High Society director Rachel Kavanaugh: ‘Jukebox is often used disparagingly. But a jukebox musical can be brilliant’
Musicals are a formidably expensive business, and the jukebox variety offer a sense of security to both producers and spectators
Cole Porter
Anything Goes comes to Dublin: ‘It’s a chance to see something big and noisy and joyous’
Kathleen Marshall and Simon Callow on eye-popping new production of classic musical
The F-word, the one worse than feck, is all over pop and no one cares
Swearing is big and clever. Just listen to Olivia Rodrigo, or look at the streaming figures
Fighting Words – Frank McNally on the best and worst songs of the Northern Troubles
An Irishman’s Diary
Maureen Dowd: Apocalypse right now as extreme weather becomes routine
Politics of addressing climate change still debilitating as planet sizzles
Rare Japanese WWII binoculars and copy of Mein Kampf in ‘snapshot of history’ sale
Niall Mullen’s Summer Interior and Historical Sale also includes antique Steinway
Ewan McGregor: I’ve been sober a long time. Addiction is part of my life
The actor has drawn on his experience of addiction to portray the fashion designer Halston
The best sex scene ever? The puppet copulation in Team America
As a summation of every cinematic evasion about the sexual act it is close to perfect
They should have called it Dylan McDermott’s Sex Garage
Netflix’s 1940s-Hollywood drama is brimming with petroleum-based rumpy pumpy
Roland Mouret: In Ireland, the air smells different and people are like family
The designer talks bees, waste and growing up in Lourdes ahead of project at the RHA
David Shire: a Grammy in one fist, an Oscar in the other
The film composer was having a fine time even before he landed in Hollywood
Tom Lehrer: a comical, musical, mathematical genius
That’s Maths: Famous for his ballads, Lehrer was also one of the great satirists of his time
A brief history of Ireland in 33 great delusions
The falsehoods, euphemisms and face-saving ruses that helped make us what we are
Róisín Murphy: ‘My Irish family were wheeler-dealers, laying roads, collecting antiques’
The ex-Moloko singer on the freedom and heartbreak that inspired her favourite tracks
36 Questions podcast: Identity, love and relationships explored through song
Captivating from the get-go, this unique podcast is an ideal alternative to documentaries
Tuam house that was once an ‘object of wonder’ for €420,000
Front garden of 1912 house was the talk of the Galway city
Don’t fence me in: On the cowboy trail in southern Arizona
Some towns appear like a resort, but much of the region still feels dusty and untouched
Statement pieces: Jewellery that won’t break the bank
Classic styles and low prices appeal to Irish buyers
Tiger Dublin Fringe: five ways to choose what to see
From Panti Bliss and Hot Brown Honey to The Vaudevillians, here’s what you might pick
Meryl Streep impersonates Donald Trump at New York gala
Oscar winner gets in character with spray tan, fake belly and oversized red tie
The Futurist world of architect Antonio Sant’Elia
The Italian draughtsman died nearly 100 years ago. Few of his visionary plans were built, but some came close
Sovereign Debt can help Fallon return to winning ways
Legendary jockey returns to Tipperary looking for first Irish win in four years
Woody Allen: ‘I am realistic in my appraisal of the human condition, but not realistic in my everyday life’
Recent scandals haven’t dimmed Woody Allen’s enthusiasm for making films – though he doesn’t understand why people still want to watch them
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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