Ruff justice: is Shakespeare being cancelled?
Not exactly, although not everyone believes his work should retain compulsory status in higher-level English for the Leaving Cert
Helen Mirren
Thursday Murder Club review: The weak link here, sadly, is the greatest James Bond of all
Television: A hollow page-turner adapted for film with all the zing of a lesser season of Inspector Morse
Pierce Brosnan interview: ‘John Huston said I was too handsome. It can get in the way’
The Irish actor, star of The Thursday Murder Club, on losing a John Huston role because of his face, the James Bond years and the state of the US
Give me Helen Mirren’s refusal to ‘age gracefully’ over the tech bros who refuse to age at all
Whether it’s ‘age gracefully’ or ‘don’t die’, both frame time as a threat to be managed through purchasing power
Helen Mirren on turning 80: ‘I am not ageing gracefully at all. I hate that term’
‘We just do grow older, there’s no way you can escape that’ says Oscar-winning actor
Séamas O’Reilly: Apple TV+ has Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and God, but is anybody watching?
Foundation is genre storytelling at its richest, while Murderbot is smart-as-a-tack pulp sci-fi
Pierce Brosnan’s 11 most memorable movie roles – in reverse order
The common reduction of Brosnan to ‘Bond actor’ distracts from a busier and better CV than the casual observer might guess
1923 review: Yellowstone prequel is a well-put-together drama apart from Helen Mirren’s Irish accent
Television: More about mood than plot, this violent melodrama is filled with hard-bitten tales of inexpressive men bending the world to their will
Pierce Brosnan: ‘I had no qualifications. I was really behind the eight ball – without a mother, without a father’
A long-time painter and art enthusiast, at 71, Brosnan doesn’t often show the whole of himself. He refers to it all as ‘the Celtic alchemy’
MobLand review: Pierce Brosnan’s Irish accent is a horror for the ages. Forget licence to kill, this is more Darby O’Gill
Television: Helen Mirren’s Irish accent is another phonetic fumble, but Brosnan seems determined to scupper his national treasure status
Richard Osman on the Thursday Murder Club film: ‘I got to see how handsome Pierce Brosnan is up close’
Author Richard Osman on taking his words to the big screen, his new crime novel We Solve Murders and creating characters with heart
Eurovision 2024: Boy George, Helen Mirren, Gene Simmons sign open letter supporting Israel’s inclusion
Those seeking Israel’s exclusion from song contest are subverting its spirit and ‘turning it from a celebration of unity into a tool of politics’, says lobby group
Michael Parkinson obituary: ‘Best interviewer in the business’
His show worked because he listened and engaged enthusiastically with guests whose publicists did not demand they talk only of the “content” being promoted
Brianna Parkins: Why should a visible tattoo stop you from becoming a garda?
Three trainee gardaí with visible tattoos were sent home from the Garda Training College in Co Tipperary
Shazam! Fury of the Gods: Slumming A-list actors, dreary world-building and eye-watering CGI
This underwhelming sequel has no sense of jeopardy, and is unlikely to revive the ailing DC Extended Universe
The ageless Martha Stewart: She’s both chic and messy. That’s why Gen Z love her
The domesticity virtuoso channels youthful energy on TikTok, and kids are idolising it
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast wins no Screen Actors Guild award in ceremony of upsets
Irish actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo among the award-winning cast for Coda
Screen Actors Guild awards 2022: Will Smith, Squid Game and Coda win big
'Now I feel I’m finally part of the family': Troy Kotsur, first deaf actor to win award
David Baddiel: If casting minorities matters, why should Jews be any different?
Why shouldn’t ‘authentic casting’ apply to all minorities, including Jews?
Art&Antiques: Diamonds and sapphires good enough for Lady Gaga
Adam’s fine jewellery and watch sale includes picks by Irish designer Paula Rowan
Mark Strong on life without a father: ‘I got angry as I got older. It took years to fix’
After three decades on the stage and screen, the star still worries where his next job will come from
How advertising moved from telling women how to look to how to behave
Marketing has sold us the perfect woman – do we finally understand the price we paid?
Fast & Furious 9: Never mind the physics, just go along for the ride
Immerse yourself in ever-sillier stunts and the stars’ genuinely sparky interplay
Roland Gift: ‘Everyone on our street was black or brown or Irish. To me that was normal’
The Fine Young Cannibal on being Hull’s ‘first black punk’ and his creative renaissance
Caitlin Moran: ‘This is still the best time in history to be a woman’
The bestselling author brings her trademark wit and searing insights to a new book, More Than a Woman
Hollywood’s a cruel place. But not as cruel as it used to be. Here’s why
Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort
Happy 75th birthday Helen Mirren: The woman who could make men feel like boys
As the actor turns 75, a look at her astonishing career in which she’s played cops, rockers, monarchs and murderers
‘He’s so strapping and virile’: Patrick Stewart at 80, by Shatner, McKellen, Grammer and more
Horse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, and fights in string vests
Netflix falling short in ferocious Oscar drive
A $70m campaign and 24 nominations may not bring it a big night
The 10 worst films of the past 10 years
The worst film of the 2010s was so reactionary, materialistic and lazy it selected itself
Keanu Reeves: Everyone is talking about his new girlfriend, and it’s not why you think
The long-single actor turned heads after appearing in public with Alexandra Grant
On My Culture Radar: Mary McEvoy
The actor on the appeal of Helen Mirren and discovering the artistry of Odilon Redon
Catherine the Great is actually only Catherine the okay
The ruler of Russia faces her steepest challenge yet: filling the void left by Game of Thrones
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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