John Hurt
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John Hurt: A brilliant actor who ‘never lost his sense of adolescent mischief’
- Film
- January 28, 2017
Sir John Hurt, who has died at the age of 77, can currently be seen playing a Catholic priest, confessor to Jacqueline Kennedy, in Pablo Larrain’s fin(...)

John Hurt obituary: Open-hearted and hysterically funny
- Film
- January 28, 2017
John Vincent Hurt, actor, born 22 January 1940, died 27 January 2017 Few British actors of recent years have been held in as much affection as John H(...)

John Hurt, star of The Elephant Man, Alien and The Field, dies
- Film
- January 28, 2017
Veteran British actor Sir John Hurt, Oscar-nominated for his star turn in ‘The Elephant Man’ and his supporting role in ‘Midnight Express’, has died a(...)

Alexander Skarsgård: The most popular Swedish export since Abba
- Film
- October 1, 2016, 03:00
‘I really hate monotony,” laughs Alexander Skarsgård. “I hate when things get too familiar and comfortable. There’s no better feeling than going out i(...)

Burton and Taylor’s Bray hideaway hotel goes on market
- Commercial Property
- September 14, 2016
The Bray Head Hotel – which has hosted many a wedding, featured in lots of films, and was a regular haunt of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor – cou(...)

The Irish players at the forefront of new publishing
- Books
- December 17, 2015, 06:00
Orna Ross Bestselling author Orna Ross from Murrintown, Co Wexford is founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) and named by The Bookse(...)

Television: Nigella’s living well. It’s the best revenge
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 6, 2015, 14:00
This is the year of Irish design, which I suspect will come as news to people who aren’t directly involved in or especially interested in that world. (...)

Meryl Streep on Brian Friel: ‘Tender dramatist, lovely man’
- Irish News
- October 2, 2015, 11:16
Meryl Streep has paid tribute to the playwright Brian Friel describing him as a “tender dramatist, an insightful humanist and a lovely man”. Streep st(...)

Originality and style in Clonskeagh
- New to Market
- September 25, 2014, 00:00
For Iain Willis, memories of 1 Vergemount Park in Clonskeagh are fond.He spent his college days here with brothers Simon and Brian, who both work in (...)

Hercules review: Here's the beef!
- Film
- July 25, 2014
It was impossible not to smirk upon hearing Irina Shayk, girlfriend of Cristiano Ronanldo, say that she had no problem taking her kit off for her (nan(...)