John Grisham
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Joel Schumacher: the director who made Colin Farrell a star and helped invent the 1980s
- Film
- June 22, 2020, 23:51
For the rest of the world, Joel Schumacher, who died on Monday at the age of 80, was one of the men who – then already deep into middle age – helped i(...)
Joel Schumacher, Veronica Guerin and Batman Forever director, dies aged 80
- Film
- June 22, 2020, 21:44
Film director Joel Schumacher has died at the age of 80. The filmmaker, whose hits included Batman Forever, St Elmo’s Fire and The Lost Boys, died of(...)
Netflix: the 10 best new films and shows in December
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 30, 2018
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle December 7th Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Photograph: Netflix With Jon Favreau’s 2016 live action Jung(...)
Arkansas plan to execute seven men over 11 days sparks opposition
- US
- April 15, 2017, 01:00
As the bells ring out on Easter weekend from the many churches that pepper the streets of Washington DC, there is an air of quiet about the city. Cong(...)
Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins makes world's richest writers list
- Books
- August 3, 2016, 22:24
Former financial journalist Paula Hawkins has become one of the world’s highest-paid authors, leap-frogging Game of Thrones bestseller George RR Mart(...)
Holidaying CEOs boast by the book
- Work
- July 25, 2016, 06:15
Showing off if you are a chief executive has never been harder. The traditional ways of flaunting it are out. Conspicuous consumption is not only vulg(...)
Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi show to protest same-sex law
- US
- April 11, 2016, 20:48
Canadian singer Bryan Adams has cancelled a show in Mississippi to protest a new state law that will allow people with religious objections deny servi(...)
Newton Emerson: Northern Ireland stinks of people not quite breaking the law
- Opinion
- March 11, 2016, 01:24
I must confess to a provincial thrill at Northern Ireland’s Nama scandal – and I may not be alone. Last week’s BBC Spotlight investigation featured hi(...)
The cobwebs are blown off the English curriculum
- Books
- September 2, 2015, 06:00
Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman has topped reading lists all over the world this summer. The story of the long-hidden second novel by the bestsellin(...)
I’m home a year but the New Yorker in me keeps kicking me on
- Returning to Ireland
- August 31, 2015, 15:00
When I remember how quickly I jumped on the chance to go live in New York, it is entirely fitting of the city that was about to become my second home(...)



