paranormal

Tulach on Knapton Road is a fine four-bed built by man with Arthur Conan Doyle links

In her new show, Modern Experiments, Susan MacWilliam explores the paranormal, from people who see with their hands to those who make ectoplasm

Newstalk’s absorbing documentary recounts the rivalry of ‘planters’ from Connemara

Russian hackers may have leaked the episode, but the show’s makers have taken a once smart and nimble show and made it bloated and bedazzled

New software is being tested which will mimic a person’s exact handwriting style

Web log: New software scribbles some Sherlock

On the centenary of his tragic execution, it is worth recalling the rebel’s adventurous life

The famous Brava theatre is staging the 2015 official Harry Houdini séance, as part of the Bay Area Science Festival and some famous ectoplasm is expected to top the bill

A short-cut turns out to be the long way home for Vinny Fitzpatrick and some ‘friends’

New Republic-only station seems attached to hokey Oirish travelogues as well as John Hinde advertising break and station ident imagery

This week, to mark the end of our How to Write a Book series, we have a daily Q&A with a debut author

A fresh insight into Mr Blythe’s economic stewardship has been highlighted by the discovery of a rare copy of Dracula “as Gaeilge”

Fifty Conan Doyle books published before 1923 may be referred to freely without licensing fees

My books are born from my obsession with Roman history. I’ve followed Spartacus’ trail across Italy. I’ve stood at Cannae and imagined Hannibal’s army meeting the massed legions of Rome

Centenary events offer opportunity for reconciliation, says Cameron adviser

Benedict Cumberbatch first set hearts aflutter in the BBCs hugely popular Sherlock, which returns on New Year’s Day, and has since made great waves playing Julian Assange, Khan and now, as the voice of Smaug, the dragon in The Hobbit. He has also made a big impact on the world of otters. He talks to Donald Clarke

Author Andrew Lane meets schoolchildren in Dubray Bookshop on Shop Street during his ‘knife-edge’ Young Sherlock Holmes tour