Richard Attenborough’s son will visit Skibbereen for ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’ screening

Frankie Boyle goes to Russia ahead of the World Cup, plus the final of Britain’s Got Talent

London Letter: ‘It’s disgusting and it has to be stamped out. Standing ovations are un-English’

How the late Tony Booth changed my life more than anybody who ever came through my office door

Errol Morris’s pioneering documentary goes from intrigue to psychological consumption

Vivien Leigh and Audrey Hepburn memorabilia hit record highs

The children of the Easter Rising leader paid dearly for the price of Irish freedom

Obituary: Peter Sallis. Born February 1st 1921; died June 2nd, 2017

Honorary Irishman was among the cleverest actors of his (or any other) generation

In later years his face developed creases like the famous ‘lived-in’ face of Samuel Beckett

American actor Peter Macon is playing Othello for the fourth time in the Abbey’s new production, and his love-hate relationship with the ‘problematic material’ is what keeps him coming back

British prime minister’s words had a sympathetic audience in fellow Conservatives

Frank Finlay: August 6th, 1926 – January 30th, 2016

Making the case for the power of marketing and PR

The commercial television network that broke the BBC monopoly is getting on a bit

Actor best remembered for playing the camel-coated villain Arthur Daley

Christopher Lee: May 27th, 1922 - June 7th, 2015

Peadar Bourke: September 14th, 1926 - April 10th, 2015

From ancient Buddhist temples to colonial-era tea plantations, there’s a warm welcome in Sri Lanka’s beautiful hill country

Marjane Satrapi has directed an almost indescribable film that oscillates between horror and comedy. It is a strange mixture of Hollywood sheen with a rare moral complexity

The new channel aims to be ‘unmissable’, but is facing stiff competition from RTÉ and TV3

Billie Whitelaw: June 6th, 1932 - December 21st, 2014

Broadcaster says television viewers more open to channel-hopping than radio listeners

The actor and director has been in fiery form of late. His latest film, a feminist take on the high plains yarn, stars Hilary Swank as a brave frontierswoman. But don’t dare call it a western

‘New Yorker’ writer Roger Angell is the game’s undisputed poet laureate

Kilkenny broke unwelcome new ground by losing a big lead but have their opponents a convincing second act?

Craig Gilroy or Andrew Conway the most likely candidates to profit from the Athlone prodigy’s misfortune

Adele has it bad. So does Barbra Streisand. And Kate Bush got help with hers to enable her to get back on stage after 35 years

Group chief executive of UTV Media John McCann is confident he can make a success of its new TV channel in the Republic

Why believing isn’t always seeing