Dawn French

Kenneth Branagh’s long-delayed whodunnit overcomes most of its problems

Patrick Freyne: Disney’s ad is quite moving. M&S’s needs more existential angst

Several of this year’s festive campaigns have already arrived – even if the HGVs have not

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Four Weddings and a Funeral’s director says yes. Richard Curtis, its writer, prefers... Elf

The Sex Education actor talks about her Irish roots and her Anglo-French upbringing

Here’s some cosy TV to make confinement more bearable

The comedian on how racist abuse and his mother’s violence shaped him as a performer and activist

The characters in Ursula Rani Sarma’s first musical, a collaboration with the Cork singer-songwriter called Evening Train, yearn to escape their small-town home

Outrageously confident Nancy Dell’Olio is furthest thing from defeated apologists surrounding her

For more of nature’s charms, tune in to A Wild Irish Year and a Chelsea Flower Show A-Z

In conversation: Tara Erraught and Fergus Sheil

Actor best known for role as Alice in the long-running BBC comedy died of natural causes

Marian Keyes, Laura Kennedy and the Women’s Podcast book club reveal all