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‘Little prince’ Marius Borg Høiby faces up to 10 years in jail on 38 charges including rape and violence
As I sit in the cinema watching Hamnet, a dull ache starts in my throat
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live God review – A stunning double album. One of the greats
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Television: A sleazy protagonist, a child subjected to emotional neglect and bleak English seaside scenes - what is the point of it all?
‘The measure of my dreams’: Rainy Night in Soho lives on, almost 40 years after its release
One of Shane McGowan’s best-loved songs has been covered by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Lisa O’Neill, Nick Cave and more
After the death of popular Pope Francis, what now for Christianity?
In Europe, after centuries of dominance, Christianity appears to be in retreat
The Murder Capital: ‘Nick Cave listened to our whole album and was sitting there telling us his favourite tunes’
The Irish indie band on toxic nationalism, rebel songs and how Dublin’s Bimm Music Institute helped shape their outlook
Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’
The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet years, it’s growing again
I went to the cinema to see Small Things Like These. By the time I emerged I had concluded the film was crap
The fact is the film was beautiful, earnest, poetic and sublime. But that’s not what I saw in the moment
Paul Mescal: ‘My favourite actors are Irish. There’s a wildness. We do our own thing’
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds at 3Arena: Thrilling, pulsating and stunning performance from restless prince of gloom
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