When I’m with my children I’m often not 100% there
I need to schedule a little special time with each of them so that they feel the full force of my undivided attention
Tuning out: The strange case of the apparent death of the film musical
Dear Evan Hansen screen adaptation comes during a fraught period for the always imperilled genre
‘I know what I should be paid. Now let’s see how close to that we can get’
The Good Fight star Cush Jumbo returns home from the US, but now it is on her own terms
Forever contemporary Cruella leaves Mary Poppins in ‘olden times’
Both films were originally made about 50 years after the period they recreate – and raise a curious question about the past in culture
Cruella: Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name
Unconvincing origin story reimagines puppy-killer as tween-friendly feminist
Lockdown living: Family and friends’ photos keep me company
There are embarrassing photos, childhood images, and pictures of past loves
Róisín Ingle: There’s some seriously competitive pandemic parenting going on
Detailed daily schedules are being shared that include sewing lessons and poetry readings
Todd Haynes: ‘All my movies are critical and financial disappointments initially’
The auteur on his love of whistleblower films and the legacy of New Queer Cinema
‘They’re for the birds’: Council criticised for fining pensioner over feeding birds
‘I though it was disgraceful ... for just being kind to an animal’, says Limerick woman
Clean out and clean up by selling your valuables at auction
When it’s time to declutter antiques or art, auctioneers will often value free of charge
Marie Kondo: How to declutter your life like a professional
Binge on Netflix with the Japanese tidying tsar
All the world’s on stage when it comes to social inclusion
In a town in north Co Dublin, adults with an intellectual disability and secondary school students are uniting to perform a musical show in a powerful demonstration of social inclusion
Panto review: Alice: The Musical at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
A big, blousy performance that hints at Theresa in Brexitland
Lauren Child: Why you should let your children stare into space
Ideas take shape when the mind is drifting, so give kids room ‘to let their minds wander’
‘Rule me. Oh yeah, rule me good, you big dirty royal’
You say you’re not interested in the royal family, but you know you are. We know it too
The real Sound of Music: Maria was no flibbertigibbet, and she didn’t teach the kids songs
The 1965 musical was ‘a sugar-coated lie’ with little in common with the real Von Trapps
Tully: Charlize Theron proves motherhood is not for sissies
Review: Diablo Cody has mashed up ‘Mary Poppins’ and ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’
Patrick Freyne: Judgmental TV at its very best
At Your Service: The Brennan Brothers tackle Irish hospitality in a very Irish way
What today’s feminists can learn from the suffragettes
Mocked and abused, they still kept on fighting – and they won
All together now: NY style co-living comes to Dublin 2
Unlimited coffee, a sense of belonging and some cracking interiors aim to lure the millennial renter in Fitzwilliam scheme
Another mountain to climb: Celine Byrne takes on Mother Abbess
Ireland’s best-known soprano effortlessly moves from opera to ‘The Sound Of Music’
Last of the summer time: 20 things to do before the holidays end
We’ve rounded up 20 ways to keep that holiday feeling as long as possible
The 70 cent ‘Ikea bag’ on sale for €1,695
French fashion house Balenciaga launches bag that looks just like the Swedish store’s hold-all
Dancing with the Stars: no Hollywood ending for Thalia Heffernan as she’s voted off
Movie night on Dancing With The Stars Ireland throws up a few horror shows on the dance floor
Everything you need to know about hygge: the Danish recipe for happiness
It’s turning your home into ‘nest’ – lock your phone away in a sustainably harvested wood box, invite your friends around and banish anything annoying or emotionally overwhelming
Jimmy Page dodges questions in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ case
Lawsuit claims Led Zeppelin copied distinctive guitar riff from ‘Taurus’ by band Spirit
Jimmy Page says ‘Stairway to Heaven’ riff like one in Mary Poppins
Led Zeppelin accused of copying distinctive guitar pattern from a song by band Spirit
Select: The history of iconic breakfast characters
How Tony the Tiger and the Honey Monster sweet-talked us into breakfast
Holiday survival guide: Is it beginning to look a lot like cabin fever?
Things to do with the children before they go back to school
Mary Poppins review: this spoonful of sugar goes down brilliantly
Rather than staying close to Disney's 1964 musical, Julian Fellowes' adaptation goes back to PL Travers' books. The result is a Mary Poppins even the author would love
Pantos, grottos and great places to see Santa
Things to do and shows to see with children over the Christmas holidays
Julie Andrews to attend Jameson Dublin Film Festival
Iconic actress who played Mary Poppins to attend gala screening of The Sound Of Music
Secret of the Tomb review: London galling
The ‘Night at the Museum’ franchise limps into Bloomsbury: it should go no further
Let me introduce you to Priscilla, my fake leg
Priscilla enjoys music festivals and parties, is a hot topic of conversation and the focus of a Ted Med Talk by its designer, Sophie de Oliveira Barata
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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