Emma Thompson
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Poll-topper: Is this a film you’d watch and rewatch?
- Film
- December 7, 2020, 09:00
Richard Curtis rarely rewatches Four Weddings and a Funeral. “There isn’t a natural circumstance where I say, ‘I’ll tell you what I’ll do for the next(...)

Egypt frees three rights activists after widespread international condemnation
- Middle East
- December 4, 2020, 14:45
Egypt has freed three rights activists after widespread international condemnation over their imprisonment following a public meeting with 13 western (...)

Dolittle review: Worse than a bad movie, this is the low-point of every career involved
- Film
- February 6, 2020, 05:00
Spare a thought for the executives at Universal Pictures. You spend your Christmas weathering the ill-effects of Cats and head into a new year with – (...)

Let’s be bold and dress for comfort at work
- Work
- February 3, 2020, 05:19
The other week at Heathrow I picked up a free copy of GQ men’s magazine and spent several cheering minutes thumbing through the 27 pages devoted to it(...)

‘I am completely obsessed with Irish women and feminism’
- People
- October 5, 2019, 06:00
Back in May, Scarlett Curtis travelled to Dublin to record a live episode of her podcast Feminists Don’t Wear Pink. The sold-out crowd consisted (...)

Ben Elton: ‘How am I going to say something when you can’t say anything?’
- Stage
- September 27, 2019, 06:00
They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes – but my inner 13-year-old would never forgive me if I spurned a chat with Ben Elton. The Young Ones, Blackadd(...)

Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees
- Culture
- July 17, 2019, 10:02
Two Irish actors are among the nominees for this year’s Emmy awards. Fiona Shaw received her first two Emmy nominations – in the categories of Suppor(...)

Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week rated
- Film
- June 14, 2019, 06:00
ALADDIN ★★☆☆☆ Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Mena Massoud, Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad The ongoing campai(...)

Men in Black: International – You’ll need no help forgetting this one
- Film
- June 13, 2019, 16:45
Since the second Men in Black film was released – shortly before the Crimean War, as I recall – critics have been making cracks about the team’s memor(...)

Alexa, what’s the story? Amazon’s new free audiobook offer
- Technology
- June 13, 2019, 08:15
For those of you who burn through your Audible credit in the first week, audiobooks can be an expensive habit. At £7.99 (roughly €9) per month, it’s n(...)