Tom Stoppard
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Diana Rigg: the husky voiced, leather-clad star who made England hip
- TV, Radio, Web
- September 10, 2020, 17:40
Dame Diana Rigg, who died on Tuesday aged 82, will have long known that all her obituarists would find space for Mrs Emma Peel in their opening p(...)

Donald Clarke: Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before
- Culture
- August 7, 2020, 05:00
Humbert, pain in the arse, pain in the brain. My abuser, my abetter. Hum-bert: the breath closed off by my shuttered lips before they pop towards… Wa(...)

Boris Johnson's new immigration regime will damage much more than industry
- Economy
- February 23, 2020, 13:51
The UK’s new immigration regime seeks to stop unskilled workers entering the country. Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as someone who knows the price of ev(...)

Donald Clarke: Why Scrooge is the gift that keeps on giving
- Culture
- December 21, 2019, 05:00
It would be much in keeping with the tone of A Christmas Carol – the opening sections anyway – to write a grumpy column debunking it for the ages. A M(...)

A perfect rugby storm: The Welsh and Aussies share dreams in song
- Rugby
- October 1, 2019, 15:30
It was a perfect storm of colour and accent and to the regular commuters on the Sunday evening Kaio local train bound for central Toyko, it must have (...)

Event of the week: To Hell in a Handbag
- Stage
- August 24, 2019, 05:00
Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin. Until Sep 7th 1pm bewleyscafetheatre.com Many of the epigrams and witticisms in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being (...)

Netflix’s The Society is the best teen drama out there
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 10, 2019, 06:00
It happened in The Lord of the Flies with a plane crash. The same goes for Lost. The Leftovers sought a variation on the theme by opting for the raptu(...)

Art and architecture: from Dorothy Smith’s drawings to Liliane Lijn’s sharp eye
- Art & Design
- March 27, 2018, 05:00
Dorothy Smith: Landmarks ★★★★ In his 1985 study of contemporary American architecture, The Secret Life of Buildings, Gavin Macrae-Gibson looked beyond(...)

Bullying, demeaning and harassing women: Look Back in Anger at The Gate
- Stage
- January 30, 2018, 05:00
In the Gate Theatre, an institution still reeling from allegations of abuse of power, we now find a man on its stage bullying, demeaning and harassing(...)

The Christmas murder mystery film we all need in our lives
- Culture
- December 15, 2017, 05:00
Where’s my biopic of Michelle Smith starring Nicole Kidman? Come to think of it, we’re probably due a remake of the original biopic of Michelle Smith (...)